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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working atAbbott

AtAbbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Marshfield, WI location supporting rare disease genetic testing and hereditary cancer testing in the Cancer Diagnostics division.

We're empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott's diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world's greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life's critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

Position Overview
The Sr. Molecular Geneticist supports quality assurance for outgoing patient reports specifically related to the Interpretation of evidence-based oncology biomarkers for therapeutic decision-making. This role also participates in
related projects or initiatives.

Essential Duties

• Include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Participate in the interpretation and analysis of identified variants from clinical samples.
• Support translation of novel biomarkers into clinical practice by surveying published literature as well as clinical trial data.
• Monitor clinical guidelines for validated target drug associations for personalized cancer care.
• Participate in the upkeep of biomarker archives and biomarker-specific evidence dossiers, as well as update the literature repository for continuous biomarker maintenance.
• Contribute to projects or initiatives in support of Exact Sciences' precision medicine efforts.
• Interact with external agencies in a positive, professional manner.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong team orientation.
• Ability to explain concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and perform careful, detail-oriented work within a team environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of cancer genomics, signal transduction pathways, cancer cell biology, targeted therapeutics, and whole genome, exome, and/or RNA-sequencing.
• Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and interpret scientific literature.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 75% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work on a computer and phone simultaneously.
• Ability to use a telephone through a headset.
• Ability to travel on an occasional basis away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D., M.D., D.O., or Pharm.D. in Human Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Genomics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, or related field.
• 3+ year(s) of experience with genomic medicine and translational cancer research.
• Proven record of scientific achievement (e.g., presentations, publications in peer-reviewed journals, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, or related field.
• 1+ year(s) of relevant experience to include interpretation and approval of patient reports in a CLIA certified laboratory.
• Background in clinical data interpretation.
• Somatic and/or germline experience.

The base pay for this position is

$78,000.00 - $156,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Research and DiscoveryDIVISION:ONCO Cancer DiagnosticsLOCATION:United States > Marshfield : Mill Creek CampusADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Not specifiedMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:NoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf