Molecular Lab Supervisor

Tempus; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus is seeking a skilled professional to oversee a cutting-edge molecular workflow, ensuring high-quality NGS data with rapid turnaround times. The role requires strong lab experience, HIPAA compliance, and the ability to mentor staff within a fast-paced environment.

The position focuses on maintaining QC/QA programs, coordinating training, and balancing efficiency with cost control, while contributing to transformative cancer care through real-time insights.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication; thrives in fast-paced settings.
• Experience in a molecular lab; NGS experience preferred.
• Ability to maintain HIPAA confidentiality.
• Ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.
• Desire to build products that impact cancer treatment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a cutting-edge molecular workflow to deliver high-quality NGS data with rapid turnaround.
• Establish and maintain QC/QA programs.
• Maintain CLIA and CAP compliance for equipment, reagents and staff training.
• Review quality of samples from extraction to sequencing.
• Balance turnaround time with sequencing workflow costs.
• Schedule training and competency assessments for personnel.
• Mentor junior staff and work the assigned shift.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Thrives in fast-paced environment

Molecular lab experience

Next-generation sequencing

Education

MS in Biological sciences (3+ years experience)

BS in Biological sciences (5+ years 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.

Shift - Sunday-Wednesday (2:00pm-12:30am)

Responsibilities

• Provide daily oversight of a cutting-edge molecular workflow to provide high-quality next-generation sequencing data with rapid turnaround times, including tumor genomic, germline genomic, and transcriptomic sequencing
• Establish and maintain appropriate QC and QA programs
• Maintain CLIA and CAP compliance regarding equipment, reagents, and staff training
• Complete quality review of all samples within the NGS workflow from extraction to sequencing
• Balance turnaround time while optimizing costs of sequencing workflow
• Schedule training and competency assessments for personnel
• Mentor junior staff
• Work your assigned/offered shift

Qualifications

• MS in the Biological sciences with at least three years of experience or BS in the biological sciences with at least five years of experience
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of patient related materials in compliance with HIPAA requirements
• Excellent communication skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Must have experience working in a molecular lab; prefer experience with next-generation sequencing
• 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

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.