CREW provides wastewater treatment facilities with a process intensification solution that improves performance, lowers costs, and permanently removes greenhouse gases. Backed by Connecticut Innovations.
About the role
CREW's R&D and laboratory team carries several commitments at once: carbon removal (CDR) deliveries and verification, a lab-based product evaluation and characterization program, wastewater and climate R&D, routine sample processing for our wastewater utility partners, and technical outputs such as reports, memos, and papers for partners, verifiers, and the wider field. As Manager, R&D & Laboratory Operations you lead that team across all of them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in applied scientific research, analytical chemistry, environmental science, geochemistry, or a related discipline
- 3+ years of direct management experience leading, coaching, and developing scientists or technical research teams
- Strong foundation in analytical chemistry, laboratory testing methods, and complex environmental or industrial sample analysis
- Experience managing laboratory operations, including QA/QC, SOPs, equipment, safety, and compliance
- Demonstrated ability to balance competing research priorities, laboratory operations, and commercial deliverables
- Experience building and improving scientific processes, performance metrics, and scalable laboratory systems
More about this role
CREW's R&D and laboratory team carries several commitments at once: carbon removal (CDR) deliveries and verification, a lab-based product evaluation and characterization program, wastewater and climate R&D, routine sample processing for our wastewater utility partners, and technical outputs such as reports, memos, and papers for partners, verifiers, and the wider field. As Manager, R&D & Laboratory Operations you lead that team across all of them. You decide with leadership what gets done and in what order, make the team's work and capacity visible to the rest of the company, and make sure the people on it have the time, clarity and growth path to do careful work.
This is a hands-on management role at a small company. You will know wet lab chemistry and the lab work well enough to judge it, and you will build the systems (goals, progress tracking, request intake, documentation) that keep a team of scientists focused as requests multiply. You will collaborate with wastewater process and climate experts across the team to set research direction together.
This role is located onsite at CREW's New Haven, CT or Brooklyn, NY office (with regular travel to the lab in New Haven, CT).
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