Director - Lab Operations

Head / Director of Lab Operations

This opportunity is with a rapidly growing, highly innovative organization establishing its first U.S. presence, focused on advancing early cancer detection, prevention, and molecular-level disease management. The company operates at the intersection of clinical biology, molecular diagnostics, and precision medicine, with a mission to identify and act on disease at its earliest biological signals-well before clinical symptoms emerge.

The organization has an established global presence across Europe and Asia and is now building out its U.S. footprint. This role will play a critical part in launching and scaling lab operations in a very lean, high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead U.S. laboratory operations from the ground up, including infrastructure, workflows, and team development
• Oversee day-to-day lab execution across clinical, molecular, and translational diagnostic activities
• Establish and optimize processes supporting high-sensitivity testing platforms, including genomics, cfDNA, and multi-omics workflows
• Ensure compliance with CLIA, CAP, and other regulatory/quality standards as applicable
• Partner cross-functionally with teams across molecular biology, clinical research, and data/AI functions to enable early detection and longitudinal monitoring programs
• Implement scalable systems to support precision diagnostics and high-throughput sample processing
• Lead vendor selection, equipment buildout, and operational readiness for a growing U.S. presence
• Drive continuous improvement across efficiency, data quality, and turnaround times

Ideal Background

• Strong experience in laboratory operations leadership, ideally within molecular diagnostics, genomics, or translational research environments

• Familiarity with next-generation sequencing (NGS), cfDNA workflows, and multi-omics platforms is highly preferred
• Ability to operate and learn effectively in a lean, fast-paced environment with high ownership

• Experience working cross-functionally with scientific, clinical, and technical teams

Why this role

• Opportunity to help build the U.S. Presence for a globally recognized, innovation-driven organization
• Direct impact on advancing early cancer detection and molecular interception strategies
• High-visibility leadership role with end-to-end ownership of lab operations
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies spanning multi-omics, genomics, and precision medicine
• Unique chance to shape operations in a lean, entrepreneurial environment

If you are a highly motivated and proactively thinking individual who wants the opportunity to make a true and tangible impact, please apply in!