Lab Supervisor (A2)

Myriad Genetics is a trailblazing genetic testing company that has helped millions of patients make critical healthcare decisions. Myriad Women's Health is a leader in genetic screening. Our tests provide actionable information, empowering women and their families to make critical and timely healthcare decisions.

Our laboratory in South San Francisco specializes in molecular prenatal screening of expectant mothers and fathers. Utilizing our highly automated liquid handling platform, our energetic team of dedicated scientists and engineers work together to ensure our industry leading assays produce high quality, life changing results for our patients in a timely manner. If you are motivated and dedicated to improving yourself and your community and would like the opportunity to positively impact people's lives worldwide, we would like for you to join our dynamic and growing team.

The Supv CLIA Lab guides, mentors, and directs our laboratory staff comprised of licensed and non-licensed individuals. The Supv CLIA Lab collaborates with laboratory management and fellow supervisors to ensure adequate laboratory staffing and efficient workflows. This position works to develop current team members and identify external talent to build up and strengthen our high performing team in a fun, supportive, diverse, and developmentally focused environment. While mostly a leadership role, the Supv CLIA Lab spends some time in the lab working with our highly automated testing platform to process patient samples.

Shift: Sunday-Wednesday 11:00am-9:30pm

Each employee's specific job responsibilities are uniquely defined by their individual training plan and assigned duties, but are generally defined as follows:

1. Conduct daily supervision and oversight of laboratory staff and operation.

2. Provide feedback and mentorship to direct reports.

3. Monitor the training of laboratory personnel.

4. Perform competency evaluations of laboratory personnel.

5. Provide new employee orientation to new laboratory personnel.

6. Assign laboratory responsibilities to personnel to ensure all tasks are properly performed.

7. Work with our engineering team to troubleshoot instrument issues.

8. Ensure all procedure deviations or instrumentation malfunctions and associated corrections are properly documented.

9. Identify and report problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results.

10. Ensure adherence to the laboratory's quality control policies.

11. Assist with maintenance and updating of standard operation procedures.

12. Communicate needs from the lab with employees from other departments.

13. Work with the leadership team to assure compliance with applicable regulations.

14. Process patient samples using our automated platform using independent judgement with minimal supervision.

15. Perform setup, teardown, and preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment.

1. Meets minimum regulatory education, licensure, and experience requirements:

   1. Valid Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license or Clinical Genetics Molecular Biology Scientist (CGMBS) license issued by the State of California.

   2. Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in medical technology or a chemical, biological, or clinical laboratory science.

   3. The following years of licensed experience in a high complexity testing clinical laboratory:

      1. Bachelor's: 4 years (6 years preferred)

      2. Master's: 2 years (4 years preferred)

      3. Doctoral: 2 years

2. Experience in a clinical laboratory supervisory or leadership role preferred.

3. The ability to accurately pipette.

4. Strong analytical skills.

5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

6. Demonstrated proficiency in computer skills, such as word processing, statistical analysis, and laboratory information systems.

7. A strong understanding of good laboratory practices and regulatory compliance.

8. The ability to adapt and be flexible in a fast-paced and evolving work environment.

9. Preferred: Prior experience with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based and/or next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods.

Physical Requirements

Lifting Requirements - light work or exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Physical Requirements - stationary positioning, moving, operating, ascending/descending, communicating, and observing. Use of equipment and tools necessary to perform essential job functions.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. In hiring and all other employment decisions, we prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.