Brown University · 1 day ago
Research Laboratory Mgr
The Miriam Hospital
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$75K/yr - $123K/yr
8+ years expBrown University is seeking a Research Laboratory Manager to oversee the scientific, operational, and personnel activities of a research laboratory. This role involves managing a small team while ensuring high-quality experimental output and regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
Provide subject-matter expertise in human specimen processing, particularly blood sample processing, preservation, and shipment
Oversee relevant immunological research laboratory techniques
Review, develop, and maintain standard operating procedures and laboratory best practices for strict adherence
Troubleshoot laboratory technical challenges
Directly manage, mentor, and develop 2–3 FTEs (e.g., research associates or technicians)
Assign workloads, set performance goals, and conduct performance reviews
Support training, onboarding, and career development of lab staff
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance lab culture
Oversee daily lab operations, scheduling, and workflow optimization
Ensure compliance with safety, biosafety, GLP/GMP (as applicable), and institutional or regulatory requirements
Manage lab budgets, purchasing, inventory, and vendor relationships
Maintain laboratory equipment, service contracts, and calibration schedules
Develop and maintain SOPs, protocols, and documentation
Coordinate immunological study collaborations across internal teams or external collaborators
Communicate progress, risks, and study data to senior leadership or principal investigators
Contribute to grant applications, study reports, manuscripts, or regulatory submissions as needed
Support cross-functional initiatives with adjacent teams (e.g., translational research, clinical, QA)
Qualification
Required
Master's or Bachelor's degree with 8–10 years of hands-on immunology laboratory experience
Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring scientific staff
Strong expertise in immune specimen processing, cryopreservation, and shipment
Proven ability to manage lab operations, documentation, and compliance
Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills
Preferred
Experience in an infectious disease research laboratory or regulated environments
Familiarity with translational or preclinical immunology research processes and data analysis
Experience in handling biospecimens through biosafety protocols
Prior budget management responsibility
Authorships in research publications
Company
Brown University
Brown University is an Ivy League research university that provides undergraduate and graduate programs. It is a sub-organization of Brown University Health.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$860.76MKey Investors
RI Life Science HubNASADepartment of Energy & Environment
2025-07-28Debt Financing· $500M
2025-04-11Debt Financing· $300M
2024-08-08Grant· $0.01M
Leadership Team
Sylvia R. Carey-Butler
VP for institutional equity and diversity
Diane Lipscombe
Professor of Neuroscience
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