Lab Manager/Supervisor

Title: Laboratory Supervisor / Laboratory Manager Location:

Woburn, MA Schedule: M-F Full Time, occasional weekends and evenings Type: Direct Hire Responsibilities:

Cord blood processing and storage Processing units, in addition to supervisory responsibilities, such as hiring, training and managing lab staff Validating, initiating, and optimizing processing and testing of units, hiring and training staff, and increasing lab capacity Will have 5-20 lab staff in the future This is an international organization with many years of experience in many European countries starting a brand new US operation. The entire operation is being built from the ‘ground up’- new laboratory, new staff, etc. Requirements: Experience with umbilical cord blood banking, as well as processing and storage of cord blood 7 years‘ experience in clinical blood bank laboratory in all areas (processing, testing, storage, release, etc.) and cellular therapy (stem cell) laboratory Current certification as Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientist, or similar; ASCP certification strongly preferred 3 years‘ experience in people management (lab staff), preferred 5 years of experience overseeing all technical aspects of tissue bank operations under the supervision of a medical director, preferred Ability to ensure quality control management and to set up corresponding processes Experience in ensuring the validation of laboratories, processes, procedures, and equipment Ability for teamwork, multitasking, regular reporting and performance of assigned tasks on time and in the required quality Experience with laboratory inspections, audits, proficiency testing, etc. Experienced in communicating with regulatory and licensing offices and official certification authorities is welcome M3