Molecular Geneticist
Color
Operations
Burlingame, CA, USA
Posted on Sep 13, 2025
Color Health is revolutionizing cancer care with the nation’s first Virtual Cancer Clinic, delivering high-quality, physician-led multidisciplinary care across all 50 states. Our innovative, guideline-based approach spans cancer screening, risk assessment, prevention, diagnosis, treatment support, and survivorship. In addition to personalized direct medical care, our services include cancer genetics risk assessment, nutrition, mental health support and at-home cancer screening diagnostics. Using technology-driven, patient-centric solutions, Color is transforming how employers, unions, health plans, and governments address cancer. Color’s goal is to close critical cancer care gaps, improve cancer outcomes, and guide patients with empathy through their healthcare journeys.
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We are seeking a Molecular Geneticist with expertise in clinical case review, variant classification, and report signout for hereditary germline testing (including cancer, population screening, and pharmacogenomics). The Molecular Geneticist will be an important member of the Clinical Genomics team and will help ensure the highest clinical standards in result interpretation, reporting, and regulatory compliance.
How You’ll Contribute
- Participate in Color’s highly structured, evidence-based variant classification processes.
- Participate in technical data review of complex variants.
- Review and approve variant classifications and genetic reports for germline hereditary testing.
- Ensure reporting is accurate, evidence-based, and presented with appropriate clinical nuance for maximal utility to patients and providers.
- Collaborate with genetic counselors and reporting teams on complex and challenging cases.
- Participate in genetics meetings to set standards, policies, and best practices across Color’s genetics programs.
- Work closely with laboratory operations, QA, and bioinformatics teams to ensure consistency and accuracy in data analysis pipelines and reporting.
- Support mentoring and training of laboratory and interpretation staff.
- Provide clinical oversight for validation of new assays and updates to existing workflows.
- Maintain a basic understanding of bioinformatics pipelines to inform interpretation and reporting, ensuring concordance between analytic pipelines and clinical sign-out.
- Ensure compliance with CAP, CLIA, and state licensure (CA, NY).
- Contribute to ongoing quality management programs, proficiency testing, and regulatory inspections.
- Support development and implementation of SOPs, QC, and QM systems aligned with regulatory requirements.
What We’re Looking For:
- PhD or MD required.
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) certification is required.
- California Department of Public Health License as Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist (CGMB) is required.
- New York State Department of Health Certificate of Qualification for Genetic Testing is preferred but optional.
- Experience in a clinical molecular genetics laboratory, with responsibility for case sign-out, variant interpretation, and regulatory compliance.
- Extensive expertise with germline hereditary cancer testing, NGS-based workflows, and laboratory quality systems. Experience in high-throughput environments is preferred.
- Familiarity with supporting technologies (Sanger sequencing, MLPA, arrayCGH, long-read sequencing) is a plus.
- Critical thinker with a deep appreciation for the nuances of genetic reporting.
- Strong collaborator across multidisciplinary teams (bioinformatics, QA, R&D, clinical interpretation).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; organized and detail-oriented.
- Passion for developing highly scalable systems, with a strong emphasis on software-driven approaches.
- Proven experience utilizing online data exploration and analysis tools, including Google Spreadsheets and Metabase.
Base Salary Range: The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: work experience, market data, skills, geographic location, and business need. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.
Color prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Color conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process.