Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Manager

Labcorp is seeking a Anatomic Pathology Lab Manager to join our team in Houston, TX

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 1st shift

• Direct and oversee the daily operations of the department, ensuring excellence across both technical and non-technical functions while maintaining productivity, quality, safety, and service standards.
• Provide strategic leadership to a team of supervisors and laboratory professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop supervisors and emerging leaders, building organizational capability and succession plans to support future growth.
• Effectively manage departmental staffing models, workforce planning, scheduling, and labor utilization to ensure appropriate coverage, operational efficiency, and responsible management of overtime.
• Drive a high-performance culture through employee engagement, performance management, recognition, career development, and ongoing coaching at all levels of the organization.
• Leverage laboratory technologies, automation platforms, digital workflows, data analytics, and artificial intelligence tools to improve operational efficiency, quality, turnaround time, and decision-making.
• Identify and implement innovative technology solutions that enhance laboratory operations, workforce effectiveness, scalability, and the client experience.
• Utilize operational data, dashboards, and AI-enabled insights to monitor performance trends, identify opportunities, and drive continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure the diagnostic laboratory delivers market-leading service levels by meeting client expectations and achieving established turnaround time (TAT), quality, and operational metrics.
• Partner with Medical Directors, Technical Directors, Quality Assurance, Laboratory Directors, and Corporate Operations to resolve client inquiries, operational challenges, and service-related issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure laboratory compliance with all corporate, federal, state, and accrediting agency requirements, including CAP, CLIA, ISO, and applicable state regulations, while promoting a culture of quality and patient safety.
• Lead and support the development, validation, implementation, and optimization of laboratory procedures, equipment, technologies, and testing methodologies.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, training, engagement, development, retention, and corrective action when necessary.
• Promote effective communication and collaboration across laboratory operations, executive leadership, medical staff, clients, sales, and corporate partners.
• Facilitate departmental meetings and leadership forums that drive alignment, transparency, employee engagement, and organizational objectives.
• Investigate operational deviations, quality events, and process failures to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain expert-level knowledge of laboratory operations, testing methodologies, regulatory requirements, emerging technologies, and industry best practices.
• Champion a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and digital transformation by evaluating and adopting new technologies, automation solutions, and AI-powered tools that support operational excellence.

• Bachelor’s degree in a Chemical or Biological Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, or Medical Technology
• 5 years of experience in anatomic pathology or surgical pathology operations
• 3 years or more of supervisory or management experience in a clinical lab setting

• Current or prior Labcorp experience
• ASCP certification

• Strong…