Manager, Technical Operations

The Manager Technical Operations will be a critical member of the Laboratory & Facilities team responsible for ensuring the smooth safe and efficient functioning of our research and development labs. This role involves overseeing a wide range of activities from health and safety compliance to strategic asset management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in laboratory management a passion for operational excellence and a collaborative spirit empowering our scientific teams to focus on discovering and developing innovative treatments for our patients.

Your Responsibilities: 

Health Safety & Environment (HSE) Leadership:

• Lead and manage all laboratory-related health safety and environment (HSE) matters.
• Liaise with lab-active staff and senior leadership to ensure new capabilities are forecast and prepared for.
• Ensure lab-working contractors are suitably certified and permitted to work on site.
• Lead lab-safety related teams including First Aid and Spill Teams to ensure coordinated and appropriate responses to issues.
• Ensure updates to lab safety legislation are identified and implemented
• Drive the laboratory HSE strategy ensuring robust safety protocols waste management occupational health and compliance measures are embedded in all lab activities.
• Serve as the primary liaison between scientific teams and leadership for forecasting and safely implementing new technical capabilities.
• Lead the lab safety governance working with the sites EHS chair and committee ensuring that legislative updates are identified and implemented effectively.
• Serve as the key safety lead for regulated materials including providing oversight as a Radiation Protection Officer (RPO) as applicable and working with external advisors.

Laboratory & Asset Management:

• Oversee the full lifecycle of laboratory assets partnering with Procurement to manage inventory preventative maintenance schedules and reactive repairs to ensure scientific continuity and compliance.
• Working with our procurement team and vendors manage laboratory assets including inventory preventative and reactive maintenance to ensure safety and compliance.
• Lead and liaise with internal science teams to develop the strategy for sourcing laboratory equipment and supplies managing key vendor relationships to maximize value service safety and innovation.
• Ensure a consistent and effective lab inspection program is performed and lead incident reviews to guarantee that learnings are captured and applied across the organisation.

Collaboration & Operational Excellence:

• Develop and implement training programs for all laboratory personnel on critical equipment safety procedures and operational routines.
• Manage and foster relationships with external research partners (e.g. CROs academic institutions) to ensure Bicycle assets are maintained and staff operate safely and compliantly at third-party sites.
• Build and maintain pathways for Bicycle staff to obtain access to third party facilities and activities whilst satisfying legal and contractual obligations
• Participate as a member of the out-of-hours and business continuity teams addressing urgent laboratory issues that arise outside of normal working hours.

Your Skills & Competencies 

Knowledge & Expertise:

• Core Expertise: You are a recognised expert in laboratory operations and HSE shaping best practices and acting as a thought leader for the function.
• Data / Insight: You provide foresight and strategic interpretation of complex operational data (e.g. from safety audits asset performance) to drive continuous improvement and anticipate future needs.
• Knowledge Sharing: You act as a thought leader for laboratory safety and operational excellence influencing best practice across the organisation and with external partners.

Job Complexity:

• Task / Project Delivery: You oversee a complex portfolio of operational programs from asset lifecycle management to the entire laboratory HSE system.
• Problem-Solving: You solve complex organisational challenges such as developing the safety framework for introducing novel high-potency materials or designing a cross-site asset management strategy.
• Strategic Impact: You shape the functional strategy for laboratory operations directly enabling the companys R&D goals by providing a safe efficient and scalable research environment.

Independence:

• Autonomy: You operate with broad independence setting the direction for laboratory operations and safety in partnership with senior R&D leadership.
• Decision-Making: You make high-impact decisions with long-term implications such as selecting key vendors approving capital expenditure for equipment and defining the sites safety policies.
• Leadership / Mentorship: You develop future leaders within your team and the wider operational community ensuring robust talent development and team accountability

Qualifications :

• A proven track record of leading laboratory operations and health & safety within a dynamic academic or biopharmaceutical industry setting.
• Deep expertise in laboratory HSE principles and governance ideally evidenced by a nationally recognised certification (e.g. NEBOSH) membership of relevant societies and experience acting as a Biological or Chemical Safety Officer.
• Demonstrable experience developing and executing strategies for laboratory asset management including the procurement and maintenance of high-value scientific equipment.
• Broad knowledge of the requirements for handling regulated materials such as human-derived tissues high-potency compounds or genetically-modified organisms. Recent experience acting as a Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) would be a significant advantage.
• A collaborative and influential leader with experience managing relationships with external partners and embedding a positive culture of safety and operational excellence.
• Previous hands-on experience working in a laboratory environment is highly desirable.

Additional Information :

• State-of-the-art campus environment with on campus restaurant and Montessori nursery
• Flexible working environment
• Competitive reward including annual company bonus 
• Employee recognition schemes
• 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays  option to buy up to 5 additional days annually
• Employer contribution to pension (employee does not have to contribute) 
• Life assurance cover 4x basic salary 
• Private Medical Insurance including optical and dental cover 
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Group income protection
• Employee assistance program
• Health Cash Plan
• Access to company subsidized gym membership
• Eligibility for an option grant to subscribe to shares in Bicycle Therapeutics plc. 
• Cycle to work scheme 

Bicycle Therapeutics is committed to building a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We recognize that diverse and inclusive teams build a stronger and more innovative company. Therefore all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour gender sexual orientation age disability status marital status or veteran status.

Bicycle Therapeutics is committed to building a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We recognize that diverse and inclusive teams build a stronger and more innovative company. Therefore all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour gender sexual orientation age disability status marital status or veteran status.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time