Assistant Laboratory Director

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

Experience leading a laboratory offering prenatal screening and oncology testing and evaluating, interpreting, and reporting out NGS and microarray data.

Familiarity with next-generation sequencing, and/or knowledge of advanced methods of copy number detection.

Strong background in human and medical genetics, and oncology with a familiarity of online human genomics.

Understanding of statistical measures utilized in genetic testing and screening.

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

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Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

and one of our Laboratory Directors, you have clinical oversight of Natera’s laboratory testing.  You ensure that testing is properly performed, and applicable regulatory standards are met.

You are responsible for ensuring that the laboratory implements testing while consistently providing accurate and reliable patient test results.

Review, approve, and sign-out reports for a variety of clinical molecular/cytogenetic and/or oncologic results, including NIPT, carrier screening, PGD/PGS, products of conception and oncology testing on platforms including SNP array analysis, NGS, and other methodologies.

Oversee the review of genetic and CNV variant data: interpret NGS and microarray results in the context of medical literature, online variant databases and other references along with relevant patient demographic data.

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

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