Lab Operations & Projects Lead

CureScience Institute; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CureScience Institute in San Diego seeks a highly organized Lab Manager to support laboratory, clinical, research, and administrative operations. This hands-on, cross-functional role coordinates across laboratory, scientific, bioinformatics, clinical and leadership teams to keep day-to-day operations moving efficiently.

The Laboratory Manager will help manage day-to-day laboratory operations, data workflows, documentation, vendors, and project coordination in a fast-paced translational research

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, life sciences, laboratory science, clinical research, or a related field.
• 4+ years of relevant laboratory or biotech experience.
• Experience with operations, procurement, inventory, equipment, or vendor coordination.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication; ability to work independently with teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate client referrals, intake activities, introductory calls, consent documentation, and ongoing communications.
• Maintain accurate clinical, research, and project documentation.
• Coordinate acquisition and transfer of sequencing, genomic, clinical, and laboratory data.
• Work with scientific, laboratory, and bioinformatics teams to coordinate project deliverables and timelines.
• Track projects from initiation through completion and proactively follow up on outstanding items.
• Coordinate internal review processes and assist with final report delivery.
• Support invoicing, payment tracking, and other operational components of client projects.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across clinical, laboratory, bioinformatics, administrative, and leadership teams.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in biology

Master’s degree in life sciences

Tools

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Lists

Microsoft Planner

Power Automate

Job description

CureScience Institute in San Diego seeks a highly organized Lab Manager to support laboratory, clinical, research, and administrative operations. This hands-on, cross-functional role coordinates across laboratory, scientific, bioinformatics, clinical and leadership teams to keep day-to-day operations moving efficiently.

The Laboratory Manager will help manage day-to-day laboratory operations, data workflows, documentation, vendors, and project coordination in a fast-paced translational research