Senior Corporate Laboratory Operations Coordinator

STICA STEMCELL Technologies Canada Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 73,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

STEMCELL Technologies is seeking a Senior Corporate Laboratory Operations Coordinator to support the Global Facilities Planning team in Canada. The role focuses on coordinating vendors, managing schedules across time zones, and ensuring smooth planning and design projects for laboratory spaces in Vancouver/Burnaby.

The ideal candidate combines lab- and admin-experience with strong organizational and collaboration skills, ensuring effective cross-department communication and streamlined processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences with 2–6 years of lab/ administrative experience
• Practical lab experience with knowledge of lab safety and equipment needs
• Experience reading floor plans; CAD familiarity
• Knowledge of facility work order systems and CAPEX review processes
• Willingness to commute on-site to Vancouver and Burnaby locations

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with space and equipment users to gather and define requirements
• Communicate priorities and urgencies for vendor management and purchasing
• Manage cross-department calendars across time zones, distribute meeting minutes
• Maintain project progress tracking and develop administrative processes to reduce redundancy
• Review proposed floorplans and gather feedback to support planning and design projects

Skills

Vendor management

Cross-functional coordination

Calendar management

Document control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Master’s degree

Tools

CAD software

Lucidchart

Job description

Job Description Summary

Are you an organized and proactive professional ready to take on a role where you can support complex planning and design projects, coordinate cross-departmental communications, and make a meaningful impact? Join STEMCELL Technologies as a Senior Corporate Laboratory Operations Coordinator, where you will support the planning and design needs of the Global Facilities Planning team at Canada’s largest biotechnology company! We’re looking for a coordinator to manage vendor relationships, streamline administrative processes, and facilitate effective communication across departments. In this role, you will bring strong organizational and collaborative skills to ensure our facility and laboratory projects run smoothly and efficiently. If you’re a detail-oriented problem solver who thrives in a collaborative environment and approaches challenges with curiosity and pragmatism, this role could be the right fit for you!

Job Description Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with space and equipment users to gather and define requirements
• Effectively communicate and facilitate priorities and urgencies in regards to vendor management and purchasing
• Manage complex cross-departmental calendars, schedule meetings across time zones, and distribute meeting minutes
• Maintain project progress tracking and develop administrative processes to reduce redundancy and improve accuracy
• Review proposed floorplans and gather departmental feedback to support planning and design projects

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in the field of life sciences and 2-6 years of relevant lab and administrative experience or Master’s with 3 years of experience
• Practical experience in a laboratory-based setting is required, with demonstrated understanding of lab safety, workflows, and equipment needs
• Proficient in space planning fundamentals, reading floor plans, and updating facility documentation, experience with CAD software, project management, and Lucidcharts would be an asset
• Strong working knowledge of facility work order systems, CAPEX review processes, and cross-functional project tracking
• Flexibility to commute on-site to our laboratory locations in Vancouver and Burnaby #Nonbench #LI-Onsite #LI-ML1

STEMCELL Technologies is a privately owned, Vancouver-based biotechnology company that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Driven by our love of science and passion for quality, we are a company of Scientists Helping Scientists—standing by our customers to provide the outstanding products, technical support, and training they need to advance their research. Scientists performing stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine, and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media, cell separation products, instruments, accessory products, and services. Through our many regional offices, as well as our distribution centers in Vancouver, Seattle, Grenoble, and Singapore, we deliver our innovative, specialized products to more than 100 countries. With over 1,800 employees globally, most with scientific or engineering degrees, STEMCELL is proud to be the largest biotechnology employer in Canada. This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented, creative, and dynamic environment.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and meaningful career development opportunities.

STEMCELL is well recognized for exceptional leadership and business practices. We are one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and operate an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system to measure and reduce our environmental impact.

As an equal opportunity employer, STEMCELL is dedicated to ensuring that every employee feels safe, valued, and respected for who they are. We know that scientific progress and innovation occur when diverse, creative minds come together and we are committed to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and belonging. STEMCELL enforces a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.

The annual salary for this job ranges from: $72,700.00 - $98,300.00 STEMCELL determines an individual’s pay within the range based on multiple factors including experience, education, job-related skills, and equity within the team or organization.

For jobs that are eligible for sales incentives, the range noted above is inclusive of target incentives; actual incentives are based on individual performance results in accordance with company policy.

In addition to base salary, STEMCELL offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health benefits, retirement savings, and more.

We all begin our lives curious about the world around us, the way it works and our place in it. At STEMCELL Technologies, we never lose that curiosity. It inspires and motivates us to discover and innovate. It drives us to develop technologies, create products, and offer services that will help scientists around the world do research that progresses scientific knowledge and supports breakthroughs.

In the field of biotechnology, there is no better company in which to find inspiration, fulfill your potential and define your success with like-minded people. We specialize in the development of specialty cell culture media and cell isolation systems. Our products are used to drive the fields of stem cell, immunology, cancer, regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research forward. We are Scientists Helping Scientists.