Sr Lab Operations Manager - Validations, Media QC, IDs

Senior Lab Operations Manager responsible for strategic oversight of a laboratory department, regulatory and procedural compliance, and day-to-day operations including staffing, resource planning, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales and Consulting to grow laboratory offerings. Key duties include leading KPI tracking and improvement (quality, utilization, turnaround times), collaborating with Quality Assurance to address quality issues, ensuring service standards and customer focus, guiding safety initiatives and regulatory compliance (GMP/GLP/ISO), managing direct reports and succession planning with HR, overseeing budgeting, resource planning, and production metrics, and managing training programs to ensure business continuity. Requires a Bachelor degree and supervisory experience; microbiology/quality control/validation background preferred.