Study Manager

GENEWIZ UK LtdAt Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships.
All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity

Job TitleStudy Manager

Job Description

At Azenta Life Sciences, a global leader in the life sciences arena headquartered in Burlington, MA, and operating offices worldwide, the trajectory of our future is shaped by fresh ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and innovative perspectives. Every day our employees support us fulfilling our mission to bring breakthroughs to the market faster. Our organizational culture, firmly grounded in our core values, places the utmost importance on putting people first. Open communication is not just encouraged but embedded in our DNA, fostering an environment where ideas freely flow, and collaboration thrives. Authenticity is not just a principle but a guiding light, encouraging our diverse workforce to bring their true selves to work.

This culture empowers our employees to champion innovation and question conventional norms through creative thinking and collaborative work dynamics. Diversity is not just a concept but a cornerstone of our ethos, recognizing that a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enhances our collective creativity and success. Leveraging our unmatched expertise, we offer comprehensive services spanning lab analysis, sample management and storage, informatics software, and consumables. Notably, our extensive installed base oversees the management of over 1 billion samples on a global scale.

GENEWIZ, an Azenta Life Sciences company, is a leader in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before. Our clients, ranging from leading pharmaceutical, biotech and academic institutions, as well as innovative start-ups, rely on our proprietary technologies to deliver consistent, reliable, and high-quality data, even for the most challenging projects. As a full-service provider, we offer Sanger DNA sequencing, gene synthesis, molecular biology, high-throughput/next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and GLP-compliant services.

How You’ll Make an Impact 

Our multi-cultural Team supports customers throughout Europe. Our Team accompanies researchers at each step of their Multiomic research with focus on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), from planning, through the submission, project processing, data delivery, and post-delivery support.

This is a Study Management role that works closely with Customers, Team Leads, Technical Application Scientists, Sales, Process Development, Operations, Bioinformatics and Logistics.

The goals are to effectively support and provide Multiomics solutions from Azenta/GENEWIZ NGS portfolio to customer’s biological questions, and to manage customer’s confirmed projects. This is a great opportunity to grow and expand your Multiomics/NGS knowledge and skills.

This position is located in our Abingdon office (Oxford).

What You’ll Do 

• Provide Multiomics consultation, with focus on various NGS solutions, for EMEA customers via emails, teleconferences, site visits.
• Management of Multiomics projects with proprietary customer relationship and project management tools.
• Supporting the business unit in understanding the market dynamic, defining winning tactics and strategically handling specific key accounts.
• End to end management of Multiomics projects, from receiving to post-delivery, including communication with internal and external stakeholders as well as troubleshooting.
• Strong interaction within the EMEA Study Management team as well as relevant stakeholders, not limited to Account Management, Process Development, Operational teams, Bioinformatics and Logistics.
• Travel (approx. 5%) to selected customer sites to perform scientific presentations.
• Work under certified and/or accredited conditions.

What You’ll Bring

• Master's degree or PhD in Life Sciences.
• Strong background in molecular biology, genetics, genomics and preferably Next Generation Sequencing.
• Customer-oriented mindset and experience in communicating with customers are preferred.
• Good work experience in a project manager role preferred. Organized and result driven style of work with a strong sense of prioritization.
• Ability to strategically work and perform in a fast-paced, customer-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail, ability to communicate complex information efficiently, accurately, and succinctly. 
• Self-starter with ability to work independently and as a collaborative member of a team.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please email at [email protected] for assistance. 

Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.