We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Senior Lab Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoys solving complex administrative and operational challenges. In this role, you will partner with scientific leadership, laboratories, and administrative stakeholders to streamline operations, coordinate high-impact initiatives, manage projects, and ensure the resources, processes, and infrastructure are in place to advance cutting-edge research.
Scientific Program Support and Administrative Analysis
- Develops and advises on administrative requirements for a complex scientific organization.
- Works with management to plan organizational needs for additional positions/and or equipment/supplies.
- Identifies and implements efficiency improvements by analyzing and streamlining cumbersome or time-consuming manual administrative processes.
- Identifies problem areas, analyzes situations, recommends viable solutions and prepares reports.
Administrative Support
- Budget analysis and coordination
- Providing, securing and making recommendations for resources or services needed to manage and run laboratories and other organizations.
- Human resources needs, facilities assistance, property/space management, and safety administration for scientific resources.
- General administrative responsibilities and assistance (travel, purchasing, etc.)
- Coordinate, triage and filter requests
- Review paperwork for accuracy and fidelity to internal SOPs and broader regulations
- Liaise with lab staff on a regular basis to discuss priorities and requests, and gather and provide feedback
- Support compiling reports, facilitating data calls, coordinating programs, events and activities
- Onboarding/offboarding IRP staff
- Serve as a liaison between the Scientific Director's office, Administrative Officers, and labs
Project and Task Management
- Assist with the development, initiation, and execution of new project initiatives.
- Track administrative action items, provide deadline reminders, and maintain relevant spreadsheets.
- Develop milestones, budgets, and funding plans for projects.
- Bachelor’s degree required;
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written;
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience in a related field;
- Knowledge of Federal policies, procedures, and regulations;
- Knowledge of preparing NIH travel orders using the NBS/CGE travel system;
- Knowledge of NIH procurement processes;
- Skill in data analysis and Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint);
- Excellent analytical, organizational, time, and project management skills;
- Ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail;
- A proven record of self-motivated achievements will be a positive asset.
mPower, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth or related condition), citizenship, familial status, mental or physical disability status, veteran status, genetic information, other non-disqualifying disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
