Associate Director, Reagent Development
Guardant Health · Palo Alto, CA
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Role summary
Guardant Health seeks an Associate Director to lead a team developing next-generation sequencing reagents for clinical laboratory products. The role oversees reagent design and optimization from concept through manufacturing scale-up while ensuring compliance with GMP and ISO 13485 standards.
Where this listing comes from
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What they're looking for
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, or related discipline
- 7-12 years life sciences or clinical diagnostics industry experience with 3+ years in management
- Extensive hands-on reagent or assay development experience for NGS applications
- Direct experience taking NGS reagents from concept through manufacturing implementation
- Proficiency with design control, ISO 13485, cGMP, CLIA/CAP compliance requirements
- Strong expertise in Design of Experiments, statistical analysis, and quality control metrics
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
What you'll be doing
- Lead and mentor a team of development scientists in NGS reagent design and optimization
- Manage end-to-end development of enzymes, buffers, and chemical reagents for sequencing applications
- Design verification and validation studies and oversee technical design reviews for internal deployment
- Establish quality attributes, stability protocols, and ensure CLIA/CAP and FDA compliance documentation
- Partner with Product Development, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain on design transfer and scale-up
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