natera

Associate/Assistant Laboratory Director - Organ Health

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At a Glance

Location
San Carlos, California, United States
Employment
employment_required
Posted
2026-04-01T14:04:27-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Clinical
  • Regulatory

Requirements

2 or more years of experience in a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory setting analyzing, interpreting, and reporting clinical genetic/genomic data.

Experience within a high-volume laboratory is preferred.

This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and has access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.

Experience within a high-complexity laboratory environment that offers screening, constitutional, and/or somatic clinical testing.

Strong background in evaluating, interpreting, and reporting of advanced, high-complexity molecular technologies used in genetic variation detection and/or cfDNA analysis.

Understanding of statistical measures utilized in genetic testing and screening.

Responsibilities

As an Associate Laboratory Director, you have clinical oversight of Natera’s laboratory testing.  You ensure that testing is properly performed, and applicable regulatory standards are met.

You are accountable for ensuring that laboratory testing processes consistently provide accurate and reliable patient test results.

Review and approve test reports for a variety of clinical molecular/cytogenetic results, including cfDNA testing, and germline testing performed across Natera’s technology platforms.

Oversee the review and interpretation of genetic testing results and associated variant or analyte data in the context of medical literature, databases and other references, along with relevant patient clinical data.

Provide technical and clinical support for laboratory staff, genetic counselors, and other clinical personnel.

Set standards for laboratory testing and acceptable levels of analytic performance and ensure these are maintained.