Director of Genomics Partnerships

Director of Genomics Partnerships

Truveta is the world’s first health provider led data platform with a vision of Saving Lives with Data. Our mission is to enable researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care. Achieving Truveta’s ambitious vision requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.   

Truveta was born in the Pacific Northwest, but we have employees who live across the country.  Our team enjoys the flexibility of a hybrid model and working from anywhere. In person attendance is required for two weeks during the year for Truveta Planning Week. 

For overall team productivity, we optimize meeting hours in the pacific time zone. We avoid scheduling recurring meetings that start after 3pm PT, however, ad hoc meetings occur between 8am-6pm Pacific time. #LI-remote

Who We Need  

Truveta is rapidly building a talented and diverse team to tackle complex health and technical challenges. Beyond core capabilities, we are seeking problem solvers, passionate and collaborative teammates, and those willing to roll up their sleeves while making a difference. If you are interested in the opportunity to pursue purposeful work, join a mission-driven team, and build a rewarding career while having fun, Truveta may be the perfect fit for you  

This Opportunity   

In this role, you will lead collaboration with our health system partners to ensure a predictable and growing supply of genomic samples to support genotype data generation. The Director, Genomics Partnerships plays a pivotal role in both Truveta’s internal operations as well as towards ensuring our health system members receive maximal value from their partnership with Truveta.  At the outset this is an individual contributor role, but as the team and responsibility grows, we expect this position to lead a team of genomics program managers. 

To be successful in this role, you will fulfill the following responsibilities: 

• Solidify Truveta as the source of most complete, timely, and clean genomic data able to be linked to clinical phenotype data.
• Collaborate with health system precision medicine, laboratory, research, and data teams to establish a process for patient consent and biospecimen collection and delivery.
• Continuously improve the overall volume, quality and efficiency of biospecimen contributions from health system members.
• Own and drive the standard rhythm of business of biospecimen contribution among key healthcare partners and sequencing partner(s), and Truveta Product Management, Engineering and Data teams.
• Contribute insight to monthly forecasts of biospecimen deliveries that improve the accuracy of these forecasts over time.  
• Track program status and deliverables such as biospecimens collected, shipped, sequenced, and linked to phenotype data.
• Collaborate with Truveta’s engineering, product, and clinical informatics team to generate manifest reports to accompany biospecimen shipment as well as define and prioritize product requirements to support Truveta and health system precision medicine teams to manage the biospecimen supply chain.
• Demonstrate understanding of genomic research use cases and apply this knowledge to encourage members to increase volume of biospecimen contributions.  
• Serve as the voice of the health system precision medicine team within Truveta and ensure member precision medicine teams feel connected to Truveta’s mission of Saving Lives with Data. 

Key Qualifications 

• Passionate and intelligent about the potential for genomic data to transform healthcare
• M.S. in genomics, microbiology, molecular biology, or related field (Ph.D. preferred) with specialized training in DNA extraction, next-generation sequencing, genomic data analysis, and their application in clinical and/or research settings
• 10+ years of experience in genomics/precision medicine applications in the healthcare industry or health tech.
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience in a startup environment, especially with the ability to be comfortable (and thrive) with uncertainty.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills   

Why Truveta?   

Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well-funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together.  

We Offer:

• Interesting and meaningful work for every career stage
• Great benefits package
• Comprehensive benefits with strong medical, dental and vision insurance plans
• 401K plan
• Professional development & training opportunities for continuous learning
• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Generous parental leave
• Regular team activities (virtual and in-person as soon as we are able)
• The base pay for this position is $185,000 to $210,000. The pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target. Pay is based on several factors including location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional compensation such as incentive pay and stock options.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

Truveta is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Truveta to better meet our mission and serve patients and health communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in technology historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.