Principal Technology Strategist, Lab Systems

The Principal Technology Strategist for Lab Systems is an enterprise-level technical leader responsible for the architectural vision and 'north star' of the informatics platforms that power global clinical laboratories, focusing on operational excellence through technology.

Location: Remote (with periodic travel to San Carlos, CA and Austin, TX)

Salary: $182,900—$228,600 USD

Responsibilities

• Design the architectural framework for next-generation sample accessioning and triage, utilizing automation and intelligent routing to minimize manual data entry and sample handling errors.
• Define the strategy for End-to-End Workflow Tracking, ensuring real-time visibility of sample status from kit activation through wet-lab processing to final clinical reporting.
• Lead the modernization of Workflow Orchestration, moving away from static, hard-coded paths toward a dynamic, metadata-driven engine that supports complex branching across multiple lab sites.
• Partner with Lab Ops to identify 'automation-first' opportunities, ensuring software and robotics (Hamilton, Tecan, etc.) are deeply integrated for maximum throughput.
• Architect the 'Digital Bridge' between Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS) and commercial platforms, ensuring robust, bi-directional data flow with EMR/EHR systems and Provider Portals.
• Collaborate with Customer Experience (CX) teams to ensure lab data is surfaced to patients and providers through modern, API-driven interfaces.
• Lead the technical strategy for 'Order Triage,' ensuring complex clinical orders are validated and routed correctly across diverse business units (Oncology, MRD, WH).
• Lead deep-dive technical evaluations of third-party LIMS, Middleware, and RCM integration engines, weighing them against the long-term benefits of our homegrown informatics ecosystem.
• Develop the technical roadmap for transitioning legacy, siloed databases into a unified enterprise data fabric that supports both clinical operations and downstream R&D.
• Act as the lead technical advisor to the SVP and a mentor to the 400-person engineering organization, fostering a culture of 'Systems Thinking.'
• Bridge the gap between the 'Physical Lab' and 'Digital Software,' ensuring that architectural decisions account for the realities of clinical scale and regulatory rigor (CLIA/CAP/FDA).

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software architecture, with a heavy emphasis on Laboratory Informatics, LIMS, or Healthcare IT.
• Demonstrated success designing systems that manage high-volume sample lifecycles (Accessioning, Triage, and Orchestration).
• Proven expertise in Enterprise Integration Patterns, specifically connecting clinical lab systems to EMRs and RCM/Billing platforms.
• Deep understanding of the 'Order-to-Cash' technical journey in a diagnostic or medical device environment.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence Lab Operations, Commercial, and Engineering stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits.
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more.
• Generous employee referral program.

Additional Information

• Remote role requiring periodic travel to San Carlos, CA and Austin, TX.
• On-site 'floor time' in the clinical labs is essential to understand operational challenges.