Laboratory Operations Manager

Duration: 6 Months (Possibility of extension)

*** Hybrid Position - Onsite in Novato Wed and Thurs***

Description is Client the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.

Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

• The Senior Specialist, Laboratory Operations, coordinates and supports multiple laboratories within one or more departments. This could include ownership/responsibilities over any associated warehouse areas, performing glassware washing and media/buffer prep.
• Experienced and works independently to manage day-to-day operations and can perform troubleshooting and problem solving. Customer base is within the labs supported. Highly customer service oriented and has a track record of anticipating the needs of all customers, including bench scientists
• Responsible for cross functional execution of processes such as equipment installation working with engineering, facilities, suppliers and procurement. Oversees inventory management such as purchasing, maintaining, storing, and allocating lab equipment and supplies.
• Can provide direction to peers, if needed. Completes assignments in a timely fashion and helps manager with assignments or projects when needed.
• Ability to work on issues with a complex and diverse scope in a matrixed organization.
• Can perform troubleshooting and basic problem solving. Can effectively reach a solution for most problems. Proposes process improvements.
• The Manager, Laboratory Operations manages and supports one or more laboratories. Manages significant portions of operations across the department such as freezer alarm management and thaw program. Recognized subject matter expert in the department and has impact across department operations.
• Experienced and works independently to manage day to day operations and customer base is across multiple labs supported within department. Highly customer service oriented and has a track record of anticipating the needs of all customers, including bench scientists.
• Responsible for cross functional execution of processes such as equipment installation working with engineering, facilities, suppliers and procurement.
• Can provide direction to peers and develop proposals for management, if needed. Completes assignments in a timely fashion and helps manager with assignments or projects when needed.
• Ability to work on issues with a complex and diverse scope in a matrixed organization.
• Can perform troubleshooting and complex problem solving. Can effectively reach a solution for most problems. Leads process improvements.