Research Lab Manager

• Supervise laboratory staff and researchers at all levels to include facilitation of recruitment efforts and staffing changes; training, direction and performance management; support professional development; and manage workloads and priorities.
• Oversee laboratory operations, providing leadership and guidance, support collaboration, facilitate projects, and identify infrastructure and technological needs.
• In conjunction with PI’s vision, develops short and long-term goals, procures necessary resources and develops plans to meet those needs.
• Develop and implement laboratory/program policies, procedures, systems, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and study specific protocols within broader framework of program/division.
• Oversee that all quality assurance measures are taken, and regulatory procedures followed.
• Manage financial forecasting and reporting activities for laboratory/program.
• Manage and approve of all laboratory/program purchases and contract negotiations.
• Identify laboratory/program needs including equipment, inventory, maintenance, repairs, etc. and oversee delivery of services.
• Perform complex lab experiments and manage laboratory/program projects and resources; work with internal and external partners to define project goals, resources, priorities; allocate and monitor effort and progress, redistribute or negotiate addition of resources as required; and ensure deliverables are completed within projected timelines.
• Assist in managing various aspects of the grant preparation process including application and renewal process, progress reports, assembling proposals and reviewing proposals for accuracy.
• Provide tutorials, workshops, and individual training sessions on experimental design, data analysis, and instrumentation use.
• May contribute toward articles for publication in scientific journals or for presentations at conferences and symposiums.
• Serve as the laboratory/program representative to represent PI at meetings with various external and internal departments and groups (i.e. regulatory oversight groups, Fred Hutch administration, funding agencies, external collaborators, vendors, subcontractors, etc.) as necessary to ensure success of the laboratory/program.
• Oversees special projects and new initiatives of the PI as requested.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Three to five years of progressive experience in a research laboratory setting, or related
• Two to three years of laboratory leadership experience.
• The candidate must be self-motivated, able to multitask and to work within a very collaborative environment.

• Graduate degree
• Proven track record of successful management of people and projects.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to think outside the box.
• Proficiency and experience in mouse colony management, genotyping and breeding is highly valued

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