Sr. Manager, Research Laboratory

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Microbiology & Immunology has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager, Research Laboratory position. The incumbent provides scientific support and assistance to research laboratories, including all critical and basic laboratory operations. Moreover, the incumbent plans and implements overall laboratory policies, procedures, and services in furtherance of departmental and institutional goals and objectives.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Ensures efficient and effective departmental operations including department quality control and compliance adherence.

• Formulates and implements short- and long-range goals for the operations of the laboratories.

• Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates systems to assess current and projected laboratory services.

• Serves as a liaison between investigators, research personnel, and staff to resolve specific operating problems and improve technical activities.

• Advises on technical procedures, techniques, and equipment, and maintains conformance with applicable operational standards.

• Evaluates and recommends new techniques and technologies.

• Manages and coordinates the activities of assigned project(s) with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and resources.

• Installs and maintains laboratory equipment in compliance with federal regulations.

• Assures that the laboratory technicians are properly trained in standard operating procedures and equipment specific requirements.

• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.

• Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.

• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience

DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM

Department Specific Functions

1. Ensure laboratory employees adhere to guidelines and safety protocols to perform immunology and cardiovascular physiology experiments 2. Oversee day to day operations of the laboratory, assign lab maintenance tasks to lab members for a clean, safe and effective work environment. 3. Set weekly and monthly goals for lab maintenance and budgeting for all lab members. 4. Onboard new trainees in research activities, providing SOPs for all techniques and equipment used in the laboratory, and ensure all trainings are completed in a timely manner 5. Create, update, and organize lab records for all laboratory specific protocols and individual projects 6. Oversee licensing for laboratory analysis software, equipment service contracts and data record keeping. 7. Write, submit and review IRB, IBC and IACUC protocols. 8. Oversee laboratory budgeting, order supplies, and keep track of sample inventories for all studies. 9. Edit manuscripts in preparation and participate in research project discussions 10. Design experiments involving immunological and cardio physiological approaches to investigate immune and vascular dependent mechanisms of cardiovascular disease , analyze data and incorporate in publications. These include using animal models of inflammation, heart failure and cancer, and primary cell isolation. 11. Mining large sequencing data sets: analysis and data representation of single cell data. 12. Coordinate laboratory presentations for new candidates applying to the lab. Education: PhD in basic research discipline, preferably physiology, molecular biology or immunology.

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