Vivarium Operations Manager
Astera Institute · Emeryville, California, US
Astera Neuro is a neuroscience research company building the tools and infrastructure required to understand how the brain works at scale.
Job description
About the Role Astera Neuro is a neuroscience research company building the tools and infrastructure required to understand how the brain works at scale. We are bringing online a new rodent vivarium in Emeryville to support our in vivo neuroscience programs, including a substantial optogenetics and advanced imaging portfolio, and we need an experienced operations leader to take the facility from where it is today to a fully running, inspection-ready environment our scientists can rely on. This role spans two phases. In the spin-up phase you will secure our site permits and regulatory registrations, qualify vendors, develop SOPs, and operationalize the facility under Astera Neuro's program. Once running, you will manage the vivarium day to day, including husbandry oversight, supplies and inventory, vendor relationships, training, ongoing permit maintenance, and the systems that keep our scientists productive. The right person treats safety and compliance as the foundation for ambitious science, not as an obstacle to it. What You Will Do: Spin-up phase: Secure Astera Neuro's site permits and regulatory registrations including USDA APHIS Class R, PHS Assurance through OLAW, and the pa...