Director, Assay Development and Biomarkers
Korro Bio, Inc.
Laboratory Director, Sign-Out
Labcorp
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $168,200 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Support high-throughput clinical laboratory reporting operations for molecular and microarray testing performed in the San Francisco laboratory
- Review, interpret, and sign out laboratory reports in a range of clinical and technical areas
- Provide expert clinical interpretation for atypical and abnormal clinical results
- Maintain technical and clinical competency required to perform sign-out responsibilities
- Work collaboratively in cross-functional settings to support operations, development, troubleshooting, and client inquiries
- Participate in development and/or review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Change Management
- Serve as a stakeholder in incident response, quality affairs, change management, and medical policy
- Provide clinical and/or technical expertise to support monitoring and improvement of current genetic tests and development/launch of new test offerings
- Provide consultation and/or communication to healthcare professionals and clients as needed
- Serve as a positive representative of the team and organization in professional interactions
Requirements
- PhD and/or MD degree OR equivalent (e.g., DO or DSc)
- ABMGG board certification in Clinical Molecular Genetics or Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) OR Active Candidate Status (board eligible)
- Licensed to perform high complexity testing or practice medicine in California OR eligible to obtain licensure (Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist)
- Strong technical and clinical background
- Experience working in a high complexity CLIA/CAP laboratory
- Knowledge of the regulatory requirements associated with a clinical laboratory
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to attend to competing priorities in a positive and organized manner
- Approachable and collaborative colleague and clinical professional
- Commitment to exceptional patient care
- Preferred: 3+ years of clinical laboratory director experience
- Preferred: ABMGG board certification in Clinical Cytogenetics (in addition to Clinical Molecular Genetics)
- Preferred: Licensed or eligible to obtain licensure in California for Clinical Cytogeneticist Scientist (in addition to Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist)
- Preferred: New York State Certificate of Qualification, or eligibility, in relevant categories
- Preferred: Experience in a high-volume laboratory environment
- Preferred: Substantial prior experience in a broad range of clinical genetic testing modalities (e.g., NGS, WES, WGS, RNA, CMA)
- Preferred: Substantial prior experience in a broad range of clinical areas (e.g., Women’s Health, Pediatrics and Rare Disease, Oncology)
