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Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?
Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
What You’ll Do:
We are seeking a highly motivated and capable Senior Operations Lead with strong entrepreneurial skills and experience with clinical diagnostics to help us develop, launch and scale novel AI Algorithms in oncology.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Define potential novel AI Algorithms – including the applicable population, clinical indication, impact to patients, scientific risk, report design, performance threshold, and validation design – using scientific literature and interviews with key opinion leaders in medicine and data science
Develop a deep understanding of the clinical, life sciences, and competitive landscape to inform the development strategy of novel diagnostic tests
Collaborate with clinicians, scientific teams, R&D teams and others to understand key risks in order to successfully develop and ultimately launch new tests
Roll up your sleeves to work with Medical Affairs, Market Access and Clinical Development to design and execute studies that demonstrate the clinical impact of novel tests
Improve the way our team operates. Bring insights around process improvements that help us reach the scale of launching dozens of new AI Algorithms per year
Required Experience:
Degree in Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry or a related field
Multiple years of experience with clinical diagnostics, ideally in oncology
Ability to blend scientific/medical knowledge with real operational execution
Entrepreneurial skills. You’ve taken an idea and turned it into something real and something great.
Self-driven and works well in interdisciplinary teams
Experience with communicating insights and presenting concepts to a diverse audience
Illinois Pay Range
$110,000 - $160,000 USD
The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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