Supervisor, Molecular Lab (Wed-Sat: 2pm-12:30am)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Restricted stock units

Medical benefits

Job summary

Tempus AI, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled laboratory leader to oversee a cutting-edge molecular sequencing workflow and ensure rapid, high-quality data output.

You will monitor quality controls, instrument maintenance, and compliance with CLIA/CAP/NYSDOH standards, while mentoring a team of technologists and coordinating training and onboarding. This full-time role requires strong communication, delegation, and collaboration across interdisciplinary teams to advance cancer-related diagnostics.

Qualifications

• MD/PhD/MS/BS with required clinical lab experience as listed.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to delegate.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment.
• Ability to plan and carry out scientific programs with minimal direction.
• Desire to build products that improve cancer care and save lives.
• Impeccable attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily oversight of a molecular workflow with rapid sequencing turnaround.
• Monitor QC, instrument maintenance, and quality assurance activities.
• 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 laboratory safety and compliance with safety protocols.
• Utilize automation and robotics to standardize the discovery pipeline.
• Schedule training and onboarding for new hires.

Skills

Excellent communication

Delegation

Teamwork

Fast-paced

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

MD + 1 year clinical lab experience

PhD + 1 year clinical lab experience

MS + 2 years clinical lab experience

BS + 4 years clinical lab experience

Tools

LIMS platforms

Robotics & automated liquid handling

Job description

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

Available Shift: 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.