Associate Director, Clinical Laboratory # 4252

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.
We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, 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 grail.com.
The Associate Director, Clinical Laboratory will oversee the overall operations of the Clinical Laboratory including planning, directing and evaluating all laboratory activities within the facility.

Responsibilities:

• 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 in collaboration with other departments.
• 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.
• Communicate needs of the team to other groups and escalate priorities as needed.
• Ensure stability studies, validation protocols, and other process improvement and new assay projects are implemented into laboratory protocols and training.
• 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 the clinical lab in meetings with support teams.
• Perform other laboratory duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts or Science in Biomedical Laboratory Science, Clinical Science or related field. Advanced degree (MS or PhD) preferred.
• At least 7 years of Laboratory experience or equivalent with education/experience.
• Working knowledge of local, state, and federal laboratory regulations including CLIA/CAP, NYSDOH, and ISO15189.
• 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 high throughput automation is preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Hours and days may vary depending on operational needs
• Standing or sitting for long periods of time may be necessary
• May be exposed to hazardous materials, blood specimens and instruments with moving parts, heating or freezing elements, and high speed centrifugation
• Repetitive manual pipetting may be necessary
• Some lifting (up to 25 pounds) may be necessary

The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $121,000 - $151,000.  Actual base pay will be determined by factors such as: job level, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to