Chief Technician Immunoassays

Job description
Do YOU want to be part of developing the future immunodiagnostics for healthcare in a fast-paced company where your entrepreneurial mindset and leadership-personality / potential is valued? Have you previous experience in immunoassay development, implementation and validation in a clinical setting?

ABC-Labs was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 2020, as a direct response to the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. ABC-Labs are currently expanding the
portfolio of available diagnostic tests and as a strategic part of this process we are currently on behalf of ABC Labs looking for a Chief Lab Technician with focus on Immuno-assays.

This role is crucial for developing ABC-labs business are within immunodiagnostics. Focus will be on developing new analysis tools with focus on ELISA, Elispot and other immune-diagnostic methods as well as supervising daily deliveries on already existing patient-sample workflows.

Responsibilities
As Chief Lab Technician you will be managing the daily workflow within the laboratory from sample to results. Here you will manage a team of experienced laboratory technicians, optimizing the daily work for efficiency, provide guidance and support, as well as scheduling and resource planning. Your
second main task will be to act as project lead in setting up, evaluate and implement new assays. You will also be leading the subsequent validation projects. You will work closely with other chief technicians, with each owning the operational responsibility for their respective area. You will be responsible for both the physical and psychosocial work environment. You have personnel responsible for your team, and it is your responsibility to ensure the right skills and staffing
and give the employees the proper conditions required for the work.




Qualifications
This role is suited for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is flexible and can work and run projects independently and in groups. You are analytical and must be able to prioritize, work efficiently, be structured, and be results-oriented in combination with documenting your work with quality and regulatorily. In addition, you have an outstanding ability to collaborate as the job involves cross-functional organizational environments. You will be working closely with the tech development team, product managers, medical doctors, and, most importantly, leading the laboratory staff team.

Required experience:
Masters degree from relevant education.
Solid experience working with large-scale Immuno analysis, with method development, implementation and validation.
You are a communicative and inspiring leader with an entrepreneurial and curious spirit.
You have ideas on improving health care for patients.
Good communicative ability in English and/or Swedish in speech and writing.

Meritorious:
Licensed Biomedical Analyst
Ph.D. in Immunology, biotechnology, or other relevant subject areas.
Previous experience from clinical diagnostics from routine lab setting and understanding of patient sample workflows.


Application
In this recruitment ABC labs collaborates with Randstad Life Sciences. For further information about the assignment, please contact recruitment consultant Peter Janson, +46766287150 peter.janson@randstad.se

About the company
ABC Labs is a two years old start-up with state of the art modern lab in a short time that enabled us to perform more than 25% of COVID-19 testing in Sweden as of today. Our goal was to increase Swedish national testing capacity and create an automated infrastructure for producing cost-effective diagnostics at scale. We rely heavily on robotics and automation of all ancillary processes to conduct analyses, including PCR, ELISA, ELISpot, and Next-Generation Sequencing.