# Senior Manager, Laboratory Operations

**Company**: ICON
**Location**: Farmingdale, NY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150k to $180k
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

ICON is seeking a Senior Manager, Laboratory Operations to lead laboratory operations in Farmingdale, NY.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing laboratory operations, developing and implementing performance standards for staff, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing laboratory operations and staff

- Developing and implementing performance standards for staff

- Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements

- Building strong and effective teams

- Operating independently with a willingness to make decisions

- Liaising with clients, vendors, and staff on department issues

- Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing changes

- Creating an environment that motivates people and identifies development opportunities for self and others

- Assessing work performance and conducting employee performance evaluations

- Reviewing daily, weekly, and monthly metrics for assigned departments and implementing staffing reallocation as necessary

- Overseeing work performed by all staff and setting priorities for the team

- Evaluating performance of staff and developing supporting staff skills

- Mentoring and coaching staff

- Managing the recruitment, training, and development of staff

- Maintaining oversight of reagent and supply orders and approval of inventory purchases

- Monitoring laboratory operations and providing guidance to staff on issues that arise

- Managing the evaluation of and validation of new methodologies and instrumentation

- Being aware of all pertinent employee health and safety regulations and requirements for their assigned department and managing compliance

- Approving purchase orders and all appropriate purchases for department area.

The ideal candidate will have:

- An advanced degree (PhD, MD, DO, MSc, or BSc) in a clinical, biological, chemical, or laboratory science

- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in clinical or specialty laboratory operations

- Demonstrated experience leading CAP/CLIA-accredited specialty laboratories and managing regulatory inspections

- Proven track record of scaling lab operations and delivering financial performance

- ASCP and NYS License required.

ICON offers a competitive salary range of $150k to $180k, plus a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

- Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives

- Health and wellbeing programmes, including medical, dental, and vision coverage

- Retirement and pension plans

- Life assurance and disability coverage

- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources

- Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.

## Skills

### Required
- Laboratory leadership
- Regulatory experience
- P&L management
- Change leadership
- Talent development

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