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Job Description:
">Associate Group Leader - Cell Lab
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Associate Group Leader to join our PPD Laboratory Services team. In this role, you will provide line-level management coordination of resources and work schedules for laboratory activities, overseeing daily operations and assisting in the preparation and implementation of company policies, quality systems, and training programs.
A Day in the Life:
- Perform lab work in accordance with client protocols, methods, and requirements.
- Prepare study protocols, project status reports, final study reports, and other project-related technical documentation.
- Design experimental studies and participate in technical troubleshooting.
- Review, interpret, and analyze data for technical quality and compliance to protocols, methods, and SOPs.
- Organize, schedule, and supervise laboratory resources for group's project activities and update project status.
- Respond to client questions and needs, coordinate client communication, and record meeting minutes.
- Assist group leaders in their responsibilities.
- Assist in preparation and implementation of PPD/client SOPs and company operational policies, ensuring adherence to SOPs, safety standards, and company policies.
Keys to Success:
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Experience: Previous experience providing knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 6 years) or equivalent and relevant combination of education, training, and experience.
- Leadership responsibility: 1 year.
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Demonstrated proficiency on technical operating systems.
- Proven leadership skills.
- Ability to train and mentor junior staff.
- Demonstrated ability to be project solution driven.
- Good written and oral communication skills as well as presentation skills.
- Can independently perform root cause analysis for method investigations.
- Technical writing skills; ability to write quality documents (SOPs, investigation forms, etc.).
- Demonstrated knowledge of QA metrics of program base; ability to write and recommend changes to PPD SOPs.
- Ability to independently optimize analytical methods.
- Project and time leadership skills.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific values the health and wellbeing of our employees. We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive.
- Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
- Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.
- Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.
- Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
- Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
- May have exposure to potentially hazardous elements, including infectious agents, typically found in healthcare or laboratory environments.
- Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
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