Job Description
About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically accelerate innovation. This inflection point provides an unparalleled opportunity to fundamentally rethink the institutions, systems, and tools that drive scientific progress. Unlike traditional non-profit research organizations, Astera funds and operates projects supported by Astera operate like high-velocity startups, allowing us to focus on ambitious goals, match structure to problem, and attract strong technical talent and leadership. You can read more about our mission, vision, and programming here. About Radial: Radial is a research organization within Astera focused on rethinking life science research at a systems level. The systems that enable how we fund, do, and build upon science have long needed an update. At Radial, we design, fund, and operate programs that tackle foundational scientific problems while simultaneously testing better ways to do science. We're looking for people who are willing to take big risks, build useful things and share their learnings in the open. Position Summary Mission Hire a founding technical leader to serve as the CEO's technical co-pilot; the person who co-architects Radial's scientific and technical direction, builds the AI and computational infrastructure across programs, and sets the technical bar through their own hands-on work. This is a building role: the Head of Bio AI will personally drive early prototypes, make critical architecture decisions, and help determine what Radial builds, how it builds it, and the standards to which it holds i