Tempus AI · 9 hours ago
Manager, Lab Quality Control
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$80K/yr - $120K/yr
7+ years expTempus AI is focused on precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry through AI technology. They are seeking a Manager for Lab Quality Control to oversee reagent production and quality control operations, ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining quality standards in laboratory practices.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyHealth CareMachine LearningMedicalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Build improvements and manage reagent production and quality control operations to support lab testing, including but not limited to, reagent testing, positive control monitoring, planning reagent production/aliquoting, and setting testing criteria for new reagents
Provide coverage and support for equipment and facilities quality control operations, including, but not limited to, ensuring the completion of IQOQs, PQs, PMs, calibrations, maintenance of SOPs, repairs, and regular maintenance as needed
Lead team of supervisors, individual contributors, and mentor junior staff
Track control performance trends and investigate incidents
Review daily, weekly, and monthly QC results and determine the validity of results, perform follow up as needed
Troubleshoots and ensures corrective actions are taken whenever test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications
Participate in internal and external audits as subject matter expert for QC workflows
Collaborate with Supply Chain and Lab teams to ensure adequate supply of qualified reagents are available for clinical lab processing
Coordinate workflows with clinical lab operations, supply chain, bioinformatics, and quality assurance
Ensure that all new lots and shipments of reagents are qualified and appropriately labeled for clinical lab processing
Maintain reagent qualification records and manage quality control of reagent inventory
Provide technical direction and guidance to laboratory employees
Ensure laboratory practices meet CAP/CLIA/NYSDOH/ISO regulations
Adhere to safety and environmental requirements, including the appropriate disposal of excess or expired reagents
Monitor reagent storage conditions and instigate investigations in response to any temperature excursions
Qualification
Required
MS or BS in medical technology, clinical laboratory science, chemical, physical or biological science and at least 7 years of experience
Experience supervising others in a cGMP/ISO or CLIA/CAP high-complexity laboratory
Experience with Next-Generation sequencing and molecular testing methods
Impeccable attention to detail
Excellent communication skills
Thrives in a fast-paced environment
Self-driven and works well in an interdisciplinary team with minimal direction
Strong desire to build products that will save lives and change the course of cancer
Preferred
Familiarity with lean manufacturing and acceptance sampling techniques highly desired
Benefits
Incentive compensation
Restricted stock units
Medical and other benefits
Company
Tempus AI
Tempus is making precision medicine a reality by applying AI in healthcare, deriving insights from our expansive library of clinical data and molecular data.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.29BKey Investors
Ares ManagementGoogleBaillie Gifford
2025-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2025-02-19Post Ipo Debt· $300M
2024-06-14IPO
Leadership Team
Eric Lefkofsky
Founder and CEO
Shane Colley
CTO
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