Biobank Operations Lead | Genomics Scale-Up (Equity)

Kenkotech Futures Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Greenfield project ownership

High-growth environment

Job summary

KenkoTech seeks a Biosome Operations Lead to own end-to-end sample handling in a new high-throughput genomics facility. You will manage incoming human biosamples, accessioning, aliquoting, storage and retrieval, ensuring traceability and readiness for downstream sequencing and analytics.

This hands-on leadership role requires building scalable processes, SOPs, and a capable team of sample accessioning technicians, while enforcing quality standards and biosafety.

Qualifications

• Experience in sample accessioning, biobanking or biospecimen operations.
• Experience handling high volumes of human biospecimens, ideally in genomics or clinical labs.
• Solid understanding of receiving, accessioning, storage and retrieval workflows.
• Hands-on with LIMS, barcode tracking, manifests and inventory systems.
• Experience training or supervising laboratory technicians.
• Comfortable building processes in a fast-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily sample receiving and accessioning operations, reconciling shipments against manifests.
• Oversee sample identification, barcode scanning, LIMS registration and chain-of-custody tracking.
• Establish quarantine and discrepancy-resolution processes for mislabeled or missing samples.
• Supervise high-throughput aliquoting workflows including thawing, splitting and freezing.
• Own biobank and freezer inventory management, rack mapping and sample retrieval.
• Develop robust procedures for handling variable sample types and shipment conditions.
• Implement quality controls to maintain sample integrity and traceability.
• Identify opportunities to improve throughput with automation and equipment.
• Build, train and schedule a team of accessioning technicians and lab staff.
• Develop SOPs and processes as the facility scales.

Skills

sample accessioning

biobanking

biospecimen operations

clinical laboratory experience

team leadership

process improvement

attention to detail

Tools

LIMS

barcode systems

inventory management systems

rack mapping software

cold-chain management systems

Job description

KenkoTech seeks a Biosome Operations Lead to own end-to-end sample handling in a new high-throughput genomics facility. You will manage incoming human biosamples, accessioning, aliquoting, storage and retrieval, ensuring traceability and readiness for downstream sequencing and analytics.

This hands-on leadership role requires building scalable processes, SOPs, and a capable team of sample accessioning technicians, while enforcing quality standards and biosafety.