Director of Lab Operations

Dallas, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Director of Lab Operations Neonatal Laboratory

Location: Dallas TX
Schedule: MondayFriday Day Shift
Employment Type: Full-Time Permanent

Lighthouse Lab Services is excited to represent a growing neonatal clinical laboratory in Dallas TX that is seeking an experienced Director of Lab Operations to provide operational technical and strategic leadership within a high-complexity laboratory environment focused on newborn and neonatal testing.

This role is responsible for comprehensive laboratory operations regulatory compliance personnel leadership and continuous improvement across neonatal testing departments including Newborn Screening Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Chemistry and Immunology.

Position Overview

The Director of Lab Operations is a key member of the laboratory leadership team accountable for ensuring operational excellence regulatory compliance scalability and high-quality testing in support of neonatal patient care. This individual partners closely with executive leadership quality and technical teams to support growth while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy efficiency and compliance in a neonatal laboratory setting.

Key Responsibilities

Provide senior-level oversight of all neonatal laboratory operations ensuring daily workflows comply with CLIA CAP (if applicable) state regulations and internal SOPs
Lead mentor and manage laboratory supervisors technologists and accessioning staff across all testing areas
Own laboratory staffing strategy including scheduling coverage planning onboarding training competency assessment and succession planning
Ensure continuous CLIA compliance inspection readiness and effective execution of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
Oversee testing performance quality indicators proficiency testing deviations and continuous process improvement initiatives
Direct and/or delegate instrument validation method verification maintenance and troubleshooting for neonatal testing platforms
Partner with Quality and Technical leadership to develop review implement and maintain SOPs policies and training materials
Maintain and enhance QA/QC programs documentation data trending and quality reporting
Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders vendors and service providers to resolve operational or technical issues
Drive workflow optimization scalability and automation initiatives to support laboratory growth and testing volume increases
Serve as a senior escalation point and subject matter expert for technical operational and personnel challenges
Perform additional duties as assigned to support laboratory and organizational objectives

Candidate Profile

Bachelors degree or higher in Biology Medical Technology Clinical Laboratory Science or a related scientific discipline
6 years of experience in a high-complexity clinical laboratory preferably with neonatal or newborn screening testing
Proven leadership experience managing laboratory teams workflows and multi-department operations
Strong working knowledge of CLIA regulations and laboratory compliance requirements
Hands-on experience with Dried Blood Spot (DBS) testing strongly preferred
Experience with newborn screening assays preferred
Familiarity with Roche analyzers Panthera Punchers and automated liquid handling systems strongly preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead through change scale operations and drive continuous improvement in a regulated environment

Benefits and Salary

110-130k
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About us:

At Lighthouse Lab Services we offer solutions to help start grow and run clinical laboratories. Our recruiting team has over 18 years of proven success placing job seekers in positions ranging from entry-level Medical Technologists to seasoned Laboratory Directors. We recruit nationwide for permanent and travel positions with clients ranging from small hospitals to large reference laboratories.

It is the policy of Lighthouse Lab Services to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. Lighthouse Lab Services is committed to working and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities including persons with disabilities.

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Director of Lab Operations Neonatal LaboratoryLocation: Dallas TXSchedule: MondayFriday Day ShiftEmployment Type: Full-Time PermanentLighthouse Lab Services is excited to represent a growing neonatal clinical laboratory in Dallas TX that is seeking an experienced Director of Lab Operations to prov...