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Jobing Description

Job Title:
Laboratory Manager

Job ID:
12791

Location:

San Diego, CA
Offsite Territory:
Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Category:

Research

Department:

Executive Research - 3201


Celgene Corporation is committed to delivering innovative therapies designed to improve the lives of patients worldwide. We are a global biopharmaceutical company with operations in more than 70 countries that is helping to turn incurable cancers into chronic, manageable conditions. We are seeking talented professionals as we continue to grow and advance our efforts in oncology, hematology and immune and inflammatory disease. If you would like to join a company where you can make a difference, please consider the Celgene family.

B.S. Chemistry with 8-12+ years of progressive laboratory experience or a Master's degree in chemistry with 6+ years of progressive laboratory experience (Master's degree preferred). Ideally, the Lab Manager will have 2-6 years of experience as a synthetic chemist and 5+ years of laboratory management experience, supervising direct reports.

Position Summary:

Celgene is seeking a Lab Manager with a Chemistry degree to lead the lab support team for the Chemistry department. This role is a member of the wider laboratory support team and will supervise other lab support staff such as Lab Assistants and/or Lab Technicians. Knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of chemical structure, nomenclature and chemical reactivity is essential. Expertise with chemical drawing software, and the ability to design and execute searches of chemistry databases is required. The candidate will maintain a departmental chemical inventory and the database/records of the chemical inventory. Familiarity with relational databases and experience with data import/export and report creation is highly desired. A thorough understanding of practical chemical laboratory safety practices is required.


Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

* Responsible for maintaining data in the chemical reagent inventory database, which includes entry of all necessary structural, catalog and safety information plus generation of inventory-related reports in support of department chemical safety officer.
* Maintenance of the physical chemical inventory, including bar-coding and delivery of daily incoming chemicals, routine re-shelving according to nomenclature- and reactivity-based organizational rules, and annual inventory updates.
* Creation of protocols related to physical chemical inventory and chemical inventory software, including establishing nomenclature- and reactivity-based organizational rules.
* Training of department employees on chemical inventory software use.
* Participating member of a cross-functional and cross-site inventory software team.
* Participating member of the Department and Site safety committees.
* Assist in chemical sourcing and ordering
* Directs and coordinates the laboratory support staff and maintains adequate inventory of common lab supplies and solvents.
* Works on problems of diverse scope.
* Acts as adviser to subordinates to meet schedules and resolve technical problems.
* Provides general/direct supervision to lab support employees.
* Performs performance reviews for lab support staff.


Skills/Knowledge Required:

* Expert level knowledge of organic chemical structure and nomenclature.
* Expert level knowledge of chemical reactivity and compatibility.
* Understanding of chemical synthetic routes and synthetic transformations to support assistance with chemical sourcing of library building blocks.
* Able to solve routine problems and troubleshoot technical issues with inventory software and hardware. Includes ability to communicate effectively with IT and software support staff.
* Good knowledge of chemistry laboratory safety practices.
* Ability to use ChemDraw, or equivalent chemistry drawing program.
* Expertise with use of tools such as SciFinder, Reaxys, Activity Base and Seurat for data mining and report generation.
* Experience with chemical sourcing, including identification of commercial vendors for specific compounds/building blocks.
* Expertise with Microsoft Office Suite of programs including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
* Strong interdisciplinary personal interaction skills.
* Ability to provide supervision and mentorship.

Celgene is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Celgene complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Celgene in the U.S.

Employment applicants requiring immigration sponsorship must disclose, when initial application for employment is made, whether or not they are legally authorized to work in the U.S. and, if so, whether that authorization permits them to work in the job they seek. In no case should Celgene support of a potential employee's temporary visa application be construed to guarantee success of that application or amend or otherwise invalidate the "at-will" employment relationship between the employee and Celgene.