Blueprint Biosecurity

• Own and strategically manage complex calendars for the Executive Director and COO. • Plan and manage complex, frequently changing travel, including itinerary building. • Identify and act on opportunities to protect executive time by auditing commitments. • Own inbox management for the Executive Director and COO including triaging requests. • Act as an information funnel to ensure the right information is available at the right time. • Prepare briefing documents for meetings and manage post-meeting follow-through. • Coordinate with the Chief of Staff on executive initiatives and project logistics.

• Serve as a close advisor to the Executive Director, helping sharpen priorities, stress-test decisions, and translate strategy into focused action. • Track commitments across the Executive Director’s portfolio, proactively flagging when priorities need to shift and ensuring consistent, on-time follow-through. • Drive cross-team communication and collaboration, anticipating misalignment risks and surfacing tradeoffs early. • Step in for the Executive Director when needed, taking meetings, making decisions in his absence, and representing Blueprint's leadership position to internal and external stakeholders. • Own strategic communications from the Executive Director, ensuring the organization and key external partners stay aligned on priorities. • Work closely with senior staff to clarify strategy and translate priorities into clear goals, owners, KPIs, and timelines. • Serve as a bridge to senior program staff, maintaining alignment and resolving cross-functional bottlenecks.

Far-UVC Program Officer Department: Programs/Research Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Remote - US Compensation: $122,000 - $165,000 / year Description We encourage you to apply by February 20, as early applicants may be considered first. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.  Far-UVC represents an opportunity to fundamentally transform how we protect people from airborne disease, both everyday illnesses and future pandemics. Imagine buildings that actively neutralize pathogens in real-time, creating safer indoor spaces for billions of people worldwide. This technology could save lives and dramatically reduce the biological risks we all face. We're at a pivotal moment. Every day, new pathogens threaten the safety and health of millions of people. With too few pathogen-agnostic tools to defend us, many people could be left vulnerable to what the next outbreak might bring. The science behind far-UVC shows real promise, but critical questions remain about implementation, deployment strategies, and real-world effectiveness.  As Far-UVC Program Officer, you will help address these research gaps to transform early-stage potential into deployable protection that could save lives during the next pandemic. Reporting directly to the Built Environment Program Director, this role will shape and execute our far-UVC strategy. The Program Officer will support key decisions on where to direct research and funding to strengthen the evidence base, and communicate our work to partners, experts, and the general public. Key Responsibilities - Translate high-level organizational goals in pandemic prevention into concrete far-UVC program priorities, plans, and tradeoffs. - Critically evaluate research outputs in far-UVC and related fields. - Identify the most decision-relevant scientific, technical, and implementation uncertainties limiting far-UVC impact. - Design, execute, and oversee grants and other research efforts to reduce those uncertainties, including experimental studies, modeling work, and synthesis of existing evidence. - Actively manage a portfolio of external collaborators, including researchers, grantees, contractors, and other external partners, by refining project scope, resolving execution challenges, and ensuring outputs remain aligned with program goals. - Build and maintain relationships with researchers, implementers, regulators, policymakers, and industry stakeholders relevant to far-UVC. - Develop and create documents to communicate about the far-UVC program to internal and external stakeholders and advance our far-UVC mission. - Represent Blueprint Biosecurity and its far-UVC work in external forums, including workshops, conferences, working groups, and one-on-one conversations. - Identify opportunities to shape the broader far-UVC ecosystem, including standards development, norms, shared research agendas, and coordination across actors. Qualifications Our Ideal Candidate: - Relentlessly pushes to identify and execute tasks, they are driven to solve real world problems with urgency and bring change to the airborne pathogen transmission space.  - Is excited to navigate complex systems and bring new perspectives to systemic challenges. - Excels at building relationships with diverse stakeholders to advance common goals. - Works autonomously in a fast-moving environment, identifying what needs to be done and driving it forward without waiting for perfect guidance. - Prioritizes learning that enables action, chasing down the insights most likely to drive impact. - Has strong intellectual curiosity with the ability to stress test ideas and respond to new evidence. Required: - Proven ability in leading and managing projects effectively, coupled with the skill to achieve outcomes by leveraging the capabilities of others - Excellent networking and relationship-building skills: you will be required to build and maintain partnerships with external organizations, leading academics, government bodies, and other key stakeholders - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor language to different audiences - Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with an ability to anticipate and adapt to change swiftly - Comfortable reading and summarizing published scientific research in unfamiliar domains - A passion for innovation and a commitment to making a significant impact in the field of biosecurity and pandemic prevention Preferred: - Experience field building, leading large programs, and/or scaling technologies - Experience with cost-benefit analyses and/or investment cases - Experience working in far-UVC is highly preferred, however work in adjacent areas including indoor air quality, biosecurity, and public health are also beneficial - Proficiency in leveraging emerging AI tools to streamline workflows, enhance deliverable quality, and drive productivity gains across various aspects of the role - An advanced degree in a related field If you’re reading this and thinking “this is exactly the work I want to be doing,” we want to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet every listed qualification, we still encourage you to apply! Email us directly at recruiting@blueprintbiosecurity.org if anything in this posting is making you hold back. This role will evolve with the work, and we’ll align responsibilities with the strengths and experience of the person we hire. What We Offer Compensation: The base salary for this position ranges from $122,000-$165,000 USD. We consider a variety of factors when formulating an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, work experience, education/training, skills, expertise, and internal equity. We recognize that exceptional candidates may bring deeper experience or a more senior skill set and we are open to discussing how the role could be shaped for the right person, including adjustments to scope and compensation. Benefits: Our benefits package for full-time employees includes: - Unlimited PTO + paid holidays. - Generous health and wellness benefits through an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) for you and your family. - Fully paid family leave.  - Annual 401(k) contributions equal to 10% of your base salary. - $5,000 annually to support professional development and productive remote work. - Access to multiple state-of-the-art LLMs. - Institutional access to a range of major news outlets and publications. Location: Remote, United States  We are a remote team with periodic in-person meetings in Washington, DC. Staff outside DC travel there a few times per year, and we have a preference for candidates based in or open to relocating to DC. This role requires up to 20% travel, which is highly variable and driven by project needs, including travel to Washington, DC and other locations for conferences, workshops, or team events. Start date: We’d like a candidate to start as soon as possible after receiving an offer, though there is some flexibility. Workplace Inclusion and Accessibility: We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to succeed. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Please let us know what accommodations you might need when applying or if asked to be interviewed by emailing us at recruiting@blueprintbiosecurity.org. Referral Bonus: We offer a referral bonus of up to $5,000 to individuals who refer successful candidates for this position: - If the candidate receives a job offer from us, you will receive $1,000; - If the candidate is still working with us after successfully passing their probationary period, you will receive a further $4,000, for a total of $5,000. To receive these bonuses, we must reasonably believe that you were responsible for referring the candidate to us (e.g. due to you introducing them to us when we didn't previously know them, or them mentioning you on their application as the reason they heard about the position). Email us at recruiting@blueprintbiosecurity.org to submit a candidate.