Megan Lehrkamp
Director, Site Operations Bristol Myers Squibb
Megan Lehrkamp is Director of Site Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb, where she leads research site operations, strategic initiatives, and employee engagement programs at the company’s Brisbane, California research campus. In her role, Megan develops and executes site and laboratory operations strategies, supporting infrastructure expansion and the successful delivery of major facility projects, including the opening of new research buildings. She also fosters collaboration with external industry and community organizations to strengthen partnerships and engagement. Prior to joining Bristol Myers Squibb, Megan held leadership and project management roles at Ventana Medical Systems, where she led quality, systems, and strategic initiatives across global operations
Seminars
Biotech
- Discuss strategies for supporting lab ops and facilities staff facing increased workloads after layoffs
- Maintaining morale, engagement and service quality in constrained environments
- Explore how ops leaders in biotech are redefining roles and priorities to keep science moving forward
Pharma
- Examine the challenges of managing morale during restructures, site consolidations, and global workforce changes
- Share best practices for leading through ambiguity within matrixed, regulated organizations
- Learn how leaders sustain service excellence while navigating long-term change programs
- Case study example of consolidating geographically different sites into one building with less square footage and fewer people
- Renovating lab spaces to accommodate new ways of working while operations were ongoing
- Pivoting plans due to changes mid-project within strict timeframes while still meeting financial deadlines
- Key lessons learned in managing through significant project challenges and workforce fluctuations
