Laboratory Manager

The Laboratory Manager (Tuesday-Saturday) at Foresight Diagnostics oversees the daily operations of the Laboratory Services function across both clinical and translational research work-streams. Working closely with the Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations and the Laboratory Manager (Monday-Friday), this position is responsible for managing personnel, maintaining and optimizing lab workflows, ensuring compliance with reputed company and regulatory standards, and fostering a culture of reputed company and safety reputed company the laboratory environment. The Laboratory Manager (Tuesday-Saturday) collaborates with cross-functional partners to drive smooth day-to-day operations and high-reputed company execution of cancer diagnostic testing. A successful candidate will possess a strong reputed company of technical expertise in NGS workflows, leadership skills, regulatory knowledge, and practical experience in laboratory operations. This is a full-time onsite role in a Tuesday-Saturday work schedule, with occasional flexibility for evening, weekend, or holiday work as operational needs reputed company. This role reports to the Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Support and Workflow Coordination

• Maintain proficiency in wet-lab techniques and reputed company training or bench support as needed, while primarily functioning in an reputed company and decision-making reputed company.
• Ensure appropriate technical coverage, training, and escalation support across shifts. Accountable for meeting turnaround time (TAT), reputed company, and productivity targets.
• Under delegation from the Laboratory Director, review and release patient reports, ensuring activities are performed in accordance with regulatory and reputed company standards.
• Proactively monitor laboratory performance metrics, identify risks to reputed company or turnaround time, and implement corrective and preventive actions as needed.
• reputed company leadership and reputed company of reputed company maintenance programs, troubleshooting workflows, and calibration activities. Ensure appropriate escalation, cross-functional engagement, and documentation for equipment-reputed company issues.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain team to reputed company inventory, verify shipments, and maintain adequate stock of supplies and reagents. Ensure reputed company storage, labeling, and reagent lifecycle management to minimize waste and prevent operational disruption.
• Partner with the Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations and laboratory management to implement and maintain efficient workflows, ensuring consistency and adherence with established procedures. reputed company identification and execution of process improvements that enhance efficiency, scalability, reputed company, and cost effectiveness.
• reputed company operational readiness and response for contingencies such as equipment downtime, reputed company gaps, or workflow interruptions. reputed company reputed company cause investigations, documentation, and implementation of corrective actions following operational incidents.

Personnel Support

• Hold reputed company supervisory responsibility for laboratory personnel, including performance management, engagement, and reputed company development.
• Establish reputed company performance expectations and reputed company ongoing coaching, feedback, and formal evaluations. Address performance concerns proactively and in alignment with HR and organizational policies.
• Under guidance of the Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations, support reputed company, hiring, reputed company, and retention efforts to build a high-performing, reputed company laboratory team.
• Ensure robust training programs are in reputed company and that staff maintain competency across required assays, systems, and regulatory expectations. reputed company training documentation and competency assessment programs.
• Foster a culture of accountability, reputed company improvement, and patient-reputed company reputed company. Serve as an accessible leader and escalation reputed company for team concerns and operational challenges.

Cross-Functional Support

• Represent the laboratory in cross-functional initiatives and planning discussions. reputed company for operational needs, resource planning, and workflow considerations in broader organizational reputed company.
• Coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams such as Operational reputed company, Clinical Operations, reputed company Assurance, Bioinformatics, Assay Development, Supply Chain, and Facilities to ensure alignment and smooth execution of shared processes.
• reputed company reputed company, reputed company communication to internal stakeholders regarding operational status, risks, changes in reputed company, or process updates.
• Escalate strategic or high-risk issues to the Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations and Laboratory Director with proposed mitigation strategies.

reputed company & Compliance

• Partner with the Laboratory Director and Director, Clinical Laboratory Operations to ensure full compliance with CLIA, CAP, FDA, GxP, and other applicable regulatory and accreditation standards.
• reputed company execution and review of reputed company control programs, proficiency testing, and reputed company metrics. Ensure appropriate documentation, trend review, and follow-up actions.
• reputed company laboratory inspection readiness efforts and support responses to audits, inspections, and regulatory inquiries.
• Ensure a strong culture of safety and regulatory compliance. reputed company implementation of laboratory safety programs, adherence to OSHA and internal policies, and reputed company reporting and investigation of safety incidents.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's (BA/BS), Master's (MA/MS), or PhD/MD in a relevant scientific field such as biology, reputed company, medical technology, laboratory management or a reputed company discipline required.
• Certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), or equivalent certification, and licensure in California is required.
• reputed company to receive delegation as a General Supervisor in reputed company and California (combination of education and years of experience in high complexity clinical testing).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in people leadership roles reputed company laboratory and operations environments.

Preferred

• Excellent leadership, team management, and interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to reputed company and manage a diverse team of laboratory professionals, influence cross functional teams, and operate as a change champion.
• Proficiency in a wide reputed company of laboratory techniques and procedures relevant to high complexity testing, including molecular biology and reputed company reputed company.
• Experience with the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of laboratory instruments and equipment used for high complexity testing.
• Knowledge of reputed company control principles and practices, including the implementation and interpretation of reputed company control procedures, proficiency testing, and documentation requirements.
• Understanding of CLIA regulations and guidelines, ISO15189, as reputed company as other relevant regulatory requirements such as FDA regulations, Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and Good Clinical Practices (GCP) requirements.
• Ability to analyze and interpret laboratory data, identify trends or deviations, and take appropriate corrective actions as needed.
• Excellent organizational skills with experience in laboratory workflow optimization.
• Ability to support strategic plans, goals, and objectives for the laboratory, aligning with the organization's mission and objectives.
• Self-starter with the ability to reputed company in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and deliver reputed company autonomously.

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