Associate Director of Analytical Sciences

Location: On-Site in Seattle, WA
Who We Are
Tasso is a fast-growing Seattle-based startup that delivers at-home diagnostic testing to those who need it most. Tasso was founded to find a better way to collect blood than a painful fingerstick or time-consuming venous draw. Since then, our products have been used in pharmaceutical clinical trials, by Olympians as part of a new virtual anti-doping program, and broadly by hospital systems across the US. We are growing our footprint with leading health systems, clinical research organizations, academic medical centers, and more who are looking to deliver clinical-grade, convenient diagnostic tests to their patients.
Each new diagnostic test that our device supports requires planned clinical research, experimentation, reagent selection/development, co-development with partner labs of the assay, and validation trials. Our Clinical Research and Clinical R&D Labs work with both client and partner testing.

Who you are:

You are a biomedical analytical science leader with a passion for effective research and development and the desire to have a direct and critical impact on the growth of the company. You thrive in a role with multiple deliverable pipelines that depend upon client, partner, and internal team cooperation.

You Will:

• Oversee the scientific efforts of the company, including:
  • Scientific programs around novel blood collection and analysis
  • Grant development
  • Biomarker assay co-development with partner laboratories
  • Design and execution of studies to demonstrate feasibility and validation of products from concept to production as related to the company goals of improved outcomes, better access to health, personalized and predictive diagnostics opportunities.
  • Ensure rigor of the \research performed within Tasso’s R&D
• Manage a team of scientists, lab technicians, and instrument techs.
• Lead and participate in the writing of study design, co-development proposals, grants, commercial proposals.
• Lead and participate in the execution of scientific partnerships, data analysis, report generation.
• Develop thought leadership for Tasso in matters of blood biomarker science.
  • Lead the scientific expertise for R&D and product development.
  • Oversee publications of key data around decentralized blood testing
  • Attend conferences and represent the organization.
  • Ensure good data interpretation and analyses are performed across the organization.
• Work closely with the Clinical, Regulatory and Quality departments for successful clinical studies, regulatory submissions, and design control processes.
• Leverage technical expertise within the team to support efforts in system design, implementation, integration, test method development and V&V of IVD/medical devices and products.
• Support the team to design and execute studies under design control.
• Participate in efforts to define new components, products, or processes.
• Communicate with project team members, functional managers, senior leaders, stakeholders, and partners.
• Collaborate with team members and functional area leads (including product management, clinical, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, software development, and operations) to ensure alignment with the overall product development strategy.
• Align with Marketing and Sales to ensure accurate new product requirements and commercialization activities.
• Support generation of appropriate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for laboratory equipment and ensure proper usage of record keeping (LIMS and ELN) systems for all activities performed in the laboratory.
• Ensure assay development compliance with Tasso’s Quality Management System policies, industry standards and national & international regulations (e.g., ISO, FDA QSR).
• Create, refine, and maintain operational policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and quality assurance processes; hold teams accountable for adhering to policies and best practices.
• Initiate contact with Key Opinion Leaders and prepare material for KOL interactions
• Peripheral support of Business Development
• Define and maintain quality, performance, and utilization metrics; report key measures to leadership identifying risk, and opportunities for growth and improvements.

You Bring:

• An expertise in some of the following areas: blood testing, biochemistry, biomarkers, blood characteristics, diagnostics, measurement, analysis, assay development, innovation, grants, and proposal writing.
• Master's or PhD degree in a Life Sciences Discipline (Biochemistry, Immunology, Pathology, Molecular Biology, etc.) with a minimum of (6+) years of experience, with (2+) years managing scientific teams, or the equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training. (e.g.postdoc +2 years or MS +6 years)
• A strong scientific track record.
• Effectively lead individual teams as well as act collaboratively across an organization
• Show high-level executive functioning skills, strong collaboration and communication, and the ability to build and maintain strategic relationships.
• A demonstrated track record of hiring, training, and mentoring a team of lab and science professionals.
• A good understanding of ethics regulations around research
• Excellent writing skills

What We Offer

• $120-165K + Stock Options
• 100% paid Medical, Dental & Vision for employees and generous subsidy for dependents.
• Unlimited vacation time + 11 paid holidays
• 401K + Employer Match
• Paid parental leave policy.
• Flexible work hours and a hybrid on-site policy

We have a solid healthcare-driven mission, and your guidance and efforts will directly link to our success. We embrace diversity and equal opportunity and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be for it.

 

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