Lab Research Supervisor - - 31987 - UCLA Health

General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

07/20/2026

Salary Range: $81600 - 170200 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

31901

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Medicine is seeking a highly qualified Laboratory Research Supervisor to provide leadership and oversight for laboratory research operations within a dynamic and specialized research environment. Reporting to the Laboratory Director (Principal Investigator) and/or Laboratory Manager, this position is responsible for the direct supervision, development, and performance management of professional and highly skilled technical staff within a large, complex laboratory unit. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to laboratory leadership, ensuring the effective coordination of research activities, optimal utilization of resources, and adherence to institutional policies and regulatory requirements. This role plays a critical part in fostering operational excellence by promoting accountability, stewardship of laboratory resources, staff development, and the successful execution of research objectives while supporting the laboratory's strategic goals and mission.

Annual range: $78,500.00-$163,600.00

Job Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s Degree in applicable field of laboratory focus or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3-5 years’ experience in hands on technical laboratory experience in area of laboratory focus.
Technical know-how of specialized equipment and laboratory techniques routinely used in the laboratory.
Focus of knowledge and skills dependent on area of specialty (laboratory research or instructional / experimental design).
Ability to create an environment that promotes positive attitudes, effective communications, trust, collaboration, creativity, and optimal productivity.
Developed interpersonal skills, service orientation, ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high-volume environment, judgment and decision-making, reasoning and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Solid interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.
Ability to follow defined priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department, while complying with University polices. Demonstrated experience and ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of staff; technical, students, faculty and administrators.
Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
Demonstrated ability to be an effective team leader and supervisor.
Demonstrated knowledge of safety and regulatory compliance.
High level of ethics, integrity, discretion and confidentiality.
Skill in reading technical and scientific documents.
Ability to conduct and report on scientific experiments and findings.
Ability to evaluate performance and competency and recommend corrective action.
Leadership skills associated with planning work assignments, establishing priorities and scheduling instructional space.
Knowledge of data acquisition and analysis techniques.
Advanced knowledge of research discipline or instructional design to collaborate effectively with faculty and function as a resource to research and instructional associates.
Knowledge of necessary lab safety procedures and requirements, as well as chemical disposal guidelines.

Preferred:

Master’s degree or PhD in applicable field of laboratory focus.
Ability to contribute to scientific writing.
Working knowledge of procurement and inventory management best practices.
Ability to successfully recruit and retain laboratory personnel.
2+ years’ experience of supervising laboratory personnel and operations.
Organizational skills to create and maintain an organized laboratory environment as well as independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.