Job Title: Senior Lab Manager - Vaccines

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.​

The Senior Laboratory Manager for bacteriology assays will lead a team in the development, optimization, qualification, validation, and execution of bacteriological assays. Platforms include serum bactericidal assays (SBA’s) using both Human Complement (HC) and Baby Rabbit Complement (BR), supporting vaccine trials from Phase I to Phase IV. Responsibilities include ensuring data quality and compliance, providing scientific oversight, advancing method development, and evaluating technologies to enhance assay precision, throughput, and quality. The Senior Lab Manager will also contribute scientific insights, ensure thorough and standards-aligned documentation, and maintain adherence to quality and safety guidelines.

Main Responsibilities:

Laboratory Operations

• Plans and oversees the day-to-day operations and general activities (with leadership guidance) associated with one or more laboratories/projects.

• Ensures laboratory resources (materials/reagents/equipment/facilities) are maintained to meet assigned objectives.

• Supports a quality and compliant testing environment (laboratories, equipment, reagents, training and documentation, methods, personnel).

• Maintains alignment of processes and procedures and shares best practices within the team/platform.

Supervision and Management

• Oversees operational activities of staff working in the laboratory

• Provides guidance and expert advice to staff on technical issues, safety procedures and regulatory compliance matters within the laboratory. Monitors operations to ensure compliance.

• Provides development and performance feedback, counsel and guidance to the team

• Ensures that new employees are appropriately trained and familiar with laboratory operational requirements

• Ensures adequate staffing levels and support necessary for operation of the department, including facilitation of in-service and other educational programs

Scientific Operations and Management

• Performs/supports activities to ensure test method life cycle management (documentation, method suitability/trending, maintenance, etc.).

• Supports completion of analytical deliverables to meet project milestones.

• Assists in the evaluation of new technologies/ improvements to support analytical expertise as required.

• Reviews and evaluates data and formulates recommendations as needed.

• Works with internal and external partners in support of collaborative projects.

• Prepares and presents key documents as required.

Financial Operations

• Tracks/manages expenditures against assigned budgets.

• Advises management of significant budget deviations.

• Assures that all laboratory financial operations comply with corporate requirements.

• Reviews budget by integrating data from different projects, verifying that expenses have been correctly charged to different projects in compliance with requirements, making corrections as necessary

Regulatory/Quality Management

• Ensures adherence to all applicable quality, corporate, safety, and regulatory requirements.

• May serve as Subject matter Expert (SME) as required

• Supports departmental quality by ensuring adequate support for documentation, investigation, and closure of quality items including change controls, deviations, and CAPAs

About You​

• PhD or equivalent +4 years’ experience, Master's degree +6 years’ experience, Bachelor's +9 years’ experience required, preferably in pharmaceutical or biotech setting. Degrees in scientific discipline preferred.

• Strong understanding of and experience with GXP practices and procedures within research or lab setting

• Experience with functional immunoassays required, however experience with serum bactericidal assays (SBAs) is strongly preferred

• Experience with LIMS systems, reagent characterization, and qualification is required

• Experience with Human Complement (HC) and Baby Rabbit Complement (BRC) is preferred

• Proven leadership experience, including negotiation, change management, training, conflict resolution, etc. is needed for success in this role

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to create clear technical documentation and effectively liaise between different stakeholder groups

• Creative problem-solving skills with ability to develop and implement innovative solutions

• Goal-driven mindset with proven ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple deliverables

• Strong analytical abilities with operational focus

• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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The salary range for this position is:

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.