Scientific Lab Operations Manager

altoslabs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Altos Labs seeks a Scientific Manager to join its hybrid team, combining lab management with wet-lab skills. You will facilitate and streamline operations across the lab and collaborate with scientists on internal and external initiatives.

The role requires coordinating ordering, receiving, and sharing reagents, supervising day-to-day administrative tasks, and supporting experimental activities including animal colonies and molecular assays. A collaborative, cross-functional environment is key.

Qualifications

• 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

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.

Skills

Lab management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Google Workspace

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Tools

Google apps

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Altos Labs seeks a Scientific Manager to join its hybrid team, combining lab management with wet-lab skills. You will facilitate and streamline operations across the lab and collaborate with scientists on internal and external initiatives.

The role requires coordinating ordering, receiving, and sharing reagents, supervising day-to-day administrative tasks, and supporting experimental activities including animal colonies and molecular assays. A collaborative, cross-functional environment is key.