Senior Manager, Research Operations
Ovation
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Research Operations (NGS) to oversee projects performed in Ovation’s contracted research labs (ORN labs) to generate data for Ovation’s data products. Unlike traditional roles that manage in-house facilities, this position will focus on implementing and maintaining rigorous operational excellence across our network of contracted laboratory service providers (ORN labs). The candidate will translate and implement protocols developed in collaboration with our research team in population-scale sequencing projects. The ideal candidate will bring deep NGS technical expertise from ordering samples, library preparation, sequencing, multiQC analysis for delivery of data to Ovation’s Data Product team alongside strong vendor management experience.
Who You Are
- You have achievements that others thought were not possible
- You strive to see connections and pursue opportunities where others cannot
- You are transparent with customers, with the team, and with yourself
- You like to collaborate with cross-functional teams that include research and operations
- You are highly motivated and like to work independently as well as a member of several teams
- You have an insuppressible curiosity about how things work
Key Responsibilities
- Develop policies and guidelines to harmonize operations performed in our ORN labs.
- Help develop protocols in collaboration with ORN lab teams for all aspects of sequencing projects from sample ingestion, processing, extraction, library preparation and sequencing.
- Monitor performance metrics for all contracted laboratories and address quality or timeline issues
- Obtain written lab protocols from all participating ORN labs, document all revisions and reasons in the spirit of GLP in a timely fashion.
- Help evaluate and qualify potential sample processing and NGS service providers,
- conducting site visits and technical assessments of candidate ORN labs
- Help negotiate service level agreements (SLAs) and manage contracts with ORN labs
- Help coordinate contingency plans to mitigate risks associated with outsourced operations
- Analyze data from ORN labs to for quality assurance, and provide updates and reports to Company internal teams
- Coordinate with biobanking, data product and bioinformatics teams to establish seamless data transfer protocols internally and with external partners
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to design and then oversee sample tracking systems that span from internal collection of data through internal processing for data readiness for external data delivery
- Serve as a technical liaison with internal biobanking, data business and product teams and external service providers
- Manage budgets and optimize cost-effectiveness of the outsourced laboratory model
- Stay current with sample processing and NGS technology advances to advise on new methodologies and potential partnerships
Qualifications
- PhD or equivalent with industry experience in human Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Genomics
- 5+ years of hands-on experience and demonstrated proficiency with NGS wet-lab methodologies in human WGS, WTS or equivalent is required
- Experience using bioinformatics pipelines and statistical analyses software a must
- Strong understanding of quality control systems and ability to implement them across organizational boundaries
- Experience with laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and sample tracking across organizations
- Experience writing and enforcing technical requirements for laboratory services
- Proven ability to solve complex operational problems across multiple stakeholders
- Strong project management skills with ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated success in vendor relationship management and/or outsourced services model
- Willingness to travel (25-30%) for ORN labs or other vendor visits and audits
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