Managing Director

Through our science, our evidence-based actions, our openness, and our respect for those we serve, we will advance cancer-focused research worldwide and reduce the burden of cancer in our catchment area. By engaging with and empowering our exceptionally diverse populations, and addressing their questions and fears, we will engender hope for cancer patients and their families and play a critical role in strengthening the fabric of our communities by gaining and protecting their trust and providing access to the outstanding oncology care each person deserves.

Our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery focused on understanding cancer, innovating cancer treatment, and improving cancer prevention; to provide outstanding, novel, and compassionate patient care; to provide evidence-based and culturally informed education to physicians, nurses, researchers, staff, and the community; and to achieve cancer health equity in our state through outreach to and engagement of our extraordinarily diverse communities.

Curiosity and Discovery, Integrity, Collaboration, Cultivating Diversity, Respect and Caring, Perseverance.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Managing Director within the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The primary purpose of the Managing Director, Biorepository and Histopathology Service (BRHS) Shared Resource (SR) is to develop and promote the use of services relevant to the its mission, which is to consent, bank, and distribute biospecimens, and offer standard and complex tissue analysis, and tumor microarrays. The BRHS SR is used by more than 60 scientists annually as it fulfills the basic, translational, and pre-clinical banking and molecular pathology needs of the Centers Members and is central to CINJs Strategic Plan. The position is responsible for working with Principal Investigators and Clinicians from project conception to completion, including data analysis and assistance with manuscript and grant application preparation. The position requires a PhD and extensive postdoctoral experience of more than 7 years in understanding and driving relevant research projects to completion independently. The incumbent is expected to manage and account for the work of several staff but is also be expected to perform, develop and instruct wet lab research.

Among the key duties for this position are the following:

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. No special vision requirements. Lifting up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office environment. Moderate noise.