Hybrid Vice President, Laboratory Software Engineering

at Natera

• Job title: Vice President, Laboratory Software Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $239,800 - $299,700 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Vice President overseeing laboratory software engineering and informatics for Natera, a leader in genetic testing. Leading a large team and modernizing informatics platforms for clinical laboratories.

Responsibilities

• The Vice President of Laboratory Software Engineering is an enterprise executive role responsible for the strategy, modernization, and delivery of informatics platforms that power sample accessioning, order and sample tracking, and end-to-end workflow orchestration across both wet and dry laboratories.
• This role leads an organization of approximately 200 people and supports multiple business units, including Oncology Minimal Residual Disease (MRD), Oncology Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (CGP), Early Cancer Detection (ECD), Women’s Health (WH), and Organ Health (OH).
• Operating in a CLIA- and CAP-certified clinical laboratory environment with FDA-regulated diagnostics, the VP will lead the transformation of a fully homegrown informatics ecosystem.
• The VP is expected to build strong relationships with laboratory, product, engineering, quality, and regulatory stakeholders; develop a deep understanding of existing informatics platforms and laboratory workflows; assess organizational strengths and gaps; and establish credibility with laboratory users through direct engagement, including onsite interaction. The leader should also identify near-term risks and opportunities while defining clear principles for platform modernization.
• Within the first year, the VP is expected to define and begin executing a multi-year enterprise informatics roadmap, make key architectural and build-vs-buy decisions, align the organization around standardized platforms, and demonstrate measurable improvements in scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience in laboratory informatics, enterprise software platforms, or large-scale systems supporting regulated, mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex organizations