Innovation Operations Manager

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About BiOptimizers

BiOptimizers exist to help people go from baseline health to peak biological performance. We develop science-backed supplements and wellness tools that deliver measurable results. As a remote-first company, our globally distributed team focuses on clarity, autonomy, and operational excellence. Every role is designed to support the health and performance of both our customers and our organization.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Innovation Operations Manager to lead the exploration and evaluation of new product and business opportunities that extend beyond our core competency of creating and commercializing capsule and powder dietary supplements across categories such as minerals, digestion, and more. This role will also manage the operations aspect of all new products, allowing us to get the products to commercialization stage.

This is a highly cross-functional role for a natural investigator and organizer—someone who can take an early-stage innovation concept, dig into its technical and commercial feasibility, engage the right internal and external partners, and provide stakeholders with clear, evidence-based recommendations on whether a concept can be successfully commercialized and made profitable, or whether it should be shelved.

If you thrive on ambiguity, love connecting the dots between science, operations, and market opportunity, and can drive structured decision-making, we'd love to hear from you.

This role exists specifically to handle novel, high-ambiguity concepts — the ideas that fall outside what we already know how to make. Just as important as finding the winners is closing out the losers. We are looking for someone who reaches a defensible answer quickly and is comfortable recommending that we stop. A fast, well-evidenced “no” is a successful outcome in this role, not a failure — concepts that sit in permanent exploration are the specific problem this role is being created to solve.

Key Responsibilities

• Research & Investigate: Identify, research, and investigate new innovation ideas and concepts to assess their technical and commercial feasibility, including opportunities outside our existing product formats and categories.
• Collaborate with R&D & Formulators: Work closely with our formulators and R&D teams to deeply understand each innovation concept, its scientific underpinnings, and its technical requirements and constraints.
• Conduct Feasibility Analyses: Design and execute structured feasibility analyses covering technical viability, manufacturability, cost, regulatory considerations, timelines, and commercial potential.
• Source & Manage External Partners: Identify, vet, and manage relationships with external parties—such as vendors, contract manufacturers, labs, consultants, and specialists—to fill capability gaps and validate concepts. Prepare RFQs and manage the quote and aware process with contract manufacturers.
• Enable Decision-Making: Synthesize findings i

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rocess, built a network of trusted external partners, and delivered clear go/no-go recommendations that give leadership confidence in where to invest—and where not to.

Concretely, within the first 12 months we would expect

• A documented intake, prioritization, and stage-gate process in active use, with a live queue visible to leadership.
• [X] concepts taken through full feasibility to a documented go/no-go decision, with average time from intake to recommendation under [X] weeks.
• Every greenlit concept supported by a validated COGS model and at least one identified, vetted manufacturing partner before approval.
• At least one concept carried through to first commercial production run, or handed off to the core team launch-ready.
• Shelved concepts closed out cleanly and documented — a well-evidenced “no” delivered in six weeks is a better outcome than a “maybe” that runs for six months.

WORK LOCATION

This is a fully remote position. BiOptimizers has a globally distributed team and supports flexible work arrangements across time zones.

COMPANY HOURS & COLLABORATION

With team members across many countries and time zone differences of up to 16 hours, we’ve established a standard collaboration window from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST.

This is not a required work schedule, but a shared time frame for meetings and team syncs. At BiOptimizers, we support flexibility — team members are encouraged to work the hours that best suit them, as long as they:

• Attend required meetings
• Communicate effectively across time zones
• Deliver work by agreed-upon deadlines

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

BiOptimizers is committed to diversity and inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by applicable law.