Lab Operations & Project Leader (Onsite)

VARITE INC; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 114,616,000 - 125,838,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Legal Service Plans

Job summary

VARITE is seeking a Lab Operations and Project Manager in Foster City, CA to lead laboratory operations and coordinate cross-functional projects within an American biopharmaceutical setting. The role focuses on moves, infrastructure improvements, and equipment relocations while maintaining strong relationships with Facilities, IT, EH&S, Finance, and vendors.

Ideal candidates will have a life sciences, engineering, or related background with a proven ability to drive operational improvements and

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.

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.

Skills

Project management

Lab operations

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

VARITE is seeking a Lab Operations and Project Manager in Foster City, CA to lead laboratory operations and coordinate cross-functional projects within an American biopharmaceutical setting. The role focuses on moves, infrastructure improvements, and equipment relocations while maintaining strong relationships with Facilities, IT, EH&S, Finance, and vendors.

Ideal candidates will have a life sciences, engineering, or related background with a proven ability to drive operational improvements and