Shift Supervisor, Research Operations
Hybrid (Cambridge, MA)$118.8k - $182.4kfull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Shift Supervisor responsible for the reliable execution of automated lab workflows across the shift, acting as technical lead for engineers, managing and developing a team, and ensuring run quality and operational continuity in a fast-paced, high-throughput environment.
Responsibilities
- Own the safe, reliable execution of automated lab workflows across your shift, meeting quality, throughput, and operational performance targets
- Serve as the technical lead for engineers on shift, providing real-time guidance, prioritization, and workflow coordination
- Manage, coach, and develop direct reports, setting clear expectations, providing actionable feedback, and building technical capability and ownership across the team
- Monitor run performance and system health in real time, independently resolving common issues, and escalating complex problems appropriately
- Manage accurate shift handoff documentation in real time, ensuring seamless continuity with the incoming team
- Flag QC/QA deviations promptly and accurately, documenting observations with high attention to detail
- Partner with scientific, engineering, and automation teams to troubleshoot workflow challenges and improve operational performance, including ongoing relationships with scientific leads
- Support tech transfer by validating automated workflows against manual processes and partnering with cross-functional teams to resolve process gaps and improve robustness
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in lab automation, research operations, high-throughput screening, or a closely related technical environment
- Prior formal people-management experience with direct reports in a laboratory, technical, or operations environment, including setting expectations, providing feedback, coaching and developing team members, and driving accountability for performance
- Experience operating and troubleshooting automated liquid handling platforms (Hamilton, Lynx, Echo, or similar) in a production or research setting
- Experience leading and coordinating workflow execution in a team setting, including providing direction to engineers, managing competing priorities, and maintaining operational continuity in real time
- Strong foundational knowledge of the scientific basis for assay design, execution, and interpretation
- Experience identifying operational issues, performing root-cause investigation, and driving issues to resolution
- Clear, concise communicator with the ability to collaborate effectively across Research Operations, scientific, engineering, and LabOps teams
Skills
Required:People managementAutomated liquid handling platformsTeam leadership and coordination
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program
- International benefits tailored to region for non-U.S. employees
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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