--- title: 'Lab Manager at Until' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/lab-manager-until-bay-area-y2t4zfrgq8f2' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Lab Manager at Until - **Company:** Until - **Location:** Bay Area - **Compensation:** $100k–$130k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-07-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/until/e5f966c7-b230-4a65-8490-331a37ac085a ## Job description ## About the Company Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures. To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware. We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive. ## About the Role We are seeking an organized, proactive, and highly reliable Lab Operations Manager to own the day-to-day operations of Until's research laboratories. This person will be responsible for ensuring the lab runs efficiently, safely, and smoothly so that scientists can focus on research. You'll oversee laboratory logistics, facilities, inventory, equipment maintenance, vendor relationships, and operational improvements across our growing research organization. As the company scales, you'll help build the systems, documentation, and infrastructure that enable world-class scientific work. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys creating order from complexity, takes pride in operational excellence, and thrives in fast-paced startup environments. ## What You'll Do Laboratory Operations - Ensure the laboratory remains clean, organized, and fully operational on a daily basis. - Wash, sterilize, and organize laboratory glassware. - Prepare laboratory solutions and buffers according to established protocols. - Refill and distribute commonly used laboratory reagents and consumables. - Coordinate hazardous and biological waste handling and disposal. - Lead recurring lab organization efforts and establish high standards for shared laboratory spaces. Equipment & Facilities - Perform routine maintenance and cleaning of laboratory equipment, including centrifuges and other shared instruments. - Coordinate preventative maintenance, repairs, calibrations, and vendor service visits. - Partner with scientific teams to optimize laboratory layouts, bench space, equipment placement, and shared infrastructure. - Support laboratory expansion projects, renovations, equipment moves, and space planning. - Manage offsite storage and warehouse operations, including equipment organization and inventory consolidation. Inventory & Logistics - Own laboratory inventory, ensuring critical supplies remain stocked while minimizing waste. - Manage shipping and receiving of laboratory materials, equipment, and biological samples. - Establish recurring purchasing processes and identify opportunities for operational cost savings. - Coordinate with vendors and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of laboratory materials. Documentation & Process Improvement - Build and maintain a comprehensive Lab Operations Handbook documenting laboratory procedures, contacts, permits, certifications, and operational workflows. - Develop and maintain SOPs for laboratory operations and logistics. - Create documentation for specialized operational workflows, including transplant logistics and other program-specific activities. - Continuously improve laboratory systems, workflows, and organizational processes as the company grows. Cross-functional Support - Partner closely with research teams to anticipate operational needs and remove bottlenecks. - Coordinate laboratory onboarding for new employees, including laboratory orientation and best practices. - Support scheduling and shared resource planning across multiple scientific teams. - Lead recurring laboratory cleanups and continuous improvement initiatives. As You Grow in the Role You'll have the opportunity to shape the long-term operational strategy for Until's laboratory infrastructure, including: - Scaling laboratory operations to support a rapidly growing research organization. - Designing inventory management systems and equipment tracking. - Evaluating new storage and facilities solutions. - Standardizing laboratory organization across teams. - Building preventive maintenance programs for laboratory equipment. - Improving operational efficiency through automation, process improvements, and thoughtful facility planning. ## About You - Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, engineering, or a related scientific discipline (or equivalent laboratory operations experience). - 3+ years of laboratory operations, laboratory management, or research support experience. - Experience working in a research laboratory, biotech, life sciences, or startup environment. - Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail. - Comfortable managing multiple priorities and solving operational problems independently. - Experience coordinating vendors, equipment maintenance, purchasing, or laboratory logistics. - Excellent written documentation and communication skills. - Able to lift and transport laboratory materials (up to approximately 50 lbs). ## Nice to Have - Experience supporting BSL-2 or similar laboratory environments. - Experience with laboratory safety, EHS, or chemical inventory management. - Experience supporting laboratory build-outs, moves, or facilities projects. - Familiarity with procurement systems or inventory management software. - Experience developing SOPs and operational documentation. ## About Until ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Until is building reversible cryopreservation technology to bank whole human organs, extending viability from hours to weeks or months, with the long-term goal of whole-body cryopreservation. