Supervisor, Molecular Lab (Wed-Sat: 2pm-12:30am)

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide daily oversight of a cutting-edge molecular workflow to provide high-quality next-generation sequencing data with rapid turnaround times
• Monitor laboratory processes to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained, to include review of quality control, instrument and equipment maintenance, and other quality assurance activities
• Assure all remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications
• Perform quality review for samples within the sequencing workflow from extraction to sequencing.
• Maintain CLIA/ CAP/ NYSDOH compliance
• Schedule training and competency assessments for personnel
• Mentor team of clinical molecular technologists and extraction technologists
• Maintain safety within the laboratory and ensure all safety protocols are followed.
• Utilize automation and robotics to standardize the discovery pipeline from sample acquisition to sequencing output
• Schedule training and onboarding for new hires

Qualifications: Must have:

• One of the following educational requirements: • MD + 1 year clinical lab experience

• PhD (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 1 years clinical lab experience

• MS (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 2 years pertinent clinical lab experience

• BS (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 4 years of pertinent clinical lab experience

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to delegate tasks to others

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to work with others to plan and carry out scientific programs

• Self-driven and works well in an interdisciplinary team with minimal direction

• Strong desire to build products that will save lives and change the course of cancer

• Impeccable attention to detail

Highly Desirable:

• Experience with next-generation sequencing
• Experience supervising others
• Work in a CLIA/CAP high-complexity laboratory
• Experience with robotics and automated liquid handling systems
• Knowledge of LIMS platforms and various computer systems

Available Shift: Wed-Sat 2pm-12:30am CHI: $60,000-$80,000 The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.