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Charles River Laboratories International
For over 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process. Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.
MANAGER/SR MANAGER LABORATORY SCIENCES
As we are expanding our operations, we are now looking for a Manager/Sr Manager Laboratory Sciences to lead our Formulation, Necropsy & Histology and Data Analytics teams. In this role you are responsible for ensuring that the lab operations meet the service needs of our pre-clinical research clients with high quality and productivity. You oversee your department’s resource planning, capacity optimization and development of the lab operations. You ensure the execution of multiple parallel projects to drive preclinical service program development. As a manager, you lead the department with tactical and strategic vision to meet the future requirements of our business. Your responsibility is to boost your team’s performance by coaching and ensuring inclusive, safe, and healthy working environment.
You report directly to the General Manager of the Kuopio site. The position is permanent and full-time.
What you should bring with you:
• Strong leadership skills with prior experience in project-based work that requires adapting to changing priorities and tight deadlines.• Proven track record of similar role(s) in the field of bioanalytical technologies and/or pharmacy.• Excellent collaboration skills as we are working in multinational teams across multiple time-zones.• Analytical mindset with ability to identify and mitigate risks and challenges influencing quality of the work and business performance.• Experience in meeting operational performance targets while ensuring efficiency, quality and compliance.• MSc or PhD Degree in Life Sciences accompanied by scientific experience and troubleshooting knowledge of the related technologies (e.g. formulation, gene and protein expression analysis, immunohistochemistry, and in vitro work).• Professional command of spoken and written Finnish and English.
What we offer you:
Working at Charles River means working in a dynamic international organization where we are making the difference. We offer you exciting projects, growth opportunities, meaningful work, inclusive and supportive team. We also support your wellbeing by offering you e.g., wide occupational healthcare, leisure accident insurance and ePassi flex- benefit.
Please send your application by 5 January 2025!
More info: Associate Director Oncology Services, Tuulia Huhtala (+358504366373) and General Manager, Antti Nurmi (+358452303572). Tuulia and Antti are available Fri 20 Dec 10am-11am and Fri 3 Jan 3pm-4pm.
About DiscoveryDiscovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 320 patents and 74 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.
About Charles RiverCharles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market. With over 22,000 employees within 100 facilities in 26 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021. For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
