# Business Operations

About Chai Discovery Chai Discovery builds the computer-aided design suite for molecules. Eli Lilly, GSK, Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, argenx and Novartis all use Chai to power drug discovery programs. AI is reinventing life sciences the same way it reinvented software engineering, and our team is building that future. We train frontier models that learn the underlying foundations of biochemical structure and interaction. We pair this with a computational workspace to iterate on molecules from idea to medicine, helping scientists move faster and develop medicines beyond the reach of existing methods. We value diverse perspectives and are ready to find greatness in unexpected places. About the role We are hiring our first Business Operations lead. Someone who can take hard problems at Chai and own them end to end. You’ll be a high-trust partner and problem solver to our founders and functional leaders, working wherever you’re most needed. The work ranges from renegotiating major contracts and making sure our compute spend matches what we actually need, to standing up new functions, to taking ownership of an office move or helping out with recruiting. We need someone who’s happy doi

- **Id**: 3366596
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/chai-discovery-business-operations>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T18:54:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T20:47:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 18
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2914
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Foundation Models, Drug Discovery AI, AI for Science

## Company

- **Id**: 48006
- **Name**: Chai Discovery
- **Domain**: chaidiscovery.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/chai-discovery>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.538
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 17

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-27T23:23:36Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 48
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.53
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 17
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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