Associate Director, Assay Development, Process Engineering – Brain Health

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of engineers and scientists, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, rigor and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute strategic plans for assay development and process engineering
• Lead the design, integration, validation and implementation of novel molecular, microscopy and software components through successful pipeline implementation
• Drive the development and implementation of engineering best practices, processes, and standards across assay development and end-to-end assay pipelines to ensure high-quality, reproducible deliverables
• Oversee the design, development, and delivery of pipeline capabilities (assay workflows, automation, instrumentation/software integration, and supporting tools) for scientists, ensuring alignment with assay performance requirements and scientific use cases
• Conduct technical assessments and guide complex assay pipeline implementations, ensuring scalable throughput, operational reliability, and appropriate security/privacy controls for the lab-to-data workflow
• Ensure data integrity, quality, and governance for assay pipeline outputs (including sample metadata, QC metrics, provenance, and downstream handoffs) to enable reliable large-scale dataset generation
• Partner with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams to drive innovation and ensure seamless integration of assay workflows, instrumentation/software components, and data pipeline capabilities
• Act as a technical advisor to key stakeholders, providing insights and recommendations to support decision-making and strategic planning
• Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery of assay development programs and supporting end-to-end assay pipeline capabilities
• Identify and mitigate risks, manage project dependencies, and ensure alignment with organization goals and objectives
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in high-throughput assay development, workflow automation, instrumentation/software integration, and scalable lab-to-data pipelines
• Champion the adoption of innovative tools, technologies, and methodologies that improve assay pipeline throughput, robustness, reproducibility, and data quality

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, molecular biology, neuroscience, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in assay pipeline engineering (lab-to-data workflows), workflow automation and instrumentation/software integration, and/or high-throughput assay development, with at least three years in a leadership or management role
• Strong technical background in development of industry-level molecular assays, including single cell and spatially resolved assays and platforms
• Strong technical knowledge of highly multiplexed transcriptomic and/or proteomic spatial and single cell assays
• Broad familiarity with molecular assay modalities beyond transcriptomics, including single-cell or fluid-based proteomics, lipidomics, and other relevant multi-omic assays
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and delivering complex, large-scale assay development programs and end-to-end assay pipeline capabilities (including sample metadata, QC, and downstream handoffs)
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, focusing on driving results and innovation.