Biorepository Core Manager - Breast Oncology

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; 100% onsite

Salary: $77,600–$88,100 per year

Company

hirify.global conducts cancer research and provides patient care, education, and public health programs in collaboration with Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end biorepository operations, including specimen receipt, accessioning, labeling, storage, retrieval, transport, and chain-of-custody documentation.
• Maintain inventory integrity by reconciling physical specimens with electronic records and implementing data-quality checks and corrective actions.
• Configure and administer OpenSpecimen study workflows, labels, user access, reporting, and study start-up or amendment activities.
• Manage iLabs billing workflows, quotes, purchase orders, monthly charge reconciliation, and coordination of journal entries with Research Administration.
• Oversee freezers and laboratory equipment, including maintenance, calibration, temperature monitoring, alarm response, and contingency coverage.
• Develop SOPs, support audits, train staff, and lead hiring, scheduling, performance coaching, and workforce planning for biorepository teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, laboratory science, clinical research, health sciences, healthcare administration, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in a healthcare laboratory, biorepository, or clinical research environment involving regulated specimen handling, storage, and tracking.
• Prior supervisory or lead experience, including hiring, onboarding, training, scheduling, and performance coaching.
• Knowledge of human specimen and cold-chain safety practices, including PPE, dry ice, and liquid nitrogen.
• Experience with inventory systems such as OpenSpecimen, research billing platforms such as iLabs, audit-ready documentation, SOPs, and quality systems.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Boston and work with liquid nitrogen and dry ice.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an innovative, caring, inclusive, and equitable cancer research and patient-care environment.
• Collaborate with investigators, clinical study teams, sponsors, research administration, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals.
• Support a culture of safety, service, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Employment is full time with a market-based annual salary range.