Translational Medical Scientist

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Translational Medical Scientist contributes to partnerships with clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) in applying genomic data to advance healthcare. This position in the Oncology department focuses on the detection and analysis of circulating tumor DNA to inform clinical decisions and improve outcomes in patients with solid and hematological malignancies.

The cross functional Translational Medicine role requires extensive collaboration with internal stakeholders and external strategic research partners, pharmaceutical companies, and KOLs to integrate genomic and clinical data across multiple high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Work with Sr. Scientists, clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders to transform product requirements into technical specifications for future oncology products using circulating tumor DNA.

• Collaborate with molecular biologists, computational biologists, and statisticians to build research strategies that solve challenging problems.

• Collaborate with sample accessioning team, legal dept, and R&D to draft contracts and execute research projects.

• Perform genomic analysis to explore biological, scientific, and clinical questions in oncology and translating results to impact patient care.

• Lead internal efforts on oncology knowledge management and curation.

• Collaborate with external partnerships, include academics, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies.

• Communicate results and findings of analyses to academic researchers and collaborate to publish findings in high impact journals.

• Work with business and biological teams to understand the research landscape and technology options.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have an access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.

• Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.

• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Genomics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, or equivalent required.

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Solid scientific understanding or education background in oncology – including diagnostics and therapeutics.

• Specific experience with ctDNA is preferred.

• Knowledgeable and experience in the use and optimization of novel technologies and understand the competitive landscape.

• Knowledge of cancer from both a basic biology and molecular perspective.

• Working knowledge of basic bioinformatics and genomics sequencing analysis techniques.

• Knowledge of data mining and statistical analysis tools such as R, SQL, or Stata is a plus.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills will be needed in our cross functional team.

The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.Remote USA$92,200—$115,200 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally