Senior Lab Manager and Technical Program Manager

Position Details

Position Information

Posting date 07/09/2026 Closing date Open Until Filled Yes Position Number 1129643 Position Title Senior Lab Manager and Technical Program Manager Hiring Range Minimum $75,700 Hiring Range Maximum $94,700 Union Type Not a Union Position SEIU Level Not an SEIU Position FLSA Status Exempt Employment Category Regular Full Time w/end date Scheduled Months per Year 12 Scheduled Hours per Week 40 Schedule

Full-time, Monday-Friday, standard business hours; flexibility for occasional sponsor meetings outside core hours.

Location of Position

Hanover, NH

With optional onsite presence at the Cluster's Boston site

Remote Work Eligibility? Onsite only Is this a term position? Yes If yes, length of term in months. 12 Is this a grant funded position? Yes Position Purpose

Lead end-to-end execution of multiple federally funded research programs in the Cluster for Improving Healthcare Outcomes through Sensory Technology and the HumanX Lab for Cognitive Performance and Longevity. Own milestone delivery, day-to-day lab operations, equipment lifecycle, subaward and vendor coordination, and direct interface with funding agency program managers. Reports to the Cluster Head (Prof. Tam Vu) and serves as the operational and technical owner of the Cluster's funded portfolio across hardware, firmware, signal processing, machine learning, biology, and clinical work streams.

Description

The Cluster for Improving Healthcare Outcomes through Sensory Technology at Dartmouth invites applications for a Senior Lab Manager and Technical Program Manager. The Cluster advances research and translation at the intersection of deep biosensing, biological computing systems, and organoid platforms, with a portfolio of multiple active and forthcoming federally funded government programs. The lead lab in this hire is the HumanX Lab for Cognitive Performance and Longevity, which designs, builds, and validates AI-powered wearable sensing and stimulation systems.

We are seeking a senior, hands-on lab manager who has already run a wearable, medical device, or biomedical research lab and can take direct ownership of the Cluster's funded portfolio. The Senior Lab Manager will report to the Cluster Head (Prof. Tam Vu) and serve as the operational and technical owner of the Cluster's programs. This role combines deep technical fluency, disciplined multi-program management, lab-scale operations, and results-oriented execution across a multi-disciplinary team spanning biology, hardware, firmware, software, machine learning, and clinical work streams.

This is a full-time, onsite position, at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH, or in Boston's site. The initial appointment is for one year with renewal contingent on program performance and funding. The Senior Lab Manager will be hosted in the Department of Computer Science and supported by the Cluster. Compensation is commensurate with senior industry program management experience and lab leadership track record.

Dartmouth is committed to academic excellence and encourages the open exchange of ideas within a culture of mutual respect. Applicants should address in their cover letter how their professional experience, leadership, service, and life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth's commitment to academic excellence.

Required Qualifications
- Education and Yrs Exp Bachelors plus 6 or more years' experience or combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications
- Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

* Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related field.

* Existing or prior role as Lab Manager, Program Manager, Technical Program Manager, Director of Engineering, or equivalent in a wearable, medical device, BCI, or biomedical research laboratory; experience managing federally funded research programs (e.g., DARPA, ARPA-H, or comparable agencies).

* Demonstrated experience managing multiple federally funded research programs in parallel.

* Strong multi-project program management discipline: milestone planning, dependency tracking, subaward and vendor management, structured risk and change management.

* Hands-on technical fluency across at least two of: wearable sensing hardware, analog front-ends, embedded firmware, biosignal processing, biological or organoid computing platforms, applied ML for biosignals, or integrated HW-FW-SW system delivery.

* Demonstrated experience having built or managed a real system progressed beyond a lab demonstrator to clinical, field, or production deployment.

* Results-oriented operating style with quantified outcomes.

* Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to brief program managers, partner PIs, and university leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

* Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely…