Supervisor - Molecular Operations, Solid Tumor (3rd Shift)

Caris Life Sciences•Phoenix, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Caris, we understand that cancer is an ugly word—a word no one wants to hear, but one that connects us all. That’s why we’re not just transforming cancer care—we’re changing lives. We introduced precision medicine to the world and built an industry around the idea that every patient deserves answers as unique as their DNA. Backed by cutting-edge molecular science and AI, we ask ourselves every day: “What would I do if this patient were my mom?” That question drives everything we do. But our mission doesn’t stop with cancer. We're pushing the frontiers of medicine and leading a revolution in healthcare—driven by innovation, compassion, and purpose. Join us in our mission to improve the human condition across multiple diseases. If you're passionate about meaningful work and want to be part of something bigger than yourself, Caris is where your impact begins. Position Summary Supervisor of Molecular Operations are responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Molecular - Solid Tumor laboratory and ensuring the molecular department is meeting all necessary quality guidelines for clinical testing.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution.
4+ years lab experience, including 2 years of high complexity patient testing, 1 of which is in Molecular Pathology methods.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a chemical, biological, clinical or medical laboratory science, or medical technology from an accredited institution
Previous leadership experience in a clinical laboratory setting
Experience with PCR, microarray, fragment analysis, Sanger sequencing, and Next Generation Sequencing preferred.
CLSp (MB), MB(ASCP) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages/performs all clinical molecular testing.
Maintains routine molecular equipment maintenance and support logs.
Train molecular technologists on new techniques.
Monitor test analysis and specimen examination to ensure acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
Follows the laboratory procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analyses, reporting and maintaining records of patient test results.
Support compliance to all applicable regulatory and standard requirements (FDA, CLIA, NYS, CAP, ISO, etc.).
Performs and documents proficiency testing (PT) samples.
Adheres to the laboratory's quality control policies, documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed.
Follows the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable level of performance.
Documents all corrective action taken when a test system deviates from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
Assists with the tracking, accumulation, and computation of performance metrics.
Demonstrates the ability to accurately prioritize and triage specimens, handles and disposes of specimens and chemical waste based on the laboratory's procedural manual, and ensures compliance with regulatory agencies.
Ensures lab has adequate inventories of reagents and supplies.
Resolves employee relations issues and recommends disciplinary action when required.
Acts as first point of contact on technical, procedural, and policy questions.
Keeps team informed of new processes and general updates.
Must multi-task and work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Ensure procedures and processes are in place that led to delivery of quality results and continually reassess their effectiveness to achieve continuous improvement.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Shares and receives information and ideas from all levels of the organization in order to achieve the desired results.
Support and commit to the successful achievement of team and organizational goals through a desire to participate with and help other members of the team.
Demonstrate a focus on listening to and understanding client/customer needs and then delighting the client/customer by exceeding service and quality expectations.
Accepts other duties as assigned.