Scientific Recruiting Advisor

About Arc Institute

The Arc Institute is a new scientific institution that conducts curiosity-driven basic science and technology development to understand and treat complex human diseases. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Arc is an independent research organization founded on the belief that many important research programs will be enabled by new institutional models. Arc operates in partnership with Stanford University, UCSF, and UC Berkeley. While the prevailing university research model has yielded many tremendous successes, we believe in the importance of institutional experimentation as a way to make progress. These include:

• Funding: Arc will fully fund Core Investigator’s (PI’s) research groups, liberating scientists from the typical constraints of project-based external grants.
• Technology: Biomedical research has become increasingly dependent on complex tooling. Arc Technology Centers develop, optimize and deploy rapidly advancing experimental and computational technologies in collaboration with Core Investigators.
• Support: Arc aims to provide first-class support—operationally, financially and scientifically—that will enable scientists to pursue long-term high risk, high reward research that can meaningfully advance progress in disease cures, including neurodegeneration, cancer, and immune dysfunction.

Arc scaled to nearly 100 people in its first year. With $650M+ in committed funding and a state of the art new lab facility in Palo Alto, Arc will continue to grow quickly to several hundred in the coming years.

About the position:

Arc Institute is seeking applications for a Scientific Advisor to our Recruiting team to help us achieve our hiring goals. Arc is in a rapid growth phase, aiming to build five Technology Centers, recruit new Core and Affiliate faculty members, and hire additional researchers in Core Investigators’ labs. Proactive outreach to connect with top academic labs and biotech companies with relevant expertise will be crucial to recruiting the best talent to Arc for years to come. As an integral member of our team, the Scientific Recruiting Advisor will bring broad scientific expertise, top-notch communication skills, decisive scientific scrutiny, and a team-focused approach to match candidates to roles and disseminate Arc’s unique model and vision.

About you:

• You are passionate about science. You have built and continue to maintain broad scientific expertise. You enjoy talking about a wide variety of scientific research disciplines and are excited to learn about new scientific fields.
• You are curious and collaborative. You love learning and have a genuine interest in people, ideas and unfamiliar topics. You enjoy research and asking questions to dig deep in a particular area. You like to tackle new challenges and solve complex puzzles with others. You appreciate the power of great teamwork in an optimistic environment. You take the time to be an active listener and are open to new or different ideas and viewpoints.
• You approach problem solving with creativity and resilience. You strive to find innovative solutions to problems. You aren’t afraid to try a new approach.
• You value relationship building and care about creating a positive experience for people interviewing at Arc. You enjoy making connections with new people. You approach your work and relationship building with clear communication, transparency, empathy and kindness.

In this role you will:

• Collaborate with Arc Institute leadership and hiring managers to define, draft, and understand requirements for scientific positions at all levels.
• Create robust pipelines through active sourcing and develop outreach messaging for potential candidates for various scientific roles.
• Interview and evaluate inbound and sourced candidates for various scientific roles.
• Use your networks and knowledge of the academic and biotech landscapes to proactively build relationships with top candidates that would complement Arc’s scientific needs and contribute to a culture of scientific curiosity, rigor, ambition, and collaboration.
• Partner with the recruiting team to build efficient and scalable recruiting processes.
• Proudly represent Arc’s mission and values through the hiring process.

Requirements:

• PhD in a relevant life science discipline
• 3+ years of post PhD experience
• Broad scientific literacy and ability to critically evaluate scientific research across disciplines including biochemistry, cell biology, neuroscience, cancer biology, immunology and genomics
• Familiarity with the academic landscape in the US and worldwide
• Familiarity with the biotech industry and a relevant professional network is a plus
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and communicating scientific concepts to non-scientist team members
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience interviewing job applicants and/or assessing scientific manuscripts or grants

The base salary range for this position is $89,000 to $145,000. These amounts reflect the range of base salary that the Institute reasonably would expect to pay a new hire or internal candidate for this position. The actual base compensation paid to any individual for this position may vary depending on factors such as experience, market conditions, education/training, skill level, and whether the compensation is internally equitable, and does not include bonuses, commissions, differential pay, other forms of compensation, or benefits. This position is also eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus, with the amount dependent on individual and institute performance factors.