Lab Manager (SRI) - Biological Sciences - Regular Full-Time 2026-18467

Description of Team/Department:
One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually.

Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Research Laboratory Manager to oversee the daily operations of my research facilities within the Biological Sciences Platform

Reporting to the Principal Investigator(s) / Senior Scientist(s), the Wet Lab Manager ensures a safe, compliant, efficiently organized, and collaborative research environment. This position bridges experimental research, facility maintenance, biosafety compliance, vendor relations, and team mentorship. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on technical bench skills in molecular and cellular biology, along with proven administrative and operational leadership.

Summary of Duties:

• Plans, designs and executes bench-top and preclinical testing activities, including study preparation, experimental design, troubleshooting, and data collection.
• Develops standard operating procedures for immunological, biochemical, and molecular biology techniques (e.g., western blot, immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence staining, ELISA)
• Collects, verifies, and summarizes experimental data, while preparing draft statistical reports and documentation as required
• Contributes to development of research proposals and grant applications, by drafting technical sections and generating preliminary data
• Maintains laboratory operations by managing inventories, ordering supplies, preparing materials, cleaning and sterilizing equipment
• Ensures compliance with safety, animal care, and regulatory standards, including maintaining biosafety certificate, following guidelines, tracking renewals, and promoting proper occupational safety practices
• Provides technical support, trains and oversees work‑study, graduate/post-doctoral trainees, and laboratory assistants
• Strong interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft office suite, statistical analyses, confocal microscopy, histology.
• Demonstrated knowledge of research regulations and guidelines for example: WHIMIS.

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of BSc.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in wet laboratory research