Associate Director or Director, Laboratory Operations and Facilities
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Management
Operations Management
Who we are:
Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) to develop medicines that address critical health problems and have the potential to dramatically improve patients’ lives. Kymera is deploying TPD to address disease targets and pathways inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Having advanced the first degrader into the clinic for immunological diseases, Kymera is focused on building an industry-leading pipeline of oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with these conditions.
Founded in 2016, Kymera has been recognized as one of Boston’s top workplaces for the past several years. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please or follow us onX (formerly Twitter) orLinked
In.
Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) to develop medicines that address critical health problems and have the potential to dramatically improve patients’ lives. Kymera is deploying TPD to address disease targets and pathways inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Having advanced the first degrader into the clinic for immunological diseases, Kymera is focused on building an industry-leading pipeline of oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with these conditions.
Founded in 2016, Kymera has been recognized as one of Boston’s top workplaces for the past several years. For more information about our science, pipeline and people, please or follow us onX (formerly Twitter) orLinked
In.
- PIONEER:
We are courageous, resilient and rigorous in our mission to improve patients’ lives through our revolutionary degrader medicines. - COLLABORATE:
We value trust + transparency from everyone. Our goals are shared, our decisions data-driven and our camaraderie genuine. - BELONG:
We recognize our differences, inviting curiosity and inclusivity, so that our people are valued, seen, and heard.
The Associate Director or Director, Laboratory Operations and Facilities is responsible for a lab and a building that run smoothly day-to-day and for the systems and processes that allow both to scale as Kymera grows. This person works closely with the Executive Director, Facilities on the strategy for both functions, aligns on the annual goals, then leads execution. This is an on-site, hands‑on leadership role that partners with Research, EHS, IT, Finance, People + Culture, and Strategic Sourcing.
- Align with the Executive Director, Facilities on the annual goals that deliver the operations strategy, then own the plans, priorities, and operating budget to meet them.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team spanning both functions; set clear expectations, plan capacity, delegate real ownership, and build coverage so no part of the operation depends on one person.
- Serve as the primary operations partner to Research leadership
- Build the metrics, reporting, and service standards that show how both functions are performing, and use them to drive improvement.
- Communication with the research organization on lab changes, planned downtime, and new processes, and run a regular feedback loop with scientists that drives service improvements.
- Own lab space planning: bench and equipment allocation, occupancy and capacity tracking, space taxonomy, and scenario modeling against the hiring plan.
- Serve as the lab operations lead on lab build‑outs, moves, and reconfigurations, providing requirements, equipment placement, and commissioning input.
- Own the lab asset management and preventative‑maintenance program, including…
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