Lab Operations & Training Lead (Scientific PM)

Elanco in; Fort Dodge (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation packages

Shutdowns mid-summer and year-end

Parental leave (8 weeks)?

Employee Resource Groups

Annual bonus offering

401K matching

EEO/Affirmative Action Employer

Job summary

Elanco seeks a Lab Operations & Training Specialist to coordinate technical development training, ensure QMS alignment, and support documentation standards in Fort Dodge. The role focuses on building compliant training programs, running in-person sessions, and partnering with SMEs to enhance laboratory operations and capability development.

You will work across functions to maintain training records, develop courses, and support onboarding while promoting safe, compliant lab practices in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline with 5-8 years of relevant experience, or Master's Degree in a relevant discipline with 4-6 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in laboratory operations, technical development, or a related scientific environment.
• Experience in adult learning, training and development or related talent development/HR position, and a high understanding of innovative adult learning strategy.
• High learning agility and the ability to apply previous knowledge on adult learning to science based, technical focused curriculum.
• Experience coordinating and creating training programs, including training assignments, completion tracking, training record maintenance and performing classroom training.
• Experience and expertise in utilizing LMS and using interactive learning tools or systems, such as articulate 360
• Strong verbal, facilitation, and written communication skills, high ethical and quality standards, and the ability to understand and influence key business drivers within the discipline.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States. Elanco does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this position.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Technical Development training program, including training assignments, completion tracking, training records, course development and execution to support onboarding and ongoing capability development.
• Will work with Subject Matter Experts to develop training courses and be responsible for managing the execution of training for science related areas.
• Will create and perform in-person training on general business skills for employee professional development.
• Provide day-to-day support for Veeva Quality Management System (QMS) activities, including document workflows, user support, and laboratory-related documentation processes.
• Support laboratory documentation standards to help maintain accurate, complete, and compliant records.
• Partner with Technical Development staff and managers to identify and implement improvements in training, quality documentation, and laboratory operations workflows.
• Contribute to a safe, compliant, and productive laboratory environment while working independently and collaborating across teams to meet business needs.

Skills

LMS coordination

Articulate 360

Veeva QMS

Training program development

Adult learning

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline

Master's degree in relevant discipline

Tools

LMS

Document management systems

Job description

Elanco seeks a Lab Operations & Training Specialist to coordinate technical development training, ensure QMS alignment, and support documentation standards in Fort Dodge. The role focuses on building compliant training programs, running in-person sessions, and partnering with SMEs to enhance laboratory operations and capability development.

You will work across functions to maintain training records, develop courses, and support onboarding while promoting safe, compliant lab practices in a