Sequencing laboratory manager
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
About this role:
Next Gen Diagnostics (NGD), a young, well funded and ambitious startup aiming to become the world leader in hospital outbreak detection and sequence-based antimicrobial diagnostics is looking for an experienced sequencing laboratory manager who will setup and run a pathogen sequencing and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) laboratory in Boston, MA.
Our company is young but already well known in the space of pathogen sequence-based hospital outbreak detection, AI-based resistance prediction and discovery of novel resistance causing mechanisms. We have established R&D partnerships with thought leading microbiology lab directors across the United States and Europe, and with major commercial, governmental and pharma partners. The lab we are opening will generate bacterial whole genome sequence (WGS) and AST data supporting development and testing of novel methods that will revolutionize the way infection control, diagnostics and antibiotics development is done, as well as provide WGS-based transmission detection services to hospitals across the US.
This is a chance to join a team of world class scientists and engineers pioneering the application of WGS to microbiology diagnostics and to hospital transmission detection. NGD’s AI-driven platform has already been demonstrated to accurately predict resistance to antibiotics for which traditional methods struggle and is leading to discovery of novel resistance-causing mechanisms which we hope will play a role in the development of the novel antimicrobials that the world desperately needs.
Requirements:
Experience in sequencing lab management for pathogen whole genome sequencing
Understanding and experience in implementing regulatory and compliance requirements
Understanding of nuances of library preparation and their effect on resulting data
Willingness to be a “player-coach” in the early years as volume and staff are built
People skills
Excellent English communication skills
Responsibilities:
Setting up and running a laboratory facility in Boston, MA
Finding, recruiting and managing technical staff in concert with growth in lab volume
Implementation and management of regulatory and compliance requirements
Implementation and management of laboratory information system (LIMS)
Benefits:
Stable and market-competitive salary and benefits
Stock options in a dynamic company lead by founders with a track record of commercial success
Opportunity for growth in your role as your interests and abilities allow