Fort Henry Business Park, Ballina, Tipperary, Ireland | Hybrid (4x days per week onsite)
2-year fixed-term contract
LGC Diagnostics & Genomics is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to join the Global Program Management and Operational Excellence (PM&OE) team at a time of significant site growth and transformation.
Job DescriptionThis role plays a critical part in enabling the delivery of multiple concurrent expansion and productivity improvement initiatives across our Ballina site. The Programme Manager will work closely with senior functional and business leaders who are accountable for these projects, providing structure, governance, prioritisation, and hands-on support to ensure initiatives move efficiently from discovery and planning through to execution and sustained impact.
The focus of the role is on supporting site expansion (facility, process, and capability) alongside productivity and gross margin improvement, using Operational Excellence and Lean principles to drive effective execution and capacity release.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role suited to someone comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing without authority, and balancing strategic intent with pragmatic, on-the-ground delivery in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
This role offers the opportunity to influence across functions and work on complex programmes that deliver real business impact over a 2-year transformation period.
Key Responsibilities
- Enable and support multiple strategic programmes across site expansion, process improvement, and capacity growth.
- Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and other team members within PM&OE.
- Create programme plans, budgets, risk registers, and identify project interdependencies.
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks and ensure stakeholder engagement.
- Step in to resolve roadblocks, guide change, and ensure projects progress efficiently.
- Collaborate with PM&OE colleagues to develop guidelines, frameworks, and reporting systems.
Who We’re Looking For
- Significant experience in Project/Programme Management methodologies (PPM, PRINCE2, AGILE, etc.)
- Experience with Operational Excellence / Lean methodologies (Lean/TPS, Shingo, Six Sigma, ToC, TPM).
- Track record of leading multi-project, cross-functional programmes, preferably in regulated manufacturing or life sciences.
- Ability to influence and coach leaders without direct authority.
- Comfortable operating hands-on in a dynamic environment, dealing with ambiguity, and rolling up your sleeves when needed.
- Strong stakeholder management, analytical thinking, and communication skills.
- Experience working in global, matrix organisations and managing cross-site dependencies.
ABOUT LGC:
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.
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- PASSION
- CURIOSITY
- INTEGRITY
- BRILLIANCE
- RESPECT
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LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief.
For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com
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What We Do
LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.
LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.
LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community.
LGC’s core purpose of Science for a safer world and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, drive its culture. As of 30 June 2021, it employs 4,350 employees, of which over 1,175 employees hold PhD and/or master’s degrees. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.
