# Associate Director, Reagent Development at Guardant Health

- Company: Guardant Health
- What the company does: Guardant Health is a leading precision medicine company focused on transforming patient care and conquering cancer with data. Backed by Khosla, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://guardanthealth.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $182K to $251K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-01
- Apply by: 2026-11-15
- Apply: https://gh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/gh/job/Palo-Alto-CA/Associate-Director--Reagent-Development_R-101220-1?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/guardant-health-associate-director-reagent-development/

## About the role

The Associate Director Reagent Development leads a team of development scientists in the design, development, and optimization of next-generation sequencing (NGS) reagents for use within Guardant Health clinical laboratory products. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, or a closely related discipline, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- 7-12 years of industry experience in life sciences, biotechnology, or clinical diagnostics, including 3+ years in a management or leadership role
- Deep biochemistry knowledge, with a proven track record developing and optimizing complex biochemical systems, enzymology, and nucleic acid interactions
- Extensive hands-on experience developing reagents, kits, or assays specifically for next-generation sequencing
- Demonstrated success in taking at least one NGS reagent or relevant formulation from concept through design transfer and manufacturing implementation
- Direct experience developing products under strict design control processes within an ISO 13485 and/or cGMP compliant environment


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