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Posted January 22, 2025
Director of Scientific Research for Flow Cytometry Shared Resource
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Job Description: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is seeking a Director for our Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Shared Resource. The shared resource comprises 10 full-time employees (FTEs) and 20 instruments, including 8 sorters and 12 analyzers, exclusively serving St. Jude investigators. Our shared resources are integral to our mission of curing catastrophic childhood diseases. We value them highly, supporting them with hard funds. Our primary goal is advancing science rather than cost recovery, and our current institutional expectation is a 25% recovery rate, excluding capital equipment depreciation. The new director will also have funds allocated for FY26 to purchase 3 new sorters.
Minimum Education and/or Training:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant scientific discipline is required.
Minimum Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in relevant technical field (industry or academia) is required.
- 8+ years of experience in relevant technical field is required with a Master’s degree.
- 5+ years of experience in relevant technical field is required with a PHD.
- Significant experience in a research functional area with experience managing mid-large teams in a leadership capacity with focus on both achievement of objectives as well as critical skill-building preferred.
- Experience having led large-scale projects/processes through to implementation preferred.
- Experience with operational mgmt., budget planning, & stakeholder and resource management preferred.
- Prior experience in building external connections with peers, emerging technology communities, and expert networks preferred.
- Experience driving research objectives across area through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders preferred.
- Proven performance in earlier role/comparable role.
Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Results & Execution – Focus on setting high targets, following through with actions, and achieving results. Ability to anticipate roadblocks and circumvent challenges.
- Business Leadership – Ability to translate strategic goals and objectives into actionable tasks, manage budget costs, efficiencies and communications for optimal results.
- People Development – Skills in managing people, establishing goals and objectives, giving feedback and having frequent career conversations.
- Technical Breadth – Broad knowledge of multiple scientific/research areas and a strong ability to apply those in solving institutional/functional needs.
- Vendor Management – Skills in sourcing, identifying and managing vendor relationships, contract negotiations and holding vendors accountable. Learning agility and strong grasp of vendor provided systems and technologies.