Aph Laboratory Manager

Are you interested in making a real scientific impact through your everyday work? Would you enjoy working in a team-focused environment as you explore unique career opportunities?

If you are looking for a company where you can gain exposure to a wide variety of science and explore a multitude of career paths across the drug development spectrum, consider working at Labcorp as an **Anatomic Pathology and Histology (APH) Laboratory Manager** for clinical trials in Oncology.

In this role, you will oversee day to day operations and on time delivery of testing services, manage a team of 26 technologists and 3 supervisors, interact with pathologists, manage instruments, and quality in the department to meet commitments to clients and department goals, be engaged in continuous improvement of the testing services and meet client expectations in delivery of testing services.

**In more details, you will**:
**Managerial and Leadership duties and responsibilities**:

- Provide managerial leadership to the local department staff.
- Communicate the goals and strategy of the company, the lab and the department.
- Manage all day to day delivery of testing services.
- Ensure testing quality and on time delivery of testing services.
- Ensure that an adequate number of trained and competent staff is available to match the workload requirements of the department.
- Responsible for ensuring client satisfaction.
- Responsible for meeting established quality measures and on time responses to quality issues as required.

**Management**:

- Manage all day to day production operations of the local department.
- Manage all non-production activities and obligations of the local department.
- Provide support, as required, to the local department leaders (director, scientists, pathologists) and assist in the fulfillment of his/her responsibilities.
- Participate in and support client visits, audits and inquiries to ensure complete fulfillment of requests and interests.

**Performance Monitoring and Evaluation**:

- Ensure quality and timely delivery of both production and non-production activities.
- Monitor and report performance and results against targets and global standards.
- Ensure regulatory compliance within the department.
- Coordinate departmental activities with other local departments and histology departments on other company sites.
- Participate in client visits, audits and inquiries; ensure complete fulfillment of requests and audit findings.
- Support process improvement initiatives.

**Personnel**:

- Recruit, train, develop and retain sufficient supervisory resources for the effective oversight of the local department operations.
- Convert volume forecasts into specific personnel resource needs and work with the department director to secure necessary and appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
- Plan, schedule and monitor the technical training and development of local departmental staff.
- Ensure an adequate level of appropriately trained staff is available and effectively assigned to meet the production and non-production requirements of the local department.

**Thrive personally and professionally at Labcorp**:
Working at Labcorp, you’ll continue to grow in our learning-based culture so you’ll know how to expertly respond and adapt as the industry continues to evolve. Here, you’ll put your education to work as you play a meaningful role in advancing healthcare and making a difference in people’s life.

In addition, Labcorp offers great benefits, global experience and the opportunity to work independently within a team-oriented environment.

**What we’re looking for**:

- A few years’ experience in a laboratory following clinical training, plus a minimum of 2 years supervisory or management experience in a clinical laboratory environment
- Bachelor, Master or PhD in a scientific discipline or business administration; or Medical Technology degree
- A professional certification (ASCP, AABB or other) in the area of expertise is an advantage
- Qualification by the Foederation Analyticorum Medicilanium Helveticorum (FAMH) or by the Foederation Medicorum Helveticoruma (FMH) is a plus
- Fluency in French and good English speaker
- Computer literate
- Client-focused with an interest for innovation and change

**Get to know Labcorp**:
At Labcorp, we believe in the power of science to change lives. We are a leading global life sciences company that delivers answers for crucial health questions. Through our unparalleled diagnostics and drug development capabilities, we provide insights and accelerate innovations that not only empower patients and providers but help medical, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies transform ideas into innovations.

Here, you can join our more than 60,000 employees, serving clients in more than 100 countries, as we work together to make a real impact on people’s lives.

**Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer**:
As an EOE/AA employer, Labcorp strives for diversity and inclusio