Project Manager - In Vitro Toxicology - Fixed Term Contract

Lab; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life sciences organization is seeking a Project Manager/Technical Specialist in Harrogate. This role involves leadership in assay development and ensuring compliance with ISO 17025 standards. The ideal candidate will have project management and in-vitro toxicology experience. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract offering a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the field.

Qualifications

• Recognised project management experience.
• Experience in in-vitro toxicology practices.
• Ability to drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and operational leadership across assay development.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 17025 standards.
• Manage project timelines and resource requirements.

Skills

Project management

In-vitro toxicology experience

Technical competence of aerosol generation techniques

Education

Degree in Biomedical / Forensics / Biological Sciences

Job description

Are you looking to develop your In Vitro Toxicology career further?

Do you have demonstrated experience in providing scientific and technical expertise and support to ensure compliance with laws, regulatory agency guidelines, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Study Protocols.

Are you passionate about developing yourself and others?

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager/ Technical Specialist at our site in Harrogate, North Yorkshire Labcorp is a global, world-leading Life Sciences Contract Research Organisation that provides dedicated and fully comprehensive laboratory testing and drug development services to the pharmaceutical, crop protection and chemical industries.

We strive to make a difference to people’s everyday lives by bringing essential medicines to the market.

This role is to provide scientific and operational leadership across assay development, validation, and study delivery to achieve ISO 17025 compliance for designated methods. The role will be a project and technical manager and will ensure valid, reliable results, robust data integrity; and an effective management system aligned with ISO 17025 and applicable GxP regulations (e.g., GLP, GCP) to support accreditation and client confidence.

Please note, this is a 12 month fixed term contract

ISO/IEC 17025 Technical Management:

• Serve as Technical Manager for assigned methods with overall responsibility for technical operations, competence, and method performance monitoring; define competence requirements, authorisations, and ongoing training.
• Maintain the laboratory’s management system in alignment with ISO/IEC 17025 Clause 8 (documentation, document control, records, risk & opportunities, improvement, corrective action, internal audits, and management review).
• Oversee participation in proficiency testing/interlaboratory comparisons (as applicable), trending of quality control data, and timely investigation of out‑of‑trend/nonconforming results.
• Define, apply, and document decision rules when issuing pass/fail statements against specifications.

Project Management:

• Demonstrates organisation skills – ability to work to agreed timelines; to prioritise own work and that of individuals working on the project, providing direction where required.
• Assess resource requirements, communicate requirements to management/resourcing, develops awareness of project cost vs gain.
• Initiates problem solving of adverse events during method development, validation, study and non-study work, encourages others to assist in providing solutions. Works with the Project Lead/Study Director to ensure that any issues/obstacles are documented correctly.
• Identifies process improvements and new/further method developments and shares with appropriate individual(s).
• Provides regular updates on projects delivery, highlights any potential issues which may affect timelines, quality and/or cost to Project Lead.

Associated Documentation:

• Reviews/writes laboratory SOPs and lab sheets in line with process improvements for study related work.
• Prepares new SOPs and lab sheets in relation to new assay types/product lines.
• Prepares/assists with the development of training guides/records in relation to new assay types/product lines.
• Prepares reports prior to QA audit and dispatch to the client as audited draft within chosen scientific discipline (10%).
• Produces a summary report of any method development/validation process undertaken and completed.
• Addresses eQA comments regarding procedures, raw data, and reports.
• Assist Project Lead to prepare protocol and report templates for new product lines.
• Assists in the preparation of validation protocols for new study types and or method developments.

Education/ Qualifications:

• Degree in Biomedical / Forensics / Biological Sciences or equivalent is preferred but not essential.

Experience:

• Must have recognised project management and in‑vitro toxicology experience.
• Technical competence of routine and specialised aerosol generation techniques across a wide range of industrial applications.
• Experience of cross‑site collaboration helping to drive harmonisation.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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