Molecular Lab Supervisor - Extractions (3rd Shift)

Tempus AI•Chicago, IL

14h•$60,000 - $80,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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
Must be able to work the required (ON) shift of: M-F 11:30PM-8AM