Head of Research

Head of Research Compensation:

• $125K– $200K salary, up to 1% equity stock options Full benefits, including health coverage, PTO & parental leave About BiomeSense BiomeSense is a life sciences startup applying gut microbiome technologies (GutLab, MetaBiome) to advance personalized medicine.


• We partner with UCSF, UCSD, NIH & the University of Chicago & are backed by LabCorp Ventures, Bluestein Ventures, Seerave Foundation & Emil Capital Partners.
• Role Summary Lead Laboratory Operations and Research, driving our sample-to-answer multi-omics platform with direct accountability to company leadership across metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and operational scalability.
• Key Responsibilities Design, validate, and optimize molecular multi-omics pipelines for fecal samples, ensuring both scientific rigor and alignment with company strategy Build and oversee scalable, operationally efficient, sample-handling workflows Tran...