R&D Director, Solid Tumor

Are you motivated to participate in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment? Do you want to join a company that invests in its employees? Are you seeking a position where you can use your skills while continuing to be challenged and learn? Then we encourage you to dive deeper into this opportunity. We believe in career development and empowering our employees. Not only do we provide career coaches internally, but we offer many training opportunities to expand your knowledge base We have highly competitive benefits with a variety HMO and PPO options. We have company 401k match along with an Employee Stock Purchase Program. We have tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and even start employees off with 16 days of paid time off plus holidays. We offer wellness courses and have highly engaged employee resource groups. Come join the Neo team and be part of our amazing World Class Culture NeoGenomics is looking for a Director of Research & Development who wants to learn to continue to learn in order to allow our company to grow. This is an onsite position to work out of our Aliso Viejo, CA laboratory. Now that you know what we're looking for in talent, let us tell you why you'd want to work at NeoGenomics: As an employer, we promise to provide you with a purpose driven mission in which you have the opportunity to save lives by improving patient care through the exceptional work you perform. Together, we will become the world's leading cancer reference laboratory. Position Summary As a Director you will provide scientific and organizational leadership in the development of next-generation sequencing clinical diagnostic assays for cancer patients. Track records of successful assay development and deployment for cancer patients are essential. This role will lead a lab-based team throughout the stages of feasibility, validation, regulatory submissions, and iterative improvements throughput the product life cycle. Responsibilities Ensure product development transpires under levels of design control and development process management appropriate for the end market regulatory environment. Work closely with team members in designing complex NGS assays for clinical oncology. Immaculate attention to detail in analyzing and interpreting NGS data. Strengthens the team’s expertise in cancer types across solid tumors. Provide leadership and oversight in producing appropriate validation packages for high throughput clinical NGS labs. Presents data and project updates to cross-functional team. Be a driver in aligning the teams to make progress. Prepares high quality technical reports including validation plans, validation reports, reimbursement submission packages. Plan, prepare and produce posters, publications, management presentations. Education, Experience & Qualifications Ph.D. education in engineering, chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, or related field. Ten or more years’ experience in a clinical laboratory with progressive responsibility preferred; Three or more years’ experience managing staff, protocols, policies and procedures in a clinical laboratory Experience in assays for FFPE samples and liquid biopsy samples are desirable. Successful experience in cancer diagnostic assays’ development, validation and launch. Successful experience in regulatory submissions to MolDx and New York State. 3 years+ experience in team management. Experience in developing assays under design control and work in cross-functional environment. Ability to travel occasionally, as needed. Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr