Laboratory Manager

The Opportunity

Laboratory Manager Working pattern: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 Permanent | Cambridge (fully on-site) Are you an experienced laboratory professional who enjoys creating an environment where scientists can do their best work?

We are looking for a proactive and highly organized Laboratory Manager to support our Antibody Discovery, Protein Engineering, Biology, and Biopharmaceutical Development teams. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring laboratory operations run efficiently, safely, and compliantly while acting as a key point of contact for scientists, vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

Success in this position requires strong stakeholder management skills, the ability to build trusted relationships across multiple functions, and the confidence to escalate issues appropriately to ensure business continuity and uninterrupted scientific delivery.

About the Role Working closely with research teams, facilities management, suppliers, and service providers, you will ensure laboratory infrastructure, equipment, consumables, and operational processes are fully supported.

You will play a critical role in enabling scientific excellence by removing operational barriers and continuously improving laboratory effectiveness. Key Responsibilities Laboratory Operations Serve as the primary point of contact for laboratory users, visitors, suppliers, and contractors.

Ensure laboratories operate efficiently and remain fully functional at all times. Coordinate preventative maintenance activities and resolve facility-related issues with minimal disruption to laboratory operations. Support visits from internal stakeholders, external collaborators, auditors, and regulatory bodies.

Manage laboratory consumables and maintain appropriate inventory levels. Deliver laboratory inductions and support onboarding of new laboratory users. Coordinate periodic laboratory cleans and workspace organization activities.

Maintain and continuously improve orientation and onboarding plans for new starters. Identify opportunities to improve laboratory processes, efficiency, and user experience. Equipment Management Coordinate installation, servicing, maintenance, qualification, and repair of laboratory equipment.

Partner with internal technical teams and external service providers to ensure equipment reliability. Monitor equipment utilization and identify opportunities to maximize the use of laboratory assets. Act as a super-user for designated laboratory instruments where required.

Support equipment qualification activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ processes. Health, Safety & Compliance Support laboratory compliance with health,...

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