Project Supervisor, Bioanalysis, Ligand Binding R&D

1104 Syneos Health Clinical Lab, Inc.; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 68,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health seeks a Project Supervisor in Bioanalysis (Ligand Binding R&D) to lead a team in Princeton, NJ. You will oversee project planning, method validation, and data interpretation in ELISA and MSD ligand-binding assays.

You will collaborate with scientific staff to ensure timelines, regulatory readiness, and robust documentation while mentoring junior analysts and optimizing assay performance and workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in science with 3–5 years related experience.
• Validation experience in ELISA or MSD assays.
• Strong computer skills especially in Word, Excel and analytical software.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and monitor the work unit's activities to meet the division's goals.
• Prepare, revise, and approve documentation for assigned projects.
• Collaborate with the Manager to ensure client timelines are met.
• Provide technical supervision and advice to the laboratory staff.
• Communicate progress and priorities to the team and management.
• Advise internal/external clients of the division's expertise by assessing needs and following up.
• Ensure training is available for team members.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Word/Excel

Analytical software

Education

Bachelor Degree in Science

Tools

ELISA/ MSD assays

Cell-based assays

Job description

Project Supervisor, Bioanalysis, Ligand Binding R&D Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, manage and monitor the work unit’s activities/operations according to the field of expertise, the work plan, and the needs of the division and/or the organization in order to achieve the expected results.
• Prepare, revise and/or approve all documentation related to the assigned projects.
• Collaborate with the Manager of the assigned resources to ensure client timelines are met.
• Provide technical supervision and advice to the laboratory staff.
• Daily interaction with the technical/scientific team and management to establish priorities of assignments.
• Communicate the necessary information in order to keep the team and the organization on track to the work unit’s work plan, projects, processes, results, actions and recommendations taken to meet arising needs.
• Advise internal/external clients of the division’s particular areas of expertise by assessing needs and carrying out analysis and follow-up.
• Represent the work unit, both internally and externally, as a source for consultation and/or information and/or reference.
• Ensure training is available for team members.
• May be called upon, as a backup to the Bioanalysis Principal Investigator, to help develop the work unit’s budget, ensure that it is being adhered to, perform budget follow-up for pertinent stakeholders and recommend actions in an effort to achieve the expected results.
• Help develop and analyze the work unit’s performance indicator systems according to established objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve the department’s work plan and processes.
• Determine, as needed, the necessary actions to improve efficiency.
• Responsible for performing activities that are in compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies, Standard Operating Procedures and Operating guidelines and performing other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Science. 3-5 years related experience.
• validation experience in ELISA or MSD assays.
• Cell based experience preferred.
• Relative alternate certifications may be considered acceptable.
• Must demonstrate good computer skills especially in the utilization of Microsoft Word, Excel and analytical softwares.
• Experience in regulatory context will be considered an asset.
• Experience in managing technical staff.
• Experience in bioanalytical laboratory work.
• Excellent communications, presentation, interpersonal skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform, influence, convince and persuade.
• Demonstrate scientific problem solving skills.

AtSyneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance.

Benefits

• company car or car allowance
• Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company match 401k
• eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
• flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range: $67,700.00 - $115,100.00 The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health. http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Discover what our Syneos Health colleagues already know: work here matters everywhere. Work alongside the brightest minds in the biopharmaceutical industry taking down walls and removing barriers to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. We are strategic thinkers who actively seek different perspectives, whether across offices or across oceans. Because we solve some of the toughest challenges facing the most prestigious healthcare companies today, you'll gain exposure and be supported with comprehensive resources including emerging technologies, data, science and knowledge sharing. The diversification and breadth of Syneos Health creates a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. We’re a growing, global company dedicated to advancing our talent past their initial role. Discover what our 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere. We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world.

Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you’re guaranteed to: Partner with the most diverse team of experts in the industry. From the top down, our people are inspiring. Everyone has a voice and is encouraged to use it. Work in specialized Syneos Health teams that are therapeutically or functionally aligned for expert collaboration. We assemble clinical teams where everyone, from CRAs to senior management, is skilled in the same therapeutic area or customer teams. With this structure, everyone on your team speaks the same language and can deliver unique insights into the therapeutic environment and patient population. We are partners with purpose. We integrate seamlessly with our customers and do what’s best for their success. Our people provide the brilliant ideas, valuable insights and endless energy that accelerates the impact of life changing therapies worldwide.