Sr. Manager, Research Laboratory

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Manager, Research Laboratory to work at the UHealth medical campus in Miami, FL.CORE JOB SUMMARY  The Sr. Manager, Research Laboratory 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. This Lab Manager will be a key member of the Molecular Therapeutics Shared Resource (MTSR) of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC).CORE

JOB FUNCTIONS  
1. Ensures efficient and effective departmental operations including department quality control and compliance adherence.  
2. Formulates and implements short- and long-range goals for the operations of the laboratories.  
3. Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates systems to assess current and projected laboratory services.  
4. Serves as a liaison between investigators, research personnel, and staff to resolve specific operating problems and improve technical activities.  
5. Advises on technical procedures, techniques, and equipment, and maintains conformance with applicable operational standards.  
6. Evaluates and recommends new techniques and technologies.  
7. Manages and coordinates the activities of assigned project(s) with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and resources.  
8. Installs and maintains laboratory equipment in compliance with federal regulations.  
9. Assures that the laboratory technicians are properly trained in standard operating procedures and equipment specific requirements.  10. 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

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Experience:

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:  
• Knowledge of business and management principles.  
• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.  
• Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan.  
• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.  
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.#
** Department Specific Functions
** This Lab Manager position will be a key member of the Molecular Therapeutics Shared Resource (MTSR) of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) at the University of Miami. The MTSR provides resources and services to facilitate the identification and development of novel compounds and therapeutics for cancer treatment. The responsibilities of the Lab Manager position include assisting the MTSR Director in supervising technical staff and in operational oversight of MTSR services that facilitate drug discovery and pharmacology research.

Responsibilities include assisting in developing, expanding, and supporting infrastructure and processes for target evaluation and assay development; small molecule library preparation, screening, and curation; high throughput screening (HTS) enablement; plate imaging and transfers; assay identification, development and implementation; support for standard and customized assays (including clonogenic and alpha screen assays); support for hit-to-lead pharmacology (including…