Lab Manager

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and professionally with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple complex projects independently.
• Commitment to laboratory safety, compliance, and ethical research practices.
• Ability t

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Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category: Academic Staff Employment Type: Regular Job Profile: Laboratory Manager Job Summary: The Handelsman Lab is seeking a Lab Manager to direct, coordinate, and manage laboratory operations and play a central role in the Lucida Project, a large, complex, collaborative research effort involving internal and external partners, including international collaborators. This position requires a highly organized, communicative, and detail‑oriented individual who can manage complex logistics, ensure regulatory compliance, and facilitate coordination across multidisciplinary teams. As part of the Lucida Project coordination, this position will create, manage, and execute large‑scale human sample collection efforts, as well as manage the expansive digital dataset associated with the project. This position will serve as a key communication liaison between the Principal Investigator and project‑associated lab members, team at the Center for Healthy Minds, and external collaborators and international partners and is responsible for coordinating meetings and ensuring participation of appropriate personnel. This position is responsible for tracking and supporting compliance with Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements and biosafety protocols. The Laboratory Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of the lab, including but not limited to maintaining laboratory supply inventory, tracking and organizing laboratory equipment, managing vendor relationships, and sending and receiving materials using the Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs). In addition, the Laboratory Manager is responsible for onboarding and offboarding lab members. The Laboratory Manager is required to maintain the Hazardous Materials (HazMat) shipping certification through UW Environmental Health & Safety (EHS). This position will ensure compliance with safety, chemical hygiene, OSHA, and UW-Madison standards by developing and maintaining required safety documentation, overseeing chemical storage, and facilitating required training for the lab members. This position will also develop and facilitate trainings on scientific experimentation, technical procedures, equipment operations, and laboratory best practices for various audiences. Key Job Responsibilities: 10% - 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% - Serves as the unit liaison to internal and external stakeholder groups providing information, making recommendations to leadership, and representing the interests of the unit 10% - Monitors program budgets and expenditures 20% - Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised unit operational policies and procedures in alignment with strategic initiatives and objectives 15% - Develops and facilitates trainings regarding scientific experimentation, technical procedures, and equipment operations to various audiences 35% - 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 Department: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research - Wisconsin Institute for Discovery The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is a research institute on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison that was built to develop a new approach to science driven by unlikely collaborations among outstanding research minds. Strengths in AI and Health, Engineering for Life, and Systems Optimization enable WID to advance basic research and rise to grand challenges.

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