Manager, Lab Planning & Execution

Bristol Myers Squibb • Princeton, NJ

1d • $111,640 - $135,280

About The Position

The Manager, Lab Planning & Execution leads day-to-day laboratory operations and planning across Translational Medicine’s Precision Medicine, Bioanalysis & Translational Sciences, and Translational Development organizations in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. This hands-on leadership role manages and develops Lab Operations professionals across IHC, Molecular, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, and Bioanalysis, while directly overseeing operations for designated regulated laboratories.

The role is accountable for capital and budget planning, laboratory assets and instrumentation, workforce reporting, space planning, facility coordination, Electronic Lab Notebook oversight, and compliance and EHS readiness. The Manager partners with scientists, functional leaders, Facilities & Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and workplace services, and may provide project management support for assigned Bioanalysis programs. The position calls for strong ownership and accountability and the ability to translate planning into efficient, compliant, audit-ready laboratory operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or related discipline.
• At least 6–8 years of laboratory operations experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or diagnostics environment.
• At least 3–4 years of direct staff-supervision experience.
• Experience in CLIA/GxP-regulated laboratory environments.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing laboratory operations staff, including hiring, onboarding, and performance management.
• Ability and willingness to personally execute day-to-day operations for a designated regulated laboratory while managing a team.
• Ability to lead projects and teams with a moderate level of independence.
• Experience or understanding of CapEx and OpEx budgeting, purchase-order and procurement processes such as Ariba or SAP, and contract development.
• Experience managing regulated-laboratory equipment inventories, calibration and preventive-maintenance programs, service contracts, and asset-tracking or CMMS systems.
• Familiarity with CLIA, CAP, GxP, and/or GLP requirements and experience keeping equipment documentation and laboratory files complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Working knowledge of EHS programs, including near-miss reporting, safety inspections, and environmental or temperature monitoring for regulated sample storage.
• Experience coordinating laboratory moves, space and occupancy planning, badge access, facilities work orders, logistics, and service-provider issue escalation.
• Experience overseeing external vendors and service providers, including scope definition, scheduling, performance oversight, and issue resolution.
• Project-focused approach to supporting Bioanalysis large- or small-molecule biomarker programs, including timeline development and risk management.
• Strong execution discipline and data accuracy in maintaining trackers, budgets, equipment logs, and reports.
• Ability to provide structured onboarding, clear direction, proactive coaching, coverage and succession planning, and career-growth support.
• Effective communication, cross-functional collaboration, and cross-cultural awareness, with the ability to manage conflict and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Proficiency with project management and IT systems, including Microsoft Office, Project, Excel, Teams, Visio, SAP, Ariba, asset-management/CMMS platforms, and LIMS/ELN.
• Commitment to compliant, reliable laboratory operations that support translational science and the precision medicine pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Lab Operations professionals supporting day-to-day operations across IHC, Molecular, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, Bioanalysis (large and small molecule), and Translational Development laboratories.
• Personally oversee day-to-day operations for one or more designated key regulated laboratories, such as a TM CLIA lab.
• Coordinate capital equipment planning and prioritization with PMBATS and Translational Development teams and leadership; provide capital budget inputs and interface with the BMS Capital Management team supporting Research.
• Manage purchase order creation, tracking, invoicing, and reconciliation for orders, service contracts, and consumables, including through systems such as Ariba and SAP.
• Coordinate the PMBATS and Translational Development instrument and asset fleet, including installations and decommissioning, equipment inventories, IQ/OQ/PQ documentation, calibration schedules, and maintenance and service contracts.
• Work with CBRE and other vendors to facilitate equipment maintenance and service contracts.
• Partner with Compliance to support CLIA/CAP and GxP inspection readiness and keep equipment binders, service records, and laboratory documentation complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Oversee EHS-adjacent laboratory operations, including near-miss reporting, monthly safety inspections and walkthroughs, and Rees and Honeywell temperature-monitoring systems, alarm response, and compliance recordkeeping.
• Coordinate shipping requests as needed.
• Lead site planning and laboratory moves, including space assessments, relocations, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and facility buildouts, in partnership with Facilities & Engineering, laboratory leadership, and end users.
• Manage laboratory and office space planning, seating assignments, badge-access requests, occupancy coordination, and related workplace logistics.
• Serve as the primary operational escalation point for CBRE and other facilities or equipment-service partners; coordinate issue resolution and communicate risks, operational impacts, status, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Provide project management support for assigned Bioanalysis Large Molecule programs, including maintaining timelines, coordinating cross-functional deliverables, and supporting project intake, governance, and risk and issue resolution.
• Recruit, onboard, train, and develop Lab Operations team members and contractors; manage performance, coverage planning, and career-growth conversations.
• Support workforce and organizational planning through headcount tracking, organizational reporting, capacity planning, and timely reporting of resource needs and changes to leadership.
• Own and report laboratory operations and compliance metrics and KPIs, including preventive-maintenance and calibration compliance, purchase order and order status, work orders, facility and IT requests, budget updates, and inspection readiness.
• Own ELN integration, quarterly metrics reporting, and cross-laboratory oversight to promote consistent usage, data integrity, and audit readiness across supported PMBATS laboratories.
• Interface with BBRC-Bangalore laboratories as needed to support cross-site collaboration, workflow alignment, and knowledge sharing on shared assay and bioanalysis programs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance offerings, subject to plan terms and eligibility.
• Flexible Time Off for eligible U.S.-based exempt employees, subject to manager approval.
• Eleven paid company holidays annually.
• For specified non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico: 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires, subject to manager approval, 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
• Depending on eligibility, paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer-hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs.
• Eligible employees may receive an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager