Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Manager

Labcorp is seeking a Anatomic Pathology Lab Manager to join our team in Houston, TX

Work Schedule:  Monday-Friday 1st shift

Job Responsibilities 

• Direct and oversee the daily operations of the department, ensuring excellence across both technical and non-technical functions while maintaining productivity, quality, safety, and service standards.

• Provide strategic leadership to a team of supervisors and laboratory professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and professional development.

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop supervisors and emerging leaders, building organizational capability and succession plans to support future growth.

• Effectively manage departmental staffing models, workforce planning, scheduling, and labor utilization to ensure appropriate coverage, operational efficiency, and responsible management of overtime.

• Drive a high-performance culture through employee engagement, performance management, recognition, career development, and ongoing coaching at all levels of the organization.

• Leverage laboratory technologies, automation platforms, digital workflows, data analytics, and artificial intelligence tools to improve operational efficiency, quality, turnaround time, and decision-making.

• Identify and implement innovative technology solutions that enhance laboratory operations, workforce effectiveness, scalability, and the client experience.

• Utilize operational data, dashboards, and AI-enabled insights to monitor performance trends, identify opportunities, and drive continuous process improvement initiatives.

• Ensure the diagnostic laboratory delivers market-leading service levels by meeting client expectations and achieving established turnaround time (TAT), quality, and operational metrics.

• Partner with Medical Directors, Technical Directors, Quality Assurance, Laboratory Directors, and Corporate Operations to resolve client inquiries, operational challenges, and service-related issues in a timely manner.

• Ensure laboratory compliance with all corporate, federal, state, and accrediting agency requirements, including CAP, CLIA, ISO, and applicable state regulations, while promoting a culture of quality and patient safety.

• Lead and support the development, validation, implementation, and optimization of laboratory procedures, equipment, technologies, and testing methodologies.

• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, training, engagement, development, retention, and corrective action when necessary.

• Promote effective communication and collaboration across laboratory operations, executive leadership, medical staff, clients, sales, and corporate partners.

• Facilitate departmental meetings and leadership forums that drive alignment, transparency, employee engagement, and organizational objectives.

• Investigate operational deviations, quality events, and process failures to identify root causes and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.

• Maintain expert-level knowledge of laboratory operations, testing methodologies, regulatory requirements, emerging technologies, and industry best practices.

• Champion a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and digital transformation by evaluating and adopting new technologies, automation solutions, and AI-powered tools that support operational excellence.

• Bachelor’s degree in a Chemical or Biological Science, Clinical Laboratory Science, or Medical Technology 

• 5 years of experience in anatomic pathology or surgical pathology operations

• 3 years or more of supervisory or management experience in a clinical lab setting

Preferred Qualification: 

• Current or prior Labcorp experience 

• ASCP certification 

Additional Job Standards 

• Strong working knowledge of CLIA, CAP and relevant state regulations 

• Experience in a high volume clinical laboratory environment 

• Understanding of laboratory operations as well as policies and procedures 

• Proven success in training and developing both technical and non-technical employees 

• Proficient with Laboratory Information Systems and Microsoft Office 

• Ability to problem solve and provide solutions under minimal supervision 

• Strong communication skills; both written and verbal 

• High level of attention to detail with strong organizational skills  

• Comfortability making decisions in a changing environment 

• Ability to handle the physical requirements of the position 

• Able to pass a standardized color blindness test