Scientific Lab Manager

Altos Labs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Altos Labs in California is seeking a Scientific Manager to join a hybrid team supporting lab operations and wet-lab activities. You will streamline workflows, coordinate reagents, manage day-to-day tasks, and collaborate with scientists on internal and external initiatives.

The role requires a life sciences degree with at least 3 years of lab-management experience, strong IT skills (Google Apps, Excel, PowerPoint), and excellent communication to lead cross-functional projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum: life sciences degree with 3+ years lab management experience.
• Strong IT proficiency with Google apps, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Highly organized with ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Exceptional communication to coordinate scientists and prioritize projects.
• Ability to navigate complex environments and foster collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize operational needs and act accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coordinate and track ordering, receiving, and sharing of reagents.
• Supervise administrative tasks in support of lab research and operations.
• Assist with experimental tasks including animal colonies and assays.
• Act as liaison between lab and operations on assets, purchasing, and EH&S.
• Support a cross-functional, collaborative scientific culture.
• Study the mechanistic basis of cell health and rejuvenation.
• Maintain and develop lab collections and databases.

Skills

Lab management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Operations

Google Apps

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Tools

Google Apps

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Our mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur throughout life.

Diversity at Altos

Altos Labs has been named one of the Top 3 Biotech Companies and ranked for the second year on the Forbes 2026 Best Startups in America list. At Altos, exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work together to advance a shared mission. Our intentional focus is on Belonging, so that all employees know that they are valued for their unique perspectives. We are all accountable for sustaining a diverse and inclusive environment.

Our Mission

To restore cell health and resilience through cellular rejuvenation programming to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur throughout life.

We believe that diverse perspectives are foundational to scientific innovation and inquiry.

We are building a company where exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work side by side to advance a shared mission.

Our intentional focus is on Belonging, so that all employees know that they are valued for their unique perspectives.

At Altos, we are all accountable for sustaining a diverse and inclusive environment.

What You Will Contribute to Altos

An exciting opportunity is available for a Scientific Manager to join Altos Labs. This is a hybrid role that benefits from your previous experience in both lab managing and wet lab skills. The successful candidate will facilitate and streamline operational efforts across the lab as well as support and participate in a team of scientists to support internal and external initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage, coordinate and track the team’s ordering, receiving and sharing of common reagents
• Responsible for supervising and handling administrative tasks on a day-to-day basis in support of the lab's research and operational needs.
• Help with experimental tasks including maintenance of animal colonies, cell lines and running routine molecular and biochemical assays and basic animal behaviors and tissue harvest.
• Act as liaison between lab and the operations team on issues such as fixed asset inventories, purchasing, use of cores, EH&S and compliance.
• Participate and thrive in an interactive, cross-functional, team-oriented scientific culture
• Study the mechanistic basis of cell health and rejuvenation
• Maintain and develop lab collections and databases.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in life sciences with at least 3 years of lab management experience.
• Excellent computer skills, including advanced proficiency with Google apps, Excel, and Powerpoint graphic skills to produce documents and manage office projects
• Highly organized with demonstrated experience in operations of complex teams. Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive for success
• Exceptional communication skills, especially to coordinate efforts among scientists and prioritize projects
• Ability to navigate complex environments and foster collaborative relationships
• Demonstrate the ability to synthesize, interpret and articulate operational needs
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and with others in a team.
• Strengths in dealing with ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master in the life sciences with 3-5 years of department/lab/project management post-grad experience
• Hands on experience with in vivo animal work. Experience working with iPSC and neural differentiation is a plus.
• Strong skills in molecular biology and biochemical assays. (e.g. DNA/RNA extraction, qPCR, ELISA, IF) and animal colony maintenance.

What We Want You To Know

We are a culture of collaboration and scientific freedom, and we believe in the values of diversity, inclusion and belonging to inspire innovation.

Altos Labs provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Altos currently requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to legally required exemptions (e.g., due to a medical condition or sincerely-held religious belief).

Thank you for your interest in Altos Labs where we strive for a culture of scientific freedom, learning, and belonging.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We value collaboration and scientific excellence.

We believe that a culture of belonging are foundational to scientific innovation and inquiry. At Altos Labs, exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work together to advance a shared mission. Our intentional focus is on Belonging, so that all employees know that they are valued for their unique perspectives. We are all accountable for sustaining an inclusive environment.

Altos Labs provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Altos prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Thank you for your interest in Altos Labs where we strive for a culture of scientific excellence, learning, and belonging.