Plasmidsaurus
Head of Logistics
San Francisco · Senior
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About the role
- Plasmidsaurus scientists move fast, logistics can't be the reason they wait.
- You'll turn a scrappy, high-growth operation into one that's fast, compliant, and proactive.
- Shipments moving seamlessly across first-mile routes and global borders, risks caught before they happen, turnaround times that keep getting better.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the global logistics function, supporting thousands of international shipments each week and coordinating across regions, time zones, and regulatory environments.
- Design logistics systems that minimize delays, reduce costs, and enhance reliability for moving biological materials and that scale alongside global launches and company growth.
- Ensure business continuity, developing contingency plans for day-to-day and emergency scenarios, building redundancy and sustainability into our logistics playbooks.
- Develop and enforce global compliance and regulatory processes, including import/export, customs management, and relevant material handling standards.
- Collaborate with sales and marketing, operations, product, customer success, and finance to forecast demand, support new services and market launches, and anticipate logistical challenges.
- Evaluate and optimize courier and carrier relationships, driving improvements around cost, service and reliability in both first-mile planning and international shipping.
- Track record building and scaling a logistics function, ideally at a high-growth startup moving through rapid scale.
- Demonstrated success building scalable, data-driven logistics systems that improve speed, efficiency, and reliability.
Requirements
- Proficiency in data analysis and logistics reporting tools, with a track record of shipping software that measurably improves performance.
- Build: Builds the function from scratch, no playbook required - a curious, creative thinker who designs systems that prevent problems before they start.
Nice to have
- San Francisco, San Diego, or Los Angeles, CA
- We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description as we seek out diverse and creative perspectives.
Skills
- About Plasmidsaurus
- Strong grip on customs, import/export regulations, and compliance frameworks (e.g., IATA, DOT, or similar).
Company info
- Now we are expanding that same disruptive model across all of genomics.
- With the launch of our new RNA-seq service, we are taking a bold step toward our vision to sequence everything, providing scientists everywhere with faster, simpler, and more affordable access to the data that powers discovery.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- Build and manage a high-performing logistics team, cultivating a culture of accountability and collaboration in support of our customers.
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