Biofluid Lab Manager

The Fluid Biomarker Program, together with the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP), and the Biomarker Core of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (WADRC) is seeking a biofluid lab manager to join our team.

As imaging and blood-based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases (NDD), including AD, continue to rapidly evolve, there is a need to determine when pathological proteins become detectable in the brain relative to age and risk factors and how they can inform on multi-etiology causes of impairment. The Biofluid Lab supports researchers at UW and abroad through providing core services, including preparing kits for sample collection, managing biospecimens, shipping samples to requestors, and analyzing samples via immunoassays. The lab also supports novel fluid biomarker research, including assay development.

We seek a lab manager to oversee day-to-day operations across the biorepository, sample analysis, and assay development units of our lab. Additional responsibilities include establishing and/or updating laboratory best practices and ensuring accuracy of and adherence to biosafety protocols. The lab manager coordinates and serves as a back-up for on-call emergency freezer management, acts as a liaison and lab expert for collaborating research studies, and manages the administrative and supervisory activities for an active and growing lab. Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously is strongly preferred as well as exemplary organization, attention to detail, interest in human biological research, and ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.

• 15% Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives
• 20% Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing information, making recommendations to leadership, and representing the interests of the unit
• 25% Directs and supervises the day-to-day laboratory operations, quality control programs, and/or staff of a work unit to ensure compliance with organization and regulatory agency standards
• 10% Monitors program budgets and expenditures
• 20% May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
• 10% Develops and facilitates trainings regarding scientific experimentation, technical procedures, and equipment operations to various audiences

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Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

- Experience with biospecimen sample handling, including storing and shipping, required.
- Experience with biospecimen sample collection and processing is strongly preferred.
- Relevant professional experience with progressively increasing responsibility in personnel and project management is strongly preferred.
- Experience with immunoassay and/or other wet lab techniques, such as flow cytometry, Western blots, and PCR preferred.
- Relevant experience in a medical, research, or educational setting preferred.

Successful candidates should have exemplary interpersonal, technical, and organizational skills.

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $66,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The starting salary for the position is $66,000 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is an ongoing position that will require continuous work eligibility. If you are selected for this position you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience.

Beckie Jeffers
bjeffers@medicine.wisc.edu
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Laboratory Manager(RE032)

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/MEDICINE/GER-AD DEV

Academic Staff-Renewable

313465-AS