The Laboratory Manager oversees the scientific, operational, and personnel activities of a research laboratory. This role combines deep technical expertise in immune specimen processing with leadership responsibility for a small team (2–3 full-time employees). The manager ensures high-quality experimental output, regulatory compliance, efficient lab operations, and alignment with organizational research goals.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Key Responsibilities

Scientific & Technical Leadership

• 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

People Management

• 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

Laboratory Operations

• 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

Project & Stakeholder Management

• 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)

Qualifications

• 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 Qualifications

• 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

Key Competencies

• Laboratory technical rigor and problem-solving
• People leadership, and coaching
• Operational excellence
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Attention to detail and documentation
• Ability to balance hands-on work with managerial responsibilities

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EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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