Strategic Lab Services Leader

Join the Clean Energy Revolution The Lab Services, Senior Advisor plays a critical role in enabling safe, efficient, and scalable laboratory operations that support Southern California Edison’s technology development, testing, and demonstration activities. This position provides strategic and operational leadership across laboratory services, ensuring that lab environments, processes, and partnerships are aligned with organizational objectives and evolving business needs. In this role, the Senior Advisor is responsible for developing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining holistic operational processes and policies that support collaboration across multiple departments and stakeholders. The position oversees the full laboratory project portfolio, including long‑term strategic initiatives, lab enhancement efforts, and internal and external Grid Technology Development projects, while ensuring consistency, safety, and compliance across lab operations. The Lab Services, Senior Advisor also leads stakeholder engagement and coordination activities, including managing third‑party laboratory services and supporting high‑visibility lab tours and demonstrations. Through strong cross‑functional collaboration and proactive project management, this role helps drive operational excellence, strengthens external partnerships, and enhances SCE’s industry leadership in laboratory‑based innovation. Responsibilities Ensures technical capability and resource availability for all testing to be completed accurately, efficiently, and on time. Leads the coordination and monitoring of lab resources, including lab spaces, tools and equipment, capital and O&M budgets, and assigned personnel, to ensure optimal utilization efficiency. Collaborates with internal cross-functional teams and external stakeholders to address technical lab requirements, project timelines, scope, and budget, as well as business contractual needs to ensure successful project execution. Standardizes and streamlines lab processes and procedures to ensure reliability and efficiency of lab operations. Conducts thorough evaluations and strategic planning to identify future lab capabilities and equipment requirements, ensuring the lab's readiness for advanced testing needs and industry technological advancements. Assesses industry partner needs and work across department teams to develop new programs, products, and services. Adheres to all company safety policies and requirements, ensuring a safe and compliant work environment at all times, and leading continuous improvement initiatives to elevate safety standards and practices. A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity Minimum Qualifications Ten (10) or more years of experience in project management, operations, engineering support, technical services, or a related professional environment, with demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, manage complex workloads, and communicate effectively across stakeholders Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated strength in project or program management, including planning, prioritization, execution, and tracking of complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Strong organizational and process development skills, with experience creating, documenting, and maintaining procedures, workflows, or governance frameworks that improve consistency, efficiency, and cross functional alignment. Proven ability to lead and coordinate cross functional efforts, working effectively with engineering, operations, vendors , and leadership to drive outcomes without direct authority. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing clear documentation, executive level summaries, and facilitating discussions across technical and non-technical audiences. Experience managing or supporting portfolios of initiatives or projects, including balancing near term execution with longer term strategic objectives. Demonstrated ability to engage stakeholders and external partners, align expectations, and represent organizational capabilities in meetings, reviews, or site visits. Background working in structured, operational, or regulated environments where safety, consistency, and accountability are important, even if not laboratory specific. Additional Information This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work andreside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage.The work mode can be changed based on business needs. Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more! Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. The primary work location for this position is Westminster, CA (Fenwick). However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at Pomona, CA (Pomona Transportation Services Department and Pomona Innovation Village). Position will require up to 60% traveling and being out in th e field throughout the SCE service territory. This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties. About Southern California Edison The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world. Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io and select option 2. #J-18808-Ljbffr Thomson Reuters Markets Espana SL.