Manager, Lab Planning & Execution

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

The Manager, Lab Planning & Execution leads day-to-day lab operations and planning across Translational Medicine’s Precision Medicine, Bioanalysis & Translational Sciences, and Translational Development organizations in Lawrenceville, NJ and Cambridge, MA. This is a hands-on leadership role, managing and developing Lab Operations professionals across IHC, Molecular, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, and Bioanalysis while directly overseeing operations for designated regulated labs.

The Manager is accountable for capital and budget planning, lab assets and instrumentation, workforce reporting, space planning, facility coordination, ELN oversight, and compliance and EHS readiness, while partnering closely with scientists, functional leaders, Facilities & Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Finance, and workplace services. The role may also provide project management support for assigned Bioanalysis programs. Ideal candidates bring strong ownership, accountability, and the ability to translate planning into efficient, compliant, audit-ready lab operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Lab Operations professionals accountable for day-to-day operations across IHC, Molecular, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, and Bioanalysis (LM & SM) labs, as well as Translational Development — while personally owning hands-on, day-to-day operations for one or more designated, key regulated labs (e.g., TM CLIA).
• Coordinate capital equipment planning and prioritization with PMBATS and TD teams and their leadership; provide budget inputs (CapEx) and interface with the BMS Capital Management team supporting Research; and manage purchase order creation, tracking, invoicing, and reconciliation (e.g., Ariba/SAP) across ordering, service contracts, and consumables.
• Coordinate the instrument/asset fleet for PMBATS/TD, interfacing with capital and asset-tracking systems — including working with vendors on equipment installations and decommissioning, maintaining accurate equipment inventory, IQ/OQ/PQ documentation, and calibration schedules covering both major instruments and small equipment (e.g., pipettes, fridges, freezers) — and facilitate maintenance/service contracts with CBRE or other vendors.
• Collaborate with the Compliance team to facilitate CLIA/CAP and GxP inspection readiness, ensuring equipment binders, service records, and lab documentation are complete, accurate, and audit-ready at all times.
• Own EHS-adjacent lab operations activities, including near-miss reporting, monthly safety inspections and walkthroughs, and monitoring/management of the Rees and Honeywell temperature-monitoring systems (fridge/freezer/incubator monitoring, alarm response, and compliance recordkeeping) across supported labs, plus coordination of shipping requests as needed.
• Lead site planning and laboratory move activities, including space assessments, laboratory relocations, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and facility buildouts; partner with Facilities & Engineering, lab leadership, and end users to ensure readiness and minimize operational disruption.
• Manage laboratory and office space planning, seating assignments, badge-access requests, occupancy coordination, and related workplace logistics for supported organizations.
• Serve as the primary operational escalation point for CBRE and other facilities or equipment-service partners; coordinate resolution of laboratory maintenance, work-order, vendor-service, and facility issues, and communicate risks, operational impacts, status, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Provide project management support for assigned Bioanalysis Large Molecule (LM) programs as required — developing and maintaining timelines, coordinating cross-functional deliverables, and supporting project intake, governance, and risk/issue resolution.
• Recruit, onboard, train and develop Lab Operations team members and contractors; manage performance, coverage planning, and career-growth conversations across the team.
• 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 key lab operations and compliance metrics/KPIs — including PM/calibration compliance, PO and order status, work orders, facility and IT requests, budget updates, and inspection-readiness — to facilitate transparency across the organization.

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