Molecular Lab Supervisor

Tempus AI, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Tempus AI, Inc. is seeking a specialist to provide daily oversight of a high‑throughput molecular workflow, ensuring rapid, high‑quality next‑generation sequencing data.

You will monitor QC, perform quality reviews, and supervise staff to maintain CLIA/CAP/NYSDOH compliance. You will also mentor technologists, schedule training, and leverage automation and robotics to streamline the sequencing pipeline while maintaining safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• MD/PhD in physical, chemical, or biological science with clinical lab experience or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills required
• Ability to delegate tasks and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work with others to plan and carry out scientific programs
• Self-driven, interdisciplinary collaboration, minimal direction
• Strong desire to build products that will save lives and change cancer care
• Impeccable attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Provide daily oversight of a molecular workflow to deliver high-quality sequencing data
• Monitor laboratory processes to maintain analytic performance and quality control
• Ensure remedial actions when test systems deviate from specs
• Perform quality review for samples from extraction to sequencing
• Maintain CLIA/CAP/NYSDOH compliance
• Schedule training and competency assessments for personnel
• Mentor clinical molecular technologists and extraction technologists
• Maintain safety and follow all safety protocols
• Use automation and robotics to standardize the discovery pipeline
• Schedule onboarding and training for new hires

Skills

Communication

Delegation

Fast-paced

Team collaboration

Self-driven

Cancer treatment impact

Attention to detail

Education

MD/PhD/MS/BS with clinical lab experience

Job description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide daily oversight of a cutting-edge molecular workflow to provide high-quality next-generation sequencing data with rapid turnaround times
• Monitor laboratory processes to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained, to include review of quality control, instrument and equipment maintenance, and other quality assurance activities
• Assure all remedial actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications
• Perform quality review for samples within the sequencing workflow from extraction to sequencing.
• Maintain CLIA/ CAP/ NYSDOH compliance
• Schedule training and competency assessments for personnel
• Mentor team of clinical molecular technologists and extraction technologists
• Maintain safety within the laboratory and ensure all safety protocols are followed.
• Utilize automation and robotics to standardize the discovery pipeline from sample acquisition to sequencing output
• Schedule training and onboarding for new hires

Qualifications:

• Must have: One of the following educational requirements: MD + 1 year clinical lab experience PhD (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 1 years clinical lab experience MS (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 2 years pertinent clinical lab experience BS (physical, chemical, or biological science) + 4 years of pertinent clinical lab experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to delegate tasks to others
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work with others to plan and carry out scientific programs
• Self-driven and works well in an interdisciplinary team with minimal direction
• Strong desire to build products that will save lives and change the course of cancer
• Impeccable attention to detail

Highly Desirable:

• Experience with next-generation sequencing
• Experience supervising others
• Work in a CLIA/CAP high-complexity laboratory
• Experience with robotics and automated liquid handling systems
• Knowledge of LIMS platforms and various computer systems

Candidates must be able to work the assigned shift. Please note that shift assignment is based on technical level, experience, and current business needs. Current available shifts: Wed-Sat (2pm-12:30am)

CHI: $60,000-$80,000 The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience.

Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Tempus was founded in August of 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky, after his wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Shortly after he founded the company in an effort to bring the power of technology and artificial intelligence to cancer care, he convinced Ryan Fukushima to join as the company’s first employee. Ryan and Eric began assembling a world class team, focused on building the first version of a platform capable of ingesting real time healthcare data in an effort to personalize diagnostics. We built the platform for oncology and have expanded it to neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease (through COVID), and radiology. Despite our rapid growth, our mission remains the same—to help make sure patients are on the right drug at the right time, so they can live longer and healthier lives. We’re looking for people who can change the world. Who question the status quo and don’t shy away from tough problems. For the builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. We’re looking for passionate people with undying curiosity. Those who want to attack one of the most challenging problems mankind has ever faced. Head on.