Lab Operations Specialist, Fast Trak Process Development Services (PDS)

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? 

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.  

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. 

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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As a Laboratory Operations Specialist supporting Fast Trak Process Development Services (PDS), you will play a critical role enabling laboratory operations across process development, scale-up, analytical development, and advanced chromatography laboratories. This position serves as a key operational partner to scientific teams, ensuring facilities, equipment, materials, logistics, and operational processes are maintained and optimized to support successful project execution. The role offers significant visibility across the Fast Trak organization and provides opportunities to lead strategic operational initiatives, mentor team members, and career growth.

This position is part of the Fast Trak Process Development Services organization and will be located in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

What you’ll do:

Operations and Business Responsibilities

• Inventory, procurement, and asset management: Manage inventory systems for tracking inventory levels, coordinate procurement activities for capital equipment (CAPEX), support project-specific inventory planning, manage laboratory asset inventories and equipment databases, and partner with facility, engineering, and maintenance teams to ensure fully operational laboratory infrastructure.

• Logistics, shipping operations, and external partner collaboration: Collaborate with internal logistics, supply chain, external transportation providers, and laboratory vendors to develop and improve logistics workflows, coordinate domestic and international shipping activities, support chain-of custody and material tracking process, and coordinate contractor activities.

• Continuous improvement and operational excellence: Develop metrics and dashboards to lead and sustain operational excellence initiatives utilizing lean principles, 5S/6S methodologies, visual project management, issue tracking/management, and standard work practices.

• Project management and business support: Support cross-functional teams in the planning and execution of operational improvement projects by providing project coordination support, tracking project milestones, risks, and reporting operational performance and deliverables.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or related discipline with minimum 10 years of experience in laboratory operations, laboratory coordination, manufacturing support, logistics, or a related operational role within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or related industries.
• Experience managing procurement, inventory control, logistics, and laboratory operational processes, coordinating equipment maintenance, service providers, and facility-related activities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, inventory, procurement, or asset management systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  

Travel and Work Environment

• Ability and willingness to work in laboratory and pilot-scale environments, including BSL-2 laboratories when required.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support up to 5% of the time.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $90,000 - $110,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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