Production Genotyping Coordinator at Driscolls

About the Opportunity

The Production Genotyping Coordinator will have a key role enabling advanced breeding tools for the development of the next generation of Driscoll’s berries. This individual will support the planning, coordination, quality tracking and curation of the genotyping data that fuels molecular and predictive breeding applications at Driscoll’s, including marker assisted selection, genomic selection, QTL mapping, and sequencing. These coordination efforts span low-density SNP based marker technologies (e.g., KASP, Taqman) to mid- and high-density SNP platforms (e.g., marker panel). This position will be a liaison for exciting state-of-the-art vendor technologies while also collaborating internally with our world-class breeding programs.

 

Responsibilities

• Lead production genotyping workflows (e.g. mid density genotyping, fingerprinting platform) which includes coordinating high throughput sample volumes to enable predictive breeding applications.
• Manage day to day genotyping workflows and make decisions to support successful breeding program enablement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional Breeding, Data Science, and Farming teams to integrate and align genotyping workflows for transfer of plant samples, critical genotypic and phenotypic data.
• Liaison and point of contact between Driscoll’s stakeholders and external genotyping lab(s) to coordinate ongoing internal and vendor samples and workflows.
• Complete sample submissions, track, and report on project progress, turn-around time, data quality (i.e. confirm autoscoring and repeatability on standard controls), and data volume.
• Communicate and follow up with vendors for accurate project tracking, and share genotyping data status updates to internal stakeholders to support planning needs.
• Support quality control, annotation, and curation of production genotyping data into enterprise databases.
• Develop dashboards to visualize project tracking (e.g. Tableau).
• Support team by maintaining successful internal workflows and develop SOPs for genotyping workflows and processes.
• Support ad-hoc genotyping and Next Gen Breeding project assignments as needed.

   

Candidate Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science, Genetics, Communications, or related field with 3-5 years of experience or Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in a lab or plant science-operations environment with project or program management.
• Program coordination experience with ability to make decisions based on business needs.
• Experience developing partnerships: Build strong relationships internally and externally.
• Service-oriented, customer-mindset skills required.
• Collaborative team attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organization, and planning skills. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Motivated, self-driven, and patient individual, with interest in genetics. 
• PM software experience (eg. Smarthsheets or other) preferred.
• Intermediate process improvement skills.
• Bilingual skills in Spanish preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

The following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the salary range and benefits for the position posted.  The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate is dependent upon experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity, and other objective job-related factors. 

Salary Range estimated for the Production Genotyping Coordinator role: $60,465.00 to $89,100.00 USD. 

Driscoll’s is committed to a culture of care and offers an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. Other benefits include:  401(k) with employer match, profit-sharing participation, paid sick time, paid vacation, paid personal and family care leave, and a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP).  More detailed information regarding the benefits package, will be shared during the application process.
 

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