9h ago

Executive Director, Discovery

San Diego, California, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States

$262k-$315k / year

full-timeleadbiotechnology

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💼 About This Role

You'll lead Veracyte's early-stage discovery engine, driving novel biomarker and diagnostic platform development to transform cancer care. Your core impact will be integrating cancer biology, genomics, and multimodal AI to move discoveries from lab to patient care. This role offers the chance to shape scientific strategy at a company that has already served hundreds of thousands of patients.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Set strategic direction for Discovery aligned with scientific vision.
  • Oversee design, execution, and interpretation of cancer biology experiments.
  • Guide integration of wet-lab and dry-lab discovery for diagnostic concepts.
  • Advance multimodal data strategies using genomics and AI approaches.

📋 Requirements

  • Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Genetics, or related field.
  • 13+ years in biotech, diagnostics, or academic cancer research with leadership.
  • Proven track record integrating cancer biology with computational analytics.
  • Deep expertise in genetics and genomics including NGS technologies.

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with multimodal AI approaches.
  • Experience in biomarker discovery leading to diagnostics.
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