Manager, Research Laboratory (Myeloma)

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami Health System seeks a Full-Time Manager, Research Laboratory to oversee day-to-day operations of the Walker lab, focused on genomics and epigenetics research in multiple myeloma. Responsibilities include policy implementation, staff training, and budgetary recommendations to support high-quality scientific work.

The role requires coordinating with investigators, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, and maintaining facilities and equipment to support cutting-edge

Qualifications

• 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 plan, delegate and supervise the work of others.
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train staff.

Responsibilities

• Formulates and implements goals for lab operation.
• Implements policies and coordinates with research staff on lab services.
• Liaises between investigators, staff and researchers to solve operating problems.
• Advises on procedures and equipment while ensuring standards.
• Maintains safety QA and ensures facilities meet good laboratory practices.

Skills

Business & management principles

Direct and supervise staff

Strategic planning

Budgeting & cost control

Staff training & development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Job description

Job Summary

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of SCCC department has an exciting opportunity for a Full-Time Manager, Research Laboratory to work at UHealth in Miami, Florida. The Manager, Research Laboratory (A) oversees the day-to-day operations of the research laboratory, including maintenance and upkeep and ensuring an efficient and effective laboratory working environment.

Job Functions

• Formulates and implements short- and long-range goals for the operation of the laboratories.
• Implements laboratory policies and procedures and coordinates with research staff on issues which impact laboratory services.
• Serves as a liaison between investigators, research personnel, and staff to solve specific operating problems and improve technical activities.
• Advises on technical procedures, techniques and equipment, and maintains conformance with specific operational standards.
• Maintains quality checks on the safety of laboratories and insures maintenance of the facilities according to good laboratory practices.
• Installs and maintains laboratory equipment in compliance with federal regulations.
• Assures that the laboratory technicians are properly trained in standard operating procedures and equipment specific requirements.
• Assists in the determination of fiscal requirements and in the preparation of budgetary recommendations.
• Compiles and prepares reports and analyses, setting forth progress, adverse trends, and appropriate recommendations and conclusions.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• Experience: Minimum 5 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

• A lab manager is required in the Walker lab, which focuses on the genomics and epigenetics of multiple myeloma.
• The Manager, Research Laboratory (A) oversees the day-to-day operations of the research laboratory, including maintenance and upkeep and ensuring an efficient and effective laboratory working environment.
• In addition, the lab manager will assist the PI with regulatory processes, such as IACUC and IBC forms, and also manage their own experiments to generate preliminary data or reagents.
• The lab manager will be responsible for assisting as needed with lab experiments, sample processing, or animal management, performing experiments for data generation as needed in areas of molecular or cellular biology, and ensuring staff are up-to-date with Health and Safety training.
• https://umiamihealth.org/en/sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center/research/labs/walker-lab

Benefits

• The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

Work Arrangement

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

Company Information

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.