Biobank Director
About The Position
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists is seeking an experienced Biobank Director to oversee the operations, quality, compliance, and continued growth of its biobanking program. The role is responsible for optimizing specimen-management processes, maintaining regulatory accreditation, developing business opportunities, and delivering reliable, high-quality services. The Biobank Director leads daily operations and strategic growth, establishes methods and service standards, evaluates operational and financial performance, and develops sponsor relationships. The position oversees the full specimen lifecycle, equipment and environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, accreditation, procedures, audits, and corrective actions. It also supervises and develops staff and participates in a rotating on-call schedule for environmental monitoring and emergency response.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, biochemistry, pathology, cell biology, or a related scientific discipline.
- At least five years of progressive experience in a biospecimen procurement or biobanking environment.
- Previous supervisory experience with demonstrated leadership and staff-development capabilities.
- Advanced knowledge of specimen collection, processing, storage, annotation, and shipping.
- Experience with specimen inventory-tracking databases and laboratory information management systems.
- IATA training.
- Working knowledge of CAP, FDA, NYSDOH, GCP, ICH, and other applicable standards.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.
- Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Reliable transportation.
- Ability to stand, sit, bend, and reach for prolonged periods.
- Ability to lift up to 15 pounds.
- Ability to work around chemicals, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Lead the daily operations and strategic growth of the Biobank.
- Track emerging biobanking technologies and establish methods, protocols, and service standards to improve operations.
- Evaluate utilization, productivity, service quality, and financial performance to identify improvement opportunities.
- Develop relationships with sponsors and promote Biobank services to support business development.
- Collect and report specimen-management metrics for forecasting and operational decision-making.
- Oversee specimen collection, processing, storage, annotation, shipping, and inventory management.
- Manage cold-storage units, environmental-monitoring systems, and contingency plans for unexpected events.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule for environmental monitoring and emergency response.
- Maintain compliance with CAP, FDA, NYSDOH, GCP, ICH, and other applicable regulations.
- Maintain the New York State license for non-transplant anatomic bank operations.
- Lead the application for and ongoing maintenance of College of American Pathologists Biorepository Accreditation.
- Develop, review, and maintain standard operating procedures.
- Conduct audits, root-cause analyses, and corrective-action initiatives.
- Resolve specimen-management issues and respond to operational inquiries.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate Biobank staff while promoting a collaborative research environment.
- Assess staffing needs and participate in hiring, performance management, and termination processes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
