Associate Director, Clinical Laboratory - #1836
- Employer
- GRAIL, LLC
- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Start date
- May 4, 2022
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- Discipline
- Clinical, Clinical Research, Science/R&D, Laboratory
- Required Education
- Bachelors Degree
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Bio NC, Best Places to Work
Job Details
GRAIL is seeking an energetic, humble, and forward-looking leader of our clinical lab operations in RTP. This role will be responsible for directing daily operations of a rapidly growing clinical laboratory. You will be driving the team to meet production targets, developing a highly-talented staff and enabling new processes to scale our throughput for our groundbreaking Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test, Galleri.
You Will
- Oversee the overall operations of the Clinical Laboratory including planning, directing and evaluating all laboratory activities within the facility.
- Ensuring test systems are functioning properly, monitoring patient and quality control testing results, planning, validation and implementation of new test procedures.
- Work with the Laboratory Managers on the laboratory’s quality control and quality assurance procedures, technical troubleshooting and improvement procedures, and training and education programs
- Ensure stability studies, validation protocols, and other process improvement and new assay projects are
- Review validation and stability study protocols and technical reports.
- Participate in quality assurance activities
- Possess a working knowledge of local, state, and federal laboratory regulations
- Outstanding professionalism, leadership, and communication skills
- Ability to analyze and problem solve complex issues that impact test performance
- Strong technical skills and job and industry knowledge
- Ability to manage projects through initiation to completion
- Ability to effectively communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to proactively communicate consistently, clearly, and honestly
- Strong automation and computing skills
- High volume laboratory experience preferred
- Training in molecular biology techniques preferred
- Be an advocate for lab in meetings with support teams
- Perform other laboratory duties as needed.
Your Background Will Include:
- Bachelor of Arts or Science in Biomedical Laboratory Science, Clinical Science or related field.
- At least seven 8 years of Laboratory experience or equivalent.
- Working knowledge of local, state, and federal laboratory regulations.
- Operations and people management experience required.
- Strong project management abilities.
- Strong collaborator and demonstrated track record of success in a cross functional team environment and management roles.
- Strong technical skills in molecular biology and other relevant industry knowledge.
- Strong automation and computing skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to proactively communicate consistently, clearly, and honestly.
- Experience with next generations sequencing and sample preparation is a plus.
GRAIL is an Equal Employment Office and Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Following extensive monitoring, research, consideration of business implications, and advice from internal and external experts, GRAIL has made the decision to require all U.S. employees receive the COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment. “Full vaccination” is defined as two weeks after both doses of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks since a single-dose vaccine has been administered. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request a reasonable accommodation.
Company
GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit www.grail.com.
LEADERSHIP:
CEO: Bob Ragusa
- Website
- https://grail.com/
- Phone
- 833-694-2553
- Location
-
1525 O'Brien Drive
Menlo Park
California
94025
US
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