CEO Office Associate Operations Management Trainee

This is an early career career management track role similar to a management trainee position with a frontier investment bio fund that requires interest and capabilities to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment with top-notch operational excellence.

Please Read This Carefully
This is not a personal assistant role.
This is not a finance investment or strategy-only role.
This is not a role for people seeking polish over substance.
This is a high-responsibility execution-heavy role at an early-stage mission-driven organization operating in frontier science and long-horizon innovation.

Most of the work is real messy operational and unglamorous by design.
If you are energized by ownership precision and learning through doing keep reading.
If you are looking for prestige clear playbooks or clean job boundaries this role is likely not for you.

About the Organization
Our clien is a purpose-driven organization headquartered in Singapore focused on supporting long-term frontier initiatives in areas such as advanced biology biotechnology and related infrastructure.
Many of the domains we work in:
Are scientifically complex
Have unclear short-term commercial outcomes
Are overlooked by mainstream capital
Require patience rigor and real execution
Our work spans operations research support coordination infrastructure setup and ecosystem-building not just ideas or analysis.

The Role
This is an early founders office/ceo office associate/management trainee type of role with heavy emphasis on operational support and execution.

You will work closely with the core team to ensure that things actually get done correctly on time and with accountability.

Personal assistanttype tasks are not the focus of this role. However company-level dirty work is unavoidable and expected. This role is designed for someone who is:

early in their career or
at a first inflection point and
intentionally seeking steep responsibility and long-term growth
Long term this role is intended to grow into a leadership position but only after sustained hands-on execution.

What You Will Do
This is not a theoretical role. Examples of work include:
Owning real-world execution tasks end-to-end
(e.g. office setup vendor coordination construction or renovation execution logistics documentation compliance)
Turning vague objectives into clear steps timelines budgets and risk assessments
Working with external parties (contractors service providers institutions) and ensuring follow-through
Researching unfamiliar topics quickly and factually especially in scientific or technical domains
Preparing materials and decisions grounded in objective information not speculation or buzzwords
Handling many small but critical tasks with consistency and care
Acting as a reliable extension of the core team not waiting to be told what to do
In short:
You are the person who ensures things move from should happen to actually done.

Non-Negotiable Traits
1. Ownership & Reliability
You take responsibility seriously.
You follow things through.
You respond and act when needed including across time zones.
2. Comfort With Ground Work
You are not allergic to repetitive operational or manual tasks.
You do not see such work as beneath you.
You understand that real competence is built through execution.
3. Intellectual Rigor
You value accuracy evidence and clarity.
You avoid overconfidence and hand-waving.
You are comfortable saying I dont know and then figuring it out.
4. Learning Speed & Judgment
You can self-learn unfamiliar domains quickly.
You can distinguish reliable information from noise.
You use AI tools intelligently without outsourcing thinking or responsibility.
5. Language Ability
Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese for research and operational work
Able to communicate clearly and precisely in both
Comfortable evaluating English technical or scientific content

Backgrounds That Tend to Fit Well (Not Requirements)
We do not require finance or investment backgrounds.
We tend to value:
Science engineering medicine law or other rigorous academic training
Research lab manufacturing or hands-on operational exposure
Early-stage startup or execution-heavy environments
Individuals 13 years into their career reassessing their trajectory
Recent Masters or PhD graduates seeking real-world responsibility

We are generally less excited by:
Purely finance- or presentation-oriented roles
Profiles optimized mainly for soft skills without hard execution
Candidates avoiding operational responsibility

Practical Details
Location: Singapore
Travel: occasional
Working hours: flexible but expect intensity
AI tools: encouraged judgment required
Driving license: a plus

Final Note
This role is intentionally demanding.
If reading this makes you uncomfortable that is a useful signal.
If it makes you curious or energized we would like to hear from you!

For interested candidates please contact:
with a short introduction of yourself and why you are interested in the position together with your CV.

EA License: 25C3090

Required Experience:

Chief