Research Lab Manager

About the role

The Research Laboratory Manager directs the day-to-day operations of a large [25+ people], internationally recognized Neurobiology Research Laboratory. This position calls for a responsible, diligent, conscientious and detail-oriented individual with a proven track record of managerial/leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between principal investigator, school-based compliance departments and lab members.
• Foster an operationally seamless environment for lab investigators to carry out their research.
• Handle the in-processing and out-processing of all lab members by guiding them through university onboarding processes and lab-specific requirements, by ensuring the compliance of mandated university training.
• Manage, guide, evaluate, provide feedback to, and generally support lab members in their roles within the lab.
• Assist with experiments when required, including directly carrying out experiments (based upon the specific prior research experience of the candidate).
• Maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of flow within the laboratory and manage the requirements to comply with general laboratory safety regulations.
• Write and maintain animal protocols and ensure compliance of federal guidelines with respect to animal care regulations as well as maintain a relationship with animal facility and vet staff to resolve animal-related problems and ensure proper spending for mouse colony maintenance.
• Order of supplies and reagents on a weekly basis as well as determine the proper funding sources for purchases, maintain inventories, annual service contracts and repairs of equipment.
• Initiate and manage all orders using HCOM and other methods, track supplies and expenditures on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and maintain inventory.
• Keep lab budget in check, and communicate with principal investigator about spending and ideas for reducing costs, while ensuring that research projects can actively thrive.
• Communicate with vendors to attain bulk discounts and best pricing available.
• Work closely with grants manager on post-billing related challenges with vendors and internal AP Dept.
• Communicate with grants manager on spending levels, patterns and future forecasting.

Requirements

• College degree in a related field of research study.
• 3 or more years related work experience (relevant course work may count towards experience).

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) strongly preferred.
• Strong innovative and creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership abilities, friendly, yet authoritative.
• Independent individual who is able to work well in a fast-paced, team-oriented, ever-changing environment.
• Proactively assesses ways to make the lab a more efficient in regard to space, spending and workplace flow.

Skills

• Ability to foster an operationally seamless environment for lab investigators to carry out their research.
• Ability to handle the in-processing and out-processing of all lab members by guiding them through university onboarding processes and lab-specific requirements, by ensuring the compliance of mandated university training.
• Ability to manage, guide, evaluate, provide feedback to, and generally support lab members in their roles within the lab.
• Ability to assist with experiments when required, including directly carrying out experiments (based upon the specific prior research experience of the candidate).
• Ability to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of flow within the laboratory and manage the requirements to comply with general laboratory safety regulations.
• Ability to write and maintain animal protocols and ensure compliance of federal guidelines with respect to animal care regulations as well as maintain a relationship with animal facility and vet staff to resolve animal-related problems and ensure proper spending for mouse colony maintenance.
• Ability to order of supplies and reagents on a weekly basis as well as determine the proper funding sources for purchases, maintain inventories, annual service contracts and repairs of equipment.
• Ability to initiate and manage all orders using HCOM and other methods, track supplies and expenditures on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and maintain inventory.
• Ability to keep lab budget in check, and communicate with principal investigator about spending and ideas for reducing costs, while ensuring that research projects can actively thrive.
• Ability to communicate with vendors to attain bulk discounts and best pricing available.
• Ability to work closely with grants manager on post-billing related challenges with vendors and internal AP Dept.
• Ability to communicate with grants manager on spending levels, patterns and future forecasting.

Benefits

Harvard offers a comprehensive benefits package that is designed to support a healthy work-life balance and your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. This includes generous paid time off, medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage, retirement plans with university contributions, wellbeing and mental health resources, support for families and caregivers, professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement, commuter benefits, discounts and campus perks, and more.

Pay

This position is salary grade level 055. Please visit Harvard's Salary Ranges to view the corresponding salary range and related information.

Schedule

Standard Hours/Schedule: 35 hours per week| Monday - Friday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm