Natera
Translational Medicine Scientist
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Sr Translational Medical Scientist partners with clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) in applying genomic data to advance healthcare.
This position in the Oncology department primarily focuses on developing products for early cancer detection. Secondary duties include participating in ongoing translational initiatives to optimize ctDNA testing, inform clinical decisions, and improve outcomes in patients with solid and hematological malignancies.
The cross functional Translational Medicine role requires extensive collaboration with internal stakeholders and external strategic research partners, pharmaceutical companies, and KOLs to integrate genomic and clinical data across multiple high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment. The Associate Director will be empowered to build and expand a team to meet evolving company needs in early cancer detection and other translational objectives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with R&D, clinicians, product managers, and KOLs to identify specimen biobanks to support early cancer detection assay development
- Apply knowledge of genomics, molecular biology, and cancer biology to evaluate commercial and research opportunities in early cancer detection
- Collaborate with molecular biologists, computational biologists, and statisticians to build research strategies that solve challenging problems
- Perform genomic analysis to explore biological, scientific, and clinical questions in oncology and translating results to impact patient care
- Lead internal efforts on oncology knowledge management and curation
- Collaborate with external partners, including academic KOLs, biotechnology companies, and pharmaceutical companies
- Communicate results and findings of analyses to academic researchers and collaborate to publish findings in high impact journals
- Oversee and train scientists and research associates
- Support regulatory affairs team by assisting with responses to regulatory agency questions (CLIA, CAP, FDA) regarding product design and validations
- Performs other duties as assigned
- This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have an access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job
- Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire
- Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Genomics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, or equivalent required.
Minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
- Deep scientific understanding or education background in oncology
- Specific experience with circulating nucleic acids and early cancer detection methods such as methylation, SNV/indel panels, and fragmentation preferred.
- Knowledgeable and experienced in the use and optimization of novel technologies and awareness of the competitive landscape
- Working knowledge of basic bioinformatics and genomics sequencing analysis techniques
- Knowledge of data mining and statistical analysis tools such as R, SQL, or Stata is a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills will be needed in our cross functional team.
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
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!
For more information, visit www.natera.com.
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.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.
Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/
Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.
For more information:
- BBB announcement on job scams
- FBI Cyber Crime resource page
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Dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Natera’s cell-free DNA tests help protect health and inform more personalized decisions about care.
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