Lab Operations and Project Manager

Job Title: Lab Operations and Project Manager
Location: Foster City, CA
Duration: 17+ Months
 
Core Responsibilities:

• Serve as a Lab Operations partner providing operational leadership and issue resolution support. 
• Lead cross functional projects including laboratory moves, infrastructure improvements, equipment relocations, and facility initiatives. 
• Manage laboratory assets and equipment through planning, procurement, installation, maintenance, service coordination, and decommissioning activities. 
• Coordinate stakeholders across Facilities, Procurement, Information Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, Finance, scientists, and external vendors. 
• Support capital planning, operational budgets, purchase orders, invoice management, and project financial tracking. 
• Monitor operational performance, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to improve laboratory efficiency and reliability. 
• Develop and maintain operational metrics, dashboards, project plans, and governance processes to improve visibility and execution. 
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce non-scientific work, improve service delivery, and enhance the scientist experience. 
• Support implementation and refinement of the Technical Development operating model, including standardization, stakeholder engagement, and scalable service delivery processes. 

 
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, or a related field with significant experience supporting laboratory operations, technical operations, project management, or research environments.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex initiatives, influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and deliver operational improvements.
• Preferred experience includes laboratory infrastructure projects, equipment lifecycle management, capital planning, vendor management, operational excellence programs, and biotechnology or pharmaceutical laboratory environments.

  

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. The pay rate for this position is $44.17/hr.