Core Technologies Lead

Emeryville, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

A Bit About Us:

We are Arcadia Science an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and quantitative approaches to leveraging biology for therapeutics R&D. We share our research as openly as possible to accelerate discovery and make our work broadly useful.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Core Technologies Lead who can direct a team of experimental specialists that provide critical research support across science teams. Our current core technologies include advanced microscopy biochemistry molecular biology/genetic engineering cell biology and assay development. We plan to apply high throughput and automated approaches to workflows within each area.

The Core Tech Lead balances scientific problem solving with operational strategy. Their project management approach is flexible in accounting for varied project stakeholders and timelines and robust to the scientific demands of fundamental research. An ideal candidate is an experienced wet lab scientist and strategic experimental problem solver across a wide range of technical collaboration with our science teams they should be able to quickly identify technical bottlenecks in our research and address these by developing and implementing solutions with the Core Technologies team. They should be excited to scale recurring challenges through automation or more efficient service workflows. Enthusiasm for developing robust and reproducible data and documentation practices that accelerate Arcadias open science work is a must.

The Core Technologies Lead will have a unique opportunity to truly shape the strategy and future directions of Core Technologies at Arcadia. We expect the Core Technologies Lead to quickly acclimate to the ongoing work of this high agency team and identify strategies for scaling and expanding their capabilities. This will include working alongside leadership to develop strategic goals for Core Technologies identifying critical hiring needs and leading the recruitment and management of new team members. Candidates must be well-versed in experimental design across existing and internally developed core technologies such that they can also do independent hands-on experimentation themselves.

We are scaling our research operations at Arcadia. Therefore we are seeking someone with biotech industry experience to nimbly address experimental needs iterate on strategies and quickly grow a team within a fast-paced start-up environment. We expect the Lead to interface seamlessly with our software engineers and bioinformaticians so they should have a solid grasp of best data and computational practices. They must also work smoothly with our Operations team to co-develop research infrastructure as we expand various efforts across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and scale our Core Technologies team currently consisting of 8 scientists with specializations across key technology areas
Creating processes to identify and support core experimental needs across the organization
Collaborating with scientists to establish validate and potentially automate central recurring workflows
Providing real-time feedback to internal and external collaborators on technology development progress and bottlenecks
Seeking out and managing CRO support when needed
Setting strategy for Core Technologies
Working closely with Lab Operations to acquire and maintain equipment and reagents
Ensuring methodology and results for Core Technologies work are clearly documented reproducible and quickly published

Requirements

Ph.D. in the life sciences
10 years experience in direct wet-lab research experience (including Ph.D.)
2 years experience in scaling a biotech start-up
2 years experience in industry team management (>3 direct reports)
Demonstrable expertise in at least three of these wet lab technologies: microscopy biochemistry molecular biology/genetic engineering cell biology assay development
Some basic experience with data and computation best practices
Direct experience with electronic lab notebook and data infrastructure systems
Clear and succinct verbal and written communicator

Preferred skills

Direct experience implementing high throughput/automation strategies to common experimental workflows
Ability to do some light programming especially for automation workflows
Expertise in >3 core wet lab technologies (listed above)
Experience teaching or training others

$165000 - $200000 a year

Arcadia is a fully on-site team. The position will require the individual to also be on-site at our Emeryville California headquarters.

Application Process:

Interested applicants should send a resume and fully answer all application questions addressing their interest in and qualifications for the position. Please note that failure to follow instructions and address all questions will lead to automatic disqualification.

Arcadia Science is an equal-opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds and communities. We provide competitive compensation and practical benefits to keep you happy and healthy so that you can do your best work.

Please note that an offer of employment from Arcadia is contingent upon the successful clearance of a reference and background check.

A Bit About Us:We are Arcadia Science an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and quantitative approaches to leveraging biology for therapeutics R&D. We share our research as openly a...