Temp, Research Administrator - Scientific Operations
About The Position
The Research Administrator will be directly responsible for managing a portfolio of outsourced in Vitro and in Vivo analytical work in Discovery Research and ADME. They will also be responsible for providing operational support to a team of Scientific Project Managers and Project Coordinators overseeing biopharmaceutical client research Bioanalytical deliverables across a clinical research portfolio. Support includes management and maintenance of trackers and timelines, reviewing compound and dosing information, facilitating communications with client points of contact, managing and submitting documents to internal client and external vendor laboratory systems, logistics oversight and escalation and mitigation support, generating shipping requests, and general data entry.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and related industry relevant experience: administrative support in healthcare, pharma, or biotechnology OR Two-year college or university program certificate with 5 years of related industry relevant experience: administrative support in healthcare, pharma, or biotechnology
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Clear and professional communication
- Proactive problem-solving and issue resolution
- Ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment
Responsibilities
- Manage Discovery Research portfolio and scheduling of in Vitro and in Vivo analytical testing
- Review compound requests and availability for testing
- Identify and resolve any discrepancies on volume, availability or accessibility and restrictions of compounds requested for testing events
- Review and provide compound information including molecular weight, molecular formula, and compound purity for each compound to outsourced analytical laboratories
- Escalate or resolve any discrepancies identified with compounds and compound information in advance of analytical testing events
- Communicate Discovery Research updates and issues to cross-functional teams, including Scientific Project Managers and Project Coordinators, internal scientists, CRO staff and operational and logistics teams.
- Review and triage all dose requests before preparing dosing documentation for outsourced in Vivo studies.
- Prepare dosing documentation for in Vivo studies and work with external vendors to ensure that animals are reserved or secured for analytical needs
- Liaise with internal scientists to assess the prioritization of dosing and analysis, as necessary.
- Regularly release compounds for plating and downstream testing from internal request systems once availability is confirmed.
- Coordinate weekly shipments and provide logistics oversight.
- Escalate and communicate any risk to shipping activities or import/export of compounds or materials to global laboratory sites
- Provide updates to compound information corrections to external laboratories, as needed.
- Manage trackers, scheduling and turn-around team for outsourced Discovery analytical work.
- Provide operational support to a diverse team of Scientific Project Managers and Project Coordinators for Bioanalytical work within a client’s clinical portfolio
- Work in client-based computer systems to facilitate the following through data entry: study number generation, PO generation, material shipments, and timeline updates
- Organize required documentation for import permits and international shipments
- Submit finalized research and clinical reports to appropriate document repositories
- Perform transfer of files to archive folders
- Maintain established collaboration tools and input provided data
- Ensure compliance with client policies and procedures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
