Hello!

We're looking for an awesome Founder’s Associate | Strategy & Operations to join our team on our journey to revolutionize personalized medicine.

About your role

• Operate as a strategic hand to the senior team, engaging with founders (CEO, COO)  and the strategy and operations senior members to drive priorities across product, R&D, clinical, and business workstreams.

• Be an AI-first operator: use intuitive AI tools to build and launch initiatives to enhance productivity (e.g., dashboards, workflow automation) to streamline operations.

• Plan and support the execution of projects end‑to‑end: define problem statements, collect data, build analyses, align stakeholders, deliver recommendations, and execute.

• Support investor prep, business modeling, and strategic decision-making, by collecting market research, competitor analysis, financial insights. 

• Support in crafting high-impact decks and narratives for stakeholders, contributing to social media strategy and brand positioning, ensuring messaging reflects company vision and milestones.

• Support grants/regulatory workstreams (e.g., Horizon Europe/EIC, IVDR‑related documentation) in partnership with clinical, QA/RA, and finance teams.

• Support recruitment: define scorecards, coordinate hiring funnels, and help run evidence‑based interviews for key roles.

• Coordinate events, pilots, and key customer engagements; own agendas, notes, and follow‑ups to ensure crisp execution.

• Roll up your sleeves on whatever is mission‑critical this quarter - no task too big or small.

This role is based in Porto, Portugal in a hybrid working model.

Technical / Professional Skills ✔️

• 1+ years in a relevant strategy/operations in a high-velocity environment (startup, consulting, VC/PE, ops) or a track record of impact in a similar founder‑facing role.

• Strong analytical toolkit: AI-native, Excel/Sheets modeling; 

• Exceptional written and verbal communication; able to distill complex technical and clinical topics for diverse audiences.

• Bonus: exposure to deep tech or digital health environments, venture capital or a similar fast-paced environment

• Fluency in English required.

Cultural Skills ✔️

• Proactive owner with strong bias to action; thrives with autonomy and ambiguity.

• Low‑ego, highly collaborative partner who elevates the teams around you.

• Mission‑driven and patient‑centred, with a passion for positive healthcare impact.

Nice to Have

• Experience building operating systems for startups (OKRs, handbooks, hiring frameworks, finance ops).

• Fluency in Portuguese

• Comfort interfacing with deep tech stakeholders (scientists, engineers, clinicians, and external partners)

Stuff you want to know

• Location: Porto (hybrid).

• Type: Permanent, full‑time.

​​​​​​iLoF in a nutshell 💡

As personalized medicine becomes the norm, scientists, patients, and healthcare systems worldwide face massive barriers in providing the right treatment to the right patient.

Recognized by CB Insights and Financial Times as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world, iLoF is building an AI-powered platform capable of transforming precision medicine.

Our goal is to become the platform that democratizes access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases around the globe.

Thanks to our proprietary optical fingerprint library of disease biomarkers and biological profiles we can offer personalized patient screening and stratification in a faster and more affordable way, saving up to 40% of the cost and 70% of the time while enabling a more human patient experience.

Supported by leading institutions like Microsoft Ventures, Mayfield, and the Oxford University, iLoF is currently focusing on validating its platform technology in one of the biggest challenges of our times: Alzheimer's, while maintaining ongoing verticals on Digestive Cancer, Stroke, and Infectious diseases.

Our Team 🧑🏻‍💻

We are a mix of scientists, entrepreneurs, and inventors based in Oxford and Porto, with a passion for healthcare!

Recognized by CB Insights as one of the most promising Digital Health companies in the world and by the Financial Times as a Transformational Business in Healthcare, iLoF has been regularly featured in leading outlets like Tech Crunch, Wired, and Sifted and listed as a rising star in AI-Driven Drug Discovery, Health Screening & Data Analytics.

What we value

• A Be Kind attitude is the main guideline within iLoF

• A hand in the hammer and another free to support your co-workers as a true team player

• An honest and egoless attitude towards discussions and critics working in good faith

• The braveness to speak your heart in any situation

• Through words or actions be always sure to make a difference at any moment!

• Be proud to drive your responsibilities to success and help others do the same, embracing ownership!

Perks 😉

• An exciting future with a deep-tech company selected by Financial Times and CB Insights as one of the most transformative companies in the world

• A high‑paced, flexible environment: adaptable working hours, strong remote work culture

• A stimulating atmosphere with room for creativity – fast‑paced, fun, and energetic start‑up with a friendly culture

• Weekly happy hours with amazing food and drinks

• Free coffee and snacks ☕

• Private healthcare insurance (for employees; contractor benefits to be agreed)

• The opportunity to work with a world‑class, talented team – and potentially change healthcare as we know it for millions of patients living with complex diseases around the globe 🧑‍⚕️

We share a passion for being part of a mission that matters, and we are always looking for curious and collaborative people who share our values and want to be part of our journey.

If that sounds like a fit for you, click the apply button and join us.

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