Lab Manager

Yale Cancer Center; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 62,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Yale Cancer Center seeks a Lab Manager to maintain daily lab operations, ensure safety and compliance, and coordinate equipment, inventory, and facilities. This role supports the research team by transforming high‑level goals into practical systems and managing shared lab spaces and resources.

Responsibilities include coordinating routines, assisting with experimental planning, and liaising with internal staff and external partners to advance clinical and environmental research projects.

Qualifications

• Must have strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to solve problems independently and efficiently.
• Experience with standard wet-lab techniques and safety practices.
• Excellent attendance, punctuality and occasional after-hours flexibility.
• Strong written and verbal communication and meticulous record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement procedures and protocols under supervision.
• Analyze and interpret research plans and initial conclusions.
• Ensure data is compiled, analyzed, and presented properly.
• Maintain documentation of results and prepare reports for proposals and publications.
• Perform independent lab techniques and contribute to experimental planning.
• Collaborate with PI, staff, and external contacts to ensure smooth lab operation.
• Engage with external researchers to discuss methods and product updates.

Skills

Organizational skills

Independent problem-solving

Wet-lab techniques

Punctuality & flexibility

Communication & record-keeping

Education

Master’s degree in a scientific field

Job description

Overview

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The Lab Manager is a steady, highly organized presence who ensures that the lab runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently. They are responsible for implementing day‑to‑day lab operations, consulted on operational strategy, and kept informed of the lab’s vision and priorities. In this role, the Lab Manager translates high‑level goals into practical, reliable systems that allow the research team to focus on science. The Lab Manager oversees core lab infrastructure and resources, including equipment purchases and maintenance, ordering and inventory systems, facilities coordination, and shared lab spaces. They curate and manage lab strains and plasmids, oversee liquid nitrogen storage and freezing workflows, and coordinate preparation and shipping as needed. They maintain clear, functional systems for common‑use resources, documentation, and inventory. The Lab Manager is a guardian of safety and compliance, serving as a primary point of contact for environmental health and safety (EHS) matters and ensuring that onboarding, training, and daily lab practices meet institutional standards. They support onboarding and offboarding, coordinate routine lab workflows (such as plate pouring), vet frequently used techniques, and help maintain a clean, organized, and functional lab environment. Above all, the Lab Manager is proactive, present, trustworthy, and people‑centered, someone who makes it possible for others to do their best work.

Carries out research assignments for large or multi‑faceted research projects, including independent research, experiments, and laboratory techniques. This role is responsible for the daily operation of a specialized laboratory, data analysis, and contribution to scientific protocols. The position may include working with advanced technologies and contributing to innovative solutions in clinical, health, or environmental research.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail. Highly responsible, dependable, and trustworthy, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience and comfort/confidence with independent problem‑solving.
• Prior laboratory research experience, including familiarity with standard wet‑lab techniques and adherence to laboratory safety practices and protocols.
• Excellent attendance and punctuality, with the flexibility to occasionally work evenings and, on rare occasions, weekends to support time‑sensitive experiments with fixed dates or to help resolve urgent after‑hours issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and record‑keeping skills. A personable, collaborative team player who interacts effectively with lab members, collaborators, and external vendors.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Candidates from any educational background will be considered, provided they bring relevant prior laboratory experience.
• Prior experience in laboratory management is highly desirable including general laboratory operations such as ordering, procurement, inventory management, and EHS compliance.

Principal Responsibilities

• 1. Recommends the design and implementation of procedures and protocols under the direction of a higher‑level authority.
• 2. Investigates, analyzes, and reaches preliminary scientific conclusions related to research planning
• 3. Ensures data results are compiled, analyzed, and presented properly.
• 4. Analyzes, develops and interprets scientific results. Maintains clear documentation of results. Prepares scientific reports and papers for research proposals and published reports.
• 5. Performs independent research and laboratory techniques and participates in experimental research planning.
• 6. Interacts with internal contacts including the PI, research assistants, graduate students, Radiation Safety and Biological Safety officers, and Animal Care personnel to discuss and evaluate research results and to ensure the smooth and safe operation of the laboratory.
• 7. Interacts with external contacts such as researchers at other institutions, staff at biotechnology and reagents companies to consult on research methods and to keep abreast of product information and developments.
• 8. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Master’s Degree in a scientific discipline and one year experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Posting Date

09/23/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Clinical & Research

Compensation Grade Profile

Research Associate 1 MS (22)

Salary Range

$61,500.00 - $91,875.00

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

On‑site

Background Check Requirements

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Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job‑related duties throughtheir hiring department.

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