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2025 - **Founders**: Laura Deming (CEO, Co-founder) and Hunter Davis Ozawa (CSO, Co-founder) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Biotechnology Research, Cryopreservation, Organ Preservation, Hibernation Science - Target customers: Organ procurement organizations, transplant hospitals, and ultimately patients waiting for organ transplants (B2B with healthcare institutions) - Mission or purpose statement: "Pressing pause on biological time, for those who need it most." The company aims to solve the organ procurement and matching problem by making donated organs last long enough to reach any patient in need. ## Products & Services - **Reversible Cryopreservation for Whole Organs**: A technology that cools organs to -130°C using biocompatible cryoprotectants, then rewarms them without damage, turning hours of viability into weeks or months. - **Cryoprotectant Discovery Engine**: A platform combining physics simulations and machine learning to screen over 250,000 candidate molecules for cryoprotective formulations that stay within a "Biocompatibility Budget" – preventing ice formation without harming cells. - **Hibernation Research**: Exploratory work on inducing reversible metabolic arrest (hibernation-like states) in organisms, with potential applications in organ preservation and future whole-body suspension. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company, founded 2025) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not disclosed; headcount of 53 employees (as of early 2026) with 9.5% monthly growth and 29 active job postings. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed. The company is co-founded by Laura Deming, a noted longevity and biotech investor (founder of the Longevity Fund), which may signal strong investor connections. - **Growth Signals**: Rapid hiring (29 open roles for a 53-person team, +31.8% quarterly job posting growth), high-throughput screening scale (2,903 formulations tested in Q2 2026 alone), and public progress on cryoprotectant discovery. ## Competitive Advantages - **Combination of Physics Simulation and ML**: Their discovery engine screens millions of molecules in silico before wet-lab validation, dramatically accelerating cryoprotectant development. - **Biocompatibility Budget Framework**: A novel approach that distributes cryoprotectant toxicity across multiple mechanisms, avoiding the single-dose toxicity that has stymied the field for 50 years. - **Focus on Whole Organs (not just cells)**: Extending cryopreservation from small samples (IVF, stem cells) to whole human organs – a much harder problem with massive clinical impact. - **Talent Philosophy**: "Proof of work" culture that hires for demonstrated ability over credentials, with fast promotion for those who earn it. ## Strategic Focus - **Immediate**: Scale up cryoprotectant discovery and validation to achieve reversible cryopreservation of a whole human organ (likely a kidney or heart) within the next few years. - **Medium-term**: De-risk and build the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, enabling "a bridge to future cures" for patients with currently incurable conditions. - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring scientists, engineers, and operations staff across physics, biology, chemistry, and engineering disciplines to accelerate R&D. ## Why Work Here - **Work Environment**: On-site in San Francisco (HQ). The work spans "the edge of physics, biology, and engineering" – from quantum-level simulations to handling real organs. Culture emphasizes "hard problems", rigor, and speed. - **Culture**: Flat hierarchy, promotion on merit, "proof of work" over credentials. Team includes people from top universities and self-taught scientists alike. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401(k) via Guideline, unlimited PTO, paid parental and disability leave, on-site fitness center, catered lunch and dinner, plus snacks. - **Engineering & Science**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cryobiology, nanotech, polymer chemistry, and high-throughput automation. The company uses AI tools in hiring but makes final human decisions. ## Sources 1. [untillabs.com/careers](https://www.untillabs.com/careers) 2. [untillabs.com](https://untillabs.com/) 3. [untillabs.com/our-team](https://www.untillabs.com/our-team) 4. [builtin.com/company/until-labs](https://builtin.com/company/until-labs) 5. 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