Associate Director, Clinical Laboratory

Position Summary:

lllumina’s Clinical Laboratory is currently recruiting an Associate Laboratory Director who will oversee clinical whole genome sequencing testing for patients with rare and undiagnosed genetic disease. Illumina's clinical whole genome sequencing test is designed to detect and report on single nucleotide variants (SNVs), small insertion/deletion events, copy number variants (CNVs), homozygous loss of SMN1, mitochondrial SNVs, and short tandem repeat (STR) expansions occurring at sites with associations with genetic disease. The Associate Laboratory Director will join a leading team of clinical genetics professionals, scientists and bioinformaticians to conduct clinical whole genome sequencing testing and continue to develop and validate new features of the test. The Associate Laboratory Director will work closely with a team of Clinical Genomics Scientists and Genetic Counselors on the interpretation and reporting of whole genome sequencing data for patients tested, as well as with teams across all clinical laboratory functions including accessioning, customer support, wet laboratory, bioinformatics and quality assurance. In addition, the Associate Laboratory Director will support and oversee clinical laboratory validations including the addition of new variant types to the test as well as software features to support case interpretation and reporting. 

Roles and responsibilities include supporting the Sr. Laboratory Director in ensuring the accuracy and responsibility of all testing performed by the laboratory and for ensuring that the laboratory meets all applicable CLIA and state requirements as stipulated in both federal and California laws (Code of Federal Regulations [CFR], Title 42, Sections 493.1407, 493.1445; California Business and Professions Code [BPC], Section 1209).

This is a full time role based in San Diego, California, with a specific focus on clinical whole genome sequencing, including (but not limited to) rare genetic disease applications. 

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