Behavioral Research Lab Manager

American University of Sharjah; Sharjah; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, UAE, seeks a Lab Supervisor to oversee the Behavioral Research Lab and SBA computer laboratories, supporting faculty and students in experiments, data collection, and analytics. You will manage software, databases, and lab infrastructure while coordinating with IT, procurement, and external vendors.

Responsibilities include administering platforms such as oTree, z-Tree, and Qualtrics, managing participant recruitment systems, and ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of relevant experience in laboratory management, research administration, or data analytics.
• Experience supporting academic research environments and faculty research projects in higher education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the Behavioral Research Lab and SBA computer laboratories.
• Coordinate, schedule, and support laboratory-based experiments and data collection activities.
• Maintain laboratory computers, servers, networks, software, and equipment with IT Services.
• Install, configure, test, and troubleshoot research software and databases.
• Administer experimental research platforms such as oTree, z-Tree, Qualtrics, Prolific, MTurk.
• Develop and maintain participant recruitment systems compliant with privacy and ethics requirements.
• Provide technical support for research projects, implementation, and data collection.
• Assist faculty with data extraction, cleaning, preparation, visualization, and preliminary analysis.
• Monitor lab utilization and prepare reports on usage, licenses, inventory, and performance.
• Coordinate software licensing and renewals with faculty, procurement, IT, and vendors.
• Maintain inventory for equipment and software assets; coordinate annual inventories.
• Prepare budget forecasts and expenditure reports for labs and infrastructure.
• Coordinate upgrades and technology enhancements; maintain documentation and guides.
• Train faculty, staff, TAs, and students on lab systems and data management.
• Coordinate with departments to resolve technical and service issues.
• Ensure compliance with policies, information security, ethics, and safety.

Skills

Lab management

Research administration

Data analytics

Vendor management

Communication

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems

Tools

Python

R

SQL

SPSS

Qualtrics

oTree

z-Tree

Git

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

The American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, UAE, seeks a Lab Supervisor to oversee the Behavioral Research Lab and SBA computer laboratories, supporting faculty and students in experiments, data collection, and analytics. You will manage software, databases, and lab infrastructure while coordinating with IT, procurement, and external vendors.

Responsibilities include administering platforms such as oTree, z-Tree, and Qualtrics, managing participant recruitment systems, and ensuring compliance