Operational Excellence Project Lead

ARUP Laboratories • Salt Lake City, UT

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Operational Excellence Project Lead is responsible for executing projects that improve efficiency, quality, and performance across operational functions. This role leads initiatives from planning through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and cross-functional collaboration delivering measurable results. The Project Leader will work with a wide range of stakeholders including teams across Labs, IT, R&D, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Facilities, and more bringing structure, accountability, and visibility to key initiatives and ensuring teams work toward shared goals while supporting a culture of continuous improvement. This is a hands-on role requiring strong collaboration, clear communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities while keeping teams focused and results-driven.

Requirements

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Communicate: Frequently and effectively communicate with others.
• Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Nice To Haves

• Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.
• To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.
• Ability to travel 30% of time.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the full lifecycle of assigned projects—defining scope, setting timelines, tracking progress, and ensuring successful implementation.
• Ensure goals are clear, progress is steady, and results are measurable.
• Translate high-level priorities into actionable projects that directly support the organization’s strategic goals.
• Bring together diverse teams and perspectives to ensure all areas of impact are considered.
• Support adoption of new processes and ways of working through effective communication, training, and stakeholder engagement.
• Establish clear roles, track performance metrics, manage risks, and keep all stakeholders informed and engaged.
• Apply common tools, templates, and methods to create structure, transparency, and consistency across initiatives.
• Contribute to initiatives that enhance project management processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed