Highlights
This role contributes to process improvements, training of junior staff, troubleshooting activities, and automation initiatives that enhance quality, efficiency, and compliance. IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Ithaca, New York |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1982 |
| Website | https://www.iqvia.com/ |
Description
We are seeking Sample Prep Scientist to join IQVIA Laboratories at Ithaca, NY.
We hire passionate innovators who drive healthcare forward through thoughtful and inclusive collaboration. If you want to discover a career with greater purpose, join us as we transform and accelerate research and development.
Job Summary:
Responsible for preparing biological samples, solutions, and reagents for subsequent analysis while supporting laboratory operations in a regulated environment. This role contributes to process improvements, training of junior staff, troubleshooting activities, and automation initiatives that enhance quality, efficiency, and compliance.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Execute laboratory techniques to prepare biological samples for analytical testing
- Perform extractions, tissue preparation, purification, and other sample preparation activities according to established procedures
- Train and mentor junior laboratory staff in assigned areas of technical competency
- Troubleshoot laboratory processes and assist with continuous improvement initiatives that enhance quality and efficiency
- Document testing activities in accordance with SOPs, GLP requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines
- Support laboratory automation initiatives and workflow optimization efforts
- Maintain laboratory equipment, inventory, and housekeeping standards consistent with 6S practices
What We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor's Degree required; other equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- 2 years of experience in a regulated laboratory environment
- Proficiency with pipetting techniques and complex laboratory calculations involving batches and specimens
- Knowledge of Hamilton Robotics liquid handling systems
- Other Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed for This Role:
- Strong technical knowledge of complex testing procedures and the scientific principles supporting analysis
- Ability to troubleshoot laboratory equipment and resolve process-related issues efficiently
- Effective communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality standards
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
What We Offer You:
We put our employees at the center of everything we do and are committed to providing them, and their families, with benefits that meet their diverse and changing needs. We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees' physical, mental and emotional, financial and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.
To learn more about our benefits, visit IQVIA Benefits.
If you're looking to unleash your potential, join IQVIA Laboratories to help make the extraordinary possible!
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $46,200.00 - $96,200.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.
About Company
IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.
Healthcare is an industry designed to help humans. As a global community, we continuously invest and commit to advancing human health. To deliver value and real outcomes. To rise to the challenge to find the next breakthrough by making the most of increasingly limited resources.
We are inspired by the potential and propelled by the possibilities. We share the vision to drive healthcare forward. To see how we can help accelerate progress and achievements. Others are developing these medical breakthroughs. We do our part by using breakthroughs in insights, technology and human intelligence to reimagine and deliver ways to help make them a reality.
It’s bigger than better clinical trials. Or advances in technologies and analytics. Or faster insights. It’s about exploring a new path to better health outcomes via Human Data Science. It’s about harnessing the power of the IQVIA CORE™ to channel the insights, commercial and scientific depth, and executional expertise that drive maximum value for our customers.
Motivated by the industry we help, we’re committed to providing solutions that enable life sciences companies to innovate with confidence, maximize opportunities, and, ultimately, drive human health outcomes forward.