Jobs at The Jackson Laboratory

Designs and improves commercial sales training programs, including onboarding, microlearning, digital learning content, and competency-based assessments. Partners with sales leaders and scientific subject matter experts to translate complex concepts into effective learning solutions. Administers the LMS, coordinates virtual and in-person training, measures effectiveness through assessments and performance metrics, and manages multiple training projects while ensuring accessibility, quality, and alignment with business objectives.

Lead enterprise-wide public relations, media relations, thought leadership, and research communications for JAX. Develop integrated strategies, advise executives, build media and stakeholder relationships, prepare leaders for public engagements, translate scientific discoveries into compelling stories, manage communications analytics and agencies, and oversee crisis communications. The role leads a research communications team and strengthens JAX’s reputation in biomedical research, genomics, and precision medicine.

Leads The Jackson Laboratory’s government and community relations strategy across federal, state, and local levels. Builds relationships with public officials, civic organizations, research and business stakeholders, and advocacy groups; monitors legislation, regulations, budgets, and policy developments; advises leadership on risks and opportunities; advances advocacy, appropriations, grants, capital investments, and economic development funding; and represents JAX within New York’s biomedical, policy, business, philanthropic, and community sectors.

Provides advanced administrative support to faculty and research labs, including calendar management, meeting and travel coordination, expense reporting, file maintenance, onboarding, grant submission documentation, manuscript support, research data entry, purchasing, budget monitoring, and office technology assistance. Serves as a liaison among faculty, research staff, institutional offices, external organizations, visitors, collaborators, and candidates while managing multiple priorities with discretion and limited supervision.

Leads the development, expansion, and execution of strategic programs and initiatives. Builds internal and external partnerships, analyzes data to improve services, designs specialized workflows, guides teams, represents JAX at industry events, and oversees stakeholder and public-facing resources. Requires strong relationship-building, interpersonal, leadership, strategic decision-making, and program implementation skills, along with willingness to travel as needed.

Supports senior leaders and site management through executive correspondence, scheduling, reporting, presentations, travel arrangements, events, visitor coordination, vendor collaboration, project support, expense processing, and confidential file management. The role requires strong organization, writing, judgment, discretion, multitasking, and adaptability while coordinating across teams and campuses. It is full time and onsite in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Designs and develops mechanical systems and components for automation, ergonomic improvements, and operational efficiency. Collaborates with controls and automation engineers, supports installation, testing, troubleshooting, and validation, and ensures compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Leads mechanical work on cross-functional projects, evaluates technologies and materials, develops training materials, and applies Lean or Six Sigma methods. Requires mechanical design experience in automation or production environments and proficiency with CAD software.

Leads the lifecycle planning, strategy, implementation, operation, optimization, and retirement of Research IT hardware, software, cloud resources, and applications. Manages DevOps strategy, enterprise architecture contributions, technology roadmaps, projects, vendors, budgets, contracts, business cases, requirements, service levels, and stakeholder communications. Oversees scientific applications in cloud-based high-performance computing and large-scale storage environments while ensuring compliance with PCI, CLIA, HIPAA, GxP, CAP, and applicable regulations.

Leads principal and major gift fundraising for The Jackson Laboratory in the New York area. Builds and manages high-capacity donor portfolios, cultivates six- and seven-figure opportunities, develops new prospects, and represents the organization across philanthropic, investment, life sciences, healthcare, and business networks. Partners with executives and scientists to create compelling funding opportunities, while managing and coaching Advancement team members and driving fundraising performance.

The Director, Major Gifts develops and manages relationships with high-capacity donors and prospects to secure significant philanthropic gifts. Responsibilities include cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors; building prospect pipelines; partnering with scientists and senior leaders; translating biomedical research into compelling funding opportunities; and achieving fundraising and activity goals. The role is an individual contributor based in Farmington, Connecticut, with hybrid work and 10–20% travel.

Directs a portfolio of biomedical research projects from initiation through completion. Oversees project planning, budgets, resources, timelines, compliance, reporting, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement. Leads and mentors researchers and project managers while contributing to research strategy and ensuring projects achieve organizational objectives and meaningful outcomes.

The Director of Engineering & Capital Projects oversees the planning, design, and construction of facilities projects, ensuring compliance with regulations, managing budgets, and staff, while leading campus master planning and development efforts.