Senior Animal Behaviorist -Primate

About the role

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career, and make a real impact on people’s health around the world.

Responsibilities

• Treat animals in biomedical research humanely, with care, compassion, and respect while adhering to strict ethical standards.
• Perform behavior management strategies, including behavior assessment/observation reports, development of behavior intervention strategies, social housing evaluation, and intervention.
• Design behavioral studies to support the development of new behavior management procedures/techniques locally, regionally, and globally. Support implementation by preparing controlled documents, developing and delivering training, and conducting competency assessments.
• Lead the analysis of animal welfare/behavior and scoring data. Provide reports on behavior metrics and participate in animal welfare investigations to identify root causes of behavior issues and implement corrective/preventative actions.
• Develop behavior management projects for study-related procedures. Collaborate with study directors, clients, and IACUC to design and implement specific behavior management interventions.
• Collaborate with the onboarding team to provide animal behavior training for new staff and refresher training for operations staff. Review and update animal behavior training materials regularly and provide advanced staff training.
• Develop and deliver behavior management presentations for client meetings, audits, and regulatory visits.
• Participate in external meetings and working groups to ensure programmatic developments align with industry standards.
• Work with the Behavior Program Manager to regularly evaluate and update staff training materials and lead the implementation of training for new behavior team members.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences (Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Biology, Animal Behavior, or other related fields).
• 8+ years of professional animal research or breeding experience.
• 5+ years of behavior management experience within a research or captive breeding environment with Rhesus Macaques, Cynomolgus Macaques, or Common Marmosets.
• 3+ years of experience working in a GLP environment.
• 1+ year of experience working within a multi-discipline research team.
• Ability to assess and differentiate between normal and abnormal species-specific behavior for laboratory animal species, including Rhesus Macaques, Cynomolgus Macaques, or Common Marmosets.
• Ability to effectively describe and communicate animal behavior observations using established professional behavior terminology.
• Knowledge of behavior management procedures, including enrichment, positive reinforcement training, and animal socialization.
• Knowledge of anatomic and physiologic variations, behavior, diseases, and reproduction of laboratory animals.
• Knowledge of local regulatory requirements and guidelines for animal behavior management and GLPs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional AALAS certification (LATg/HT).
• Professional certification in animal behavior.

Additional Job Standards

• A proven ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proficient in the use of office and laboratory data capture software applications.
• Effective personal organization and time management skills.
• Strong presentation and project management skills.
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends as required.
• Mandatory immunizations and screening as required.
• May work with potentially hazardous substances, including known/potential teratogens or carcinogens and/or radiolabeled test materials.
• Must be able to work in a laboratory setting with laboratory animals (e.g., rodents, canines, primates, rabbits, pigs).
• Must be able to work in small or confined spaces.
• Relocation assistance available.

Benefits

Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, short-term disability (STD), and long-term disability (LTD) insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, casual, intern, and temporary employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan.