Hybrid Ops Manager – Senior Ops Manager

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About the role

  • Operations Manager at Meridial responsible for laboratory operations, compliance coordination, and administrative support. Seeking entrepreneurial mindset for rapid growth in a focused research organization.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate equipment installs, moves, repairs, and preventative maintenance; serve as primary point of contact for vendors and service calls.
  • Run consumables purchasing and inventory (ordering, receiving, organisation, stocking).
  • Support lab readiness: space organisation, shared equipment stewardship, room readiness, and coverage planning.
  • Design and maintain accurate operational records (service logs, inventories, vendor contacts, SOP folders).
  • Onboard new lab members in regulatory and safety practices; ensure group members receive and maintain required training for laboratory operations; assist with exit procedures.
  • Support coordination of regulated animal-research workflows (communications with animal facilities teams, maintaining official training records, colony/breeding/genotyping tracking, and related administrative documentation), in partnership with leadership and the relevant oversight bodies.
  • Coordinate risk assessments, safety documentation, and required training records; help keep the lab audit-ready.
  • Coordinate hazardous waste workflows, gas cylinder ordering.
  • Schedule and track routine lab inspections; follow up on corrective actions.
  • Interface with building/facilities teams and external stakeholders as needed to support safe and sustainable operations.
  • Manage laboratory calendars, internal and external (partners, vendors) meeting logistics, agendas, and follow-ups and action-item tracking for leadership.
  • Draft and manage routine communications (emails, memos) and maintain organised internal documentation.
  • Assist with recruitment processes.
  • Support grant operations and coordination with parent organisation: assist with reporting, budgeting, audit readiness, and document version control (in collaboration with leadership).
  • Identify operational gaps and propose improvements; implement changes with leadership approval.
  • Alert parent organisation to operational changes that may impact insurance needs.
  • In time, recruit and supervise operational support staff.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in life science laboratory operations, research administration, executive administrative support, or a combined role in a life-science environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities with high attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Experience coordinating vendors, purchasing, and basic lab logistics.
  • Strong written and verbal communication; can produce clear notes, status summaries, and action tracking.
  • High discretion and comfort handling confidential or sensitive information.
  • Proficiency with common productivity tools (Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, calendars, spreadsheets, shared drives).

Benefits

  • Generous Benefits will be communicated in interviews
  • For exceptional candidates, we will consider sponsoring visas and supporting relocation.

Job title

Ops Manager – Senior Ops Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£70,000 - £95,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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