Careers

IBBIS is an international organization with the mission of safeguarding modern bioscience and biotechnology so it can advance and flourish safely and responsibly. We work with global partners to strengthen biosecurity norms and develop innovative tools to uphold them.

In 2025, IBBIS’s second year, our focus is on expanding the share of nucleic acid synthesis orders for which sequences and customers are screened; supporting international, inclusive, and rigorous standards for managing access to biotechnology; and acting as an accessible global partner for politically- or resource-constrained efforts to strengthen biosecurity norms.

Referral Bonus

We offer a referral bonus of 1000 CHF to individuals who refer successful candidates to IBBIS. If you refer a candidate that we invite to a full structured interview, you will receive 250 CHF. If a candidate receives a job offer from us, you will receive a further 750 CHF, for a total of 1000. These bonuses are available only if we reasonably believe you were responsible for referring the candidate to us (e.g. facilitating a direct introduction to a candidate we were unfamiliar with, a candidate mentioning you on their application as the reason they heard about the position).

Candidates may be referred directly to any of our open hiring rounds through this referral form: IBBIS Careers Referral Form.

Open Roles

If you have questions about any of our open roles, please reach out to info@ibbis.bio. You can check this page or follow us on LinkedIn to see job positions when they are published.

Deputy Director
The Deputy Director will act as a Chief of Staff / COO focusing on the internal running of IBBIS and will IBBIS's primary liaison with Geneva-based intergovernmental and international organizations.
Program Manager
The Program Manager will reinforce a culture of accountability, prioritization, and program delivery in our growing organization, interfacing with stakeholders and ensuring projects are successful from start to finish.
Operations Administrative Manager
The Operations Manager will ensure that IBBIS delivers its operations to a high standard, including establishing our Geneva office, assisting with events, and providing general program support.
Senior Bioinformatics Engineer – DNA Synthesis Screening
The Senior Bioinformatics Engineer will aid in the continued development and optimisation of the Common Mechanism, our open-source sequence screening software.