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The Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology offers a variety of post-doctoral fellowship opportunities for individuals with the M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., or equivalent degree. Fellowships can be purely research-oriented experiences, and opportunities for these positions can be found at Employment and Training Opportunities. In addition to postdoctoral research fellowships, the department offers fellowship opportunities combining advanced subspecialty clinical training with related research experience. For additional information, please visit https://www.vumc.org/pmi/ .
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Operational Leadership
• Direct day-to-day biorepository and laboratory operations supporting academic and commercial investigators. Direct day-to-day biorepository and laboratory operations supporting academic and commercial investigators.
• Optimize workflows related to tissue procurement, processing, annotation, storage, and distribution. Optimize workflows related to tissue procurement, processing, annotation, storage, and distribution.
• Implement scalable processes that enhance efficiency, quality, and turnaround times. Implement scalable processes that enhance efficiency, quality, and turnaround times.
Team Leadership & Development
• Manage, mentor, and develop a growing research team. Manage, mentor, and develop a growing research team.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and mission-driven culture. Foster a collaborative, accountable, and mission-driven culture.
• Lead performance management activities, including coaching, evaluations, and professional development. Lead performance management activities, including coaching, evaluations, and professional development.
Strategic Performance Management
• Design and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure operational success. Design and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure operational success.
• Utilize metrics to drive continuous improvement and inform leadership decision-making. Utilize metrics to drive continuous improvement and inform leadership decision-making.
• Develop dashboards and reporting structures for program visibility. Develop dashboards and reporting structures for program visibility.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
• Serve as a primary operational liaison to investigators and research partners. Serve as a primary operational liaison to investigators and research partners.
• Ensure exceptional service delivery and responsiveness. Ensure exceptional service delivery and responsiveness.
• Identify opportunities to expand services and improve the customer experience. Identify opportunities to expand services and improve the customer experience.
Technology & Data Systems
• Leverage enterprise platforms such as Workday and laboratory databases to support operational excellence. Leverage enterprise platforms such as Workday and laboratory databases to support operational excellence.
• Partner with IT teams to improve data infrastructure and reporting capabilities. Partner with IT teams to improve data infrastructure and reporting capabilities.
• Champion data integrity and process automation where possible. Champion data integrity and process automation where possible.
Scientific & Regulatory Excellence
• Apply strong knowledge of cancer biology and translational research workflows. Apply strong knowledge of cancer biology and translational research workflows.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, institutional policies, and quality standards. Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, institutional policies, and quality standards.
• Support audits, documentation, and accreditation activities. Support audits, documentation, and accreditation activities.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or related field (Master's preferred). Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or related field (Master's preferred).
• 5-8+ years of progressive laboratory leadership experience. 5-8+ years of progressive laboratory leadership experience.
• Direct experience working within a human tissue biorepository or biospecimen-focused program. Direct experience working within a human tissue biorepository or biospecimen-focused program.
• Strong background in cancer biology or translational research environments. Strong background in cancer biology or translational research environments.
• Demonstrated success managing teams and complex operations. Demonstrated success managing teams and complex operations.
• Experience developing KPIs and performance metrics. Experience developing KPIs and performance metrics.
• Proficiency with Workday , database platforms, and the Microsoft Office Suite . Proficiency with Workday , database platforms, and the Microsoft Office Suite .
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and leadership skills. Exceptional organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency with EPIC or other related Electronic Medical Records systems Proficiency with EPIC or other related Electronic Medical Records systems
Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with biospecimen informatics systems. Familiarity with biospecimen informatics systems.
• Lean/process improvement training. Lean/process improvement training.
• Experience scaling laboratory services. Experience scaling laboratory services.
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Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.