Lead cross-functional laboratory improvement initiatives focused on operational processes, quality-system execution, training effectiveness, and supporting data systems. This is a hands-on, floor-based role focused on identifying risks and driving projects through implementation.
The compensation range for this role is $90K to $120K, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location
- Observe laboratory operations and conduct process reviews and gap analyses across laboratory departments to identify differences between documented procedures, training, actual laboratory practices, and process requirements.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities to reduce rework, eliminate bottlenecks and manual workarounds, improve efficiency, strengthen operational performance, and reduce business risk.
- Develop process maps, workflows, standard work practices, checklists, improvement plans, and implementation roadmaps.
- Apply deep technical and laboratory expertise to analyze systems, data, and workflows, develop practical solutions, and make sound, risk-based decisions.
- Partner with Operations, TDs, Quality, HR, Group Leaders, Project Management, and corporate and local Method Development Scientists to lead root cause investigations and implement improvements.
- Nice to have: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Nice to have: laboratory information management systems (LIMS)
- Nice to have: laboratory workflow technologies