Facilities Manager

Your Impact at Lila

Lila Sciences seeks a results-driven Facilities Manager to oversee multiple facilities, ensuring well-managed, well-maintained buildings and operations. You will be the primary liaison to the client for coordinating services, financials, and vendor management, with accountability for financial performance, KPI reporting, and forward-looking facility strategy.

What You'll Be Building

• Onsite candidate/client welcome: greet candidates and guests by name, guide to interview or conference room and ensure smooth, inclusive flow


• Lead safety standards and facilities compliance across multiple sites.


• Drive maintenance excellence through documentation, standardization, innovation, and rigorous safety practices.


• Advise leadership on maintenance and equipment end-of-life (EOL) decisions using ROI analysis.


• Oversee budget development, execution, and capital planning; monitor financial performance and KPI reporting.


• Monitor and audit maintenance execution and safety practices across sites.


• Represent the client in meetings; serve as the liaison with critical business teams and the Facilities Organization.


• Develop and manage contract documents, including RFPs and purchase orders; administer vendor management lifecycle.


• Build and lead a world-class facilities maintenance organization.


• Champion continuous improvement initiatives with a focus on the employee experience, in partnership with HR.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Business, or equivalent experience.


• 5+ years of facilities experience in life sciences, physical sciences, or a related industry.


• Ability to scale and manage through ambiguity, strong problem-solving and strategic thinking.


• Track record of maintaining a safe working environment and delivering robust reporting.

Bonus Points For

If you have experience with physical science and life sciences combined.

About Lila

Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation

We expect the base salary for this role to fall between $108,000–$163,333 USD per year, along with bonus potential and generous early equity. The final offer will reflect your unique background, expertise, and impact.

We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.