Lab Manager

Job Summary: The Hotamışlıgil Lab studies innate adaptive pathways involved in metabolic health and diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma. For the past nearly 30 years, our lab has made important contributions to the burgeoning field of “immunometabolism", studying the interactions between metabolic and immune responses as critical drivers of numerous chronic diseases. In the last decade, we have approached immunometabolism in these two paths: organelle homeostasis and lipid metabolism. Using biochemical, genetic, and physiological studies, we aim to find novel pathways and preventive, therapeutic solutions to today’s greatest threats to global human health. The environment in our laboratory is collegial, supportive and diverse. One of the greatest powers of science is its ability to unite people, where representatives from every nation, culture, ethnicity, religion, and lifestyle  can work together for a common purpose. This is most evident in the Hotamışlıgil Lab, where we come together to tackle challenging questions and dream to make a positive impact on human life. The Laboratory Manager directs the day-to-day operations of an internationally recognized Molecular Metabolism Laboratory. This position calls for a responsible, diligent, conscientious and detail-oriented individual with managerial/leadership skills and relevant experience. A quick, resourceful and independent learner who enjoys interacting with people and finding creative solutions for projects and issues as they present themselves. Proven flexibility when organizing their day and managing multiple priorities at once. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Responsible for maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of flow within the laboratory and managing the requirements to comply with general laboratory safety regulations. Responsible for writing and maintaining COMS biosafety protocols and ensuring compliance with federal guidelines with respect to biosafety regulations, as well as maintaining a relationship with Harvard EH&S to prevent and resolve safety-related problems. Maintaining an orderly lab environment is the highest priority. • Responsible for ordering of supplies and reagents on a weekly basis as well as determining the proper funding sources for purchases, maintenance of supply and sample inventories, chemical inventory and waste management, electronic lab notebook and data management, annual service contracts and repairs of equipment. Initiation and management of all orders using HCOM and other methods, track supplies on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and maintain inventory. • Responsible for communicating with principal investigator about spending and ideas for reducing costs and effective use of resources, while ensuring that research projects can actively thrive. Communicate with vendors to attain bulk discounts and best pricing available. Working closely with grants manager on post-billing related challenges with vendors and internal AP Dept. Communicates with grants manager on spending levels, patterns and future forecasting. • Serve as a liaison between principal investigator, school-based compliance departments and lab members. • Responsible for fostering an operationally seamless environment for lab investigators to carry out their research. Will assist in facilitating the research goals of this hard-working group of investigators • Handle the in-processing and out-processing of all lab members by guiding them through university onboarding processes and lab-specific requirements, by ensuring the compliance with mandated university training. Oversee, guide, evaluate, provide feedback to, and generally support lab members in their