Sample Operations Manager

Duties:

The Project Manager, Sample Procurement & Collaborations, oversees all operational aspects of human specimen acquisition from commercial vendors and/or academic collaborations. Working closely with Scientists in the department, the Project Manager works to refine the project scope, assess feasibility with vendors, and partners with internal functions to execute contracts for procurement and outsourced testing, and ensure samples and data arrive in a timely fashion and meet all quality expectations.

Provide project management support for Scientists for non clinical trial projects involving human specimens e.g. technology evaluations, companion diagnostics development, assay validation, disease biology

Partner with internal stakeholders such as Legal, Contracts, and Procurement for timely execution of contracts

Actively manage multiple projects from initial request through completion by overseeing contracts for specimen receipt, outsourced testing, and final sample and data quality

Manage relationships with external business partners – commercial laboratories/vendors as well as academic collaborators

Maintain working knowledge of current GCP, biobanking, and sample management policies and best practices

Skills:

Strong scientific background: life sciences degree, hands-on experience working with human specimens (blood, tissue) and/or assay development

Strong project management skills with ability to prioritize multiple projects with competing timelines

Excellent organization and time management skills

Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills: communicates clearly with scientific audiences, and able to adapt message to audiences at varying levels of the organization

Able to drive for results with limited instruction and with incomplete information

Experience in alliance management, vendor management, and/or business development

Experience on operational, regulatory and ethical aspects of bio-specimen collection and banking in a drug development setting

Effective negotiation and problem solving skills

Education:

BS/BA (Engineering/Science preferred). Minimum 3 years Project Management experience. Experience with implementation of process improvement initiatives Strong scientific background: life sciences degree, hands-on experience working with human specimens (blood, tissue) and/or assay development

Vishnu Kumar

Technical Recruiter 

Artech Information Systems LLC 

360 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Suite 2000 | Morristown, NJ 07960 

Office: +1.973.967.3585 | Fax: 973.998.2599