Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the molecular assay development department, providing scientific and operational direction.
- Define the R&D roadmap for molecular diagnostics aligned with company strategy.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and propose innovative assay formats and automation strategies.
- Design, optimize, and validate qPCR assays for infectious diseases and cancer markers.
- Oversee NGS-based panel development for oncology, microbial genomics, and resistance profiling.
- Develop robust sample-to-result workflows , including nucleic acid extraction, amplification, detection, and data analysis.
- Ensure analytical and clinical validation meets international regulatory standards (IVD, CE-IVD, US FDA, WHO, etc.).
- Develop and implement Quality by Design (QbD) principles in assay development.
- Build and mentor a multidisciplinary R&D team (molecular biologists, bioinfor...