Kymera Therapeutics is hiring a

Translational Medicine Operations Specialist

Watertown, United States

Who we are:

Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the field of targeting protein degradation (TPD) to develop medicines that address critical health problems and have the potential to dramatically improve patients’ lives. Kymera is deploying TPD to address disease targets and pathways inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Having advanced the first degrader into the clinic for immunological diseases, Kymera is focused on delivering oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with these conditions. Kymera is also progressing degrader oncology programs that target undrugged or poorly drugged proteins to create new ways to fight cancer. Founded in 2016, Kymera has been recognized as one of Boston’s top places to work for the past several years. For more information about our science, pipeline, and people, please visit www.kymeratx.com.

 

How we work:

  • PIONEER: We are courageous, resilient and rigorous in our mission to improve patients’ lives through our revolutionary degrader medicines.
  • COLLABORATE: We value trust + transparency from everyone. Our goals are shared, our decisions data-driven and our camaraderie genuine.
  • BELONG: We recognize our differences, inviting curiosity and inclusivity, so that our people are valued, seen, and heard.

 

How you’ll contribute:

  • Collaborate with clinical operations to ensure timely sample collection and shipment from clinical sites to vendors.
  • Manage end-to-end sample tracking and logistics for clinical samples, working closely with the central and specialty labs to ensure adherence to timelines and deliverables.
  • Identify, triage, and resolve biomarker sample queries to ensure sample and data integrity
  • QC of study specific trackers and monitoring of patient sample testing
  • Provide input on central lab documentation to support clinical studies

 

Skills and experience you’ll bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree with science focus
  • 2-5 years experience in laboratory sample logistics and/or clinical trials. Experience working with external CROs preferred
  • Strong organizational skills and a keen attention to detail are essential
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong reasoning and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to work on teams and on multiple concurrent projects, and work well under general direction with tight timelines
  • Experience with SmartSheets platform preferred, but not necessary

 

Skills and experience not an exact match?:

Go ahead and submit your resume (and a cover letter, if you’d like!).  If this role isn't right for you, we can keep you in mind for future opportunities.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Kymera Therapeutics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment.  All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sex, marital status, gender expression or identity, genetic information, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

 

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