Pathology Solutions Consultant - Texas
Caris Life Sciences · Texas, United States · 2 days ago
ConsultingFull-time
Job Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert for pathology workflows, specimen management requirements, and laboratory operations supporting molecular and precision medicine testing.
- Conduct comprehensive onsite and virtual pathology workflow assessments to evaluate laboratory operations and identify opportunities for process optimization.
- Partner with pathology laboratories to improve specimen acquisition, handling, preservation, storage, submission practices, and overall laboratory workflow efficiency.
- Develop and implement consultative recommendations that improve specimen quality, testing success rates, turnaround times, and operational performance.
- Collaborate with Commercial teams to assess customer operational needs and develop tailored workflow improvement strategies.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with pathology laboratory leadership by serving as a strategic operational consultant throughout the customer lifecycle.
- Lead onsite customer engagements, workflow mapping sessions, laboratory assessments, and operational reviews with pathology and laboratory leadership.
- Create educational programs for pathology personnel focused on specimen collection, handling, preservation, submission requirements, workflow optimization, and operational best practices.
- Monitor customer progress following implementation, identify barriers to success, and recommend corrective actions to sustain operational improvements.
- Develop and deliver educational materials, workflow documentation, presentations, and implementation resources supporting customer adoption and ongoing process improvement.
- Analyze operational trends, identify root causes of performance challenges, and develop data-driven recommendations for corrective and preventive actions.
- Present workflow findings, laboratory performance data, and operational improvement recommendations to pathology leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Investigate and resolve pathology process issues affecting specimen quality, testing success, laboratory efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
- Support new product introductions, operational implementations, customer onboarding activities, and enterprise initiatives to ensure successful laboratory adoption.
- Provide customer insights and field feedback that support process improvements, product enhancements, and future operational strategies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Life Sciences, Healthcare Administration, related STEM discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in pathology operations, laboratory operations, healthcare consulting, pathology sales, laboratory process improvement, operational excellence, or a related healthcare environment.
- Demonstrated experience conducting customer-facing workflow assessments and developing operational improvement recommendations.
- Experience presenting operational findings and influencing pathology laboratory leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to translate operational data into actionable recommendations.
- Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to travel extensively to support onsite customer engagements.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and general working knowledge of the Internet for business use.
Preferred Qualifications
- Leverage Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies to improve customer laboratory performance and operational effectiveness.
- Knowledge of specimen management, laboratory workflows, molecular diagnostics, pathology operations, and precision medicine.
- Experience supporting new product introductions within regulated healthcare environments.
- Experience designing laboratory operational workflows involving specimen logistics, ordering processes, reporting, and external vendor management.
- Experience leading customer-facing operational consulting engagements.
- Experience implementing scalable workflow improvements that deliver measurable operational outcomes.