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Tempus AI

Molecular Lab Supervisor - Extractions (3rd Shift)

full-time•Chicago•$60k - $80k

Summary

Location

Chicago

Salary

$60k - $80k

Type

full-time

Experience

2-5 years

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About this role

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
● Must be able to work the required (ON) shift of: M-F 11:30PM-8AM

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
CHI: $60,000-$80,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). 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. 

What you'll do

  • Provide daily oversight of molecular workflows to ensure high-quality sequencing data and compliance with quality assurance standards. Mentor and train a team of technologists while maintaining safety protocols in the laboratory.

About Tempus AI

Tempus is making precision medicine a reality by applying AI in healthcare, deriving insights from our expansive library of clinical data and molecular data. We enable physicians to make real-time, data-driven decisions to deliver personalized care and targeted therapies for patients through our analytical machine learning platform that uses the power of artificial intelligence in healthcare. We also work with partners to facilitate discovery, development, and delivery of optimized therapeutic options for patients through distinctive solution sets. Our mission is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before by providing the healthcare industry tools that learn as we gather more data. It’s About Time. For more information, visit tempus.com and follow us on Twitter (@TempusLabs).

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Tempus AI offers a competitive compensation package for the Molecular Lab Supervisor - Extractions (3rd Shift) role. The salary range is USD 60k - 80k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.

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As a Molecular Lab Supervisor - Extractions (3rd Shift) at Tempus AI, you will: provide daily oversight of molecular workflows to ensure high-quality sequencing data and compliance with quality assurance standards. Mentor and train a team of technologists while maintaining safety protocols in the laboratory..

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