Altoslabs
Director / Senior Director, Lab-in-the-Loop
San Francisco Bay Area, CA;San Diego, CA. Posted a month ago
The role
This leader will own the loop between experimental design and model development across in vitro and in vivo systems. You will lead a team responsible for closed-loop experimental systems to train and validate large-scale biological models.
What you will do
- Lead a team responsible for closed-loop experimental systems to train and validate large-scale models.
- Lead experimental verification of model outputs.
- Partner with ML leads to ensure model outputs are experimentally testable.
- Architect and implement innovative experimental designs for ML-first data generation.
- Identify and develop new in vitro and in vivo model systems.
- Determine which tools, assays, and models to build in-house or source externally.
- Manage relationships with CROs and external vendors.
- Provide strategic guidance to the Institute Director on experimental budget planning.
- Set standards for experimental design, metadata capture, and automation.
- Act as the technical bridge between experimental and computational teams.
Required qualifications
- PhD in genomics, systems biology, bioengineering, or a related discipline
- 10+ years of post-PhD experience, including senior leadership roles
- Deep hands-on experience designing large-scale perturbation or functional genomics experiments
- Working fluency in ML concepts relevant to biological data
- Experience building, leading, and growing a technical team
- Track record of building or scaling experimental-computational feedback loops
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence in a matrix organization
- Director level requires 4–5 years of experience in people management
- Senior Director level requires 7–8+ years of people/team leadership
Nice to have
- Broad background driving multiple programs through multi disciplinary teams
About the company
Altos Labs is a biotech company whose mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation. Exceptional scientists and industry leaders work together to advance this shared mission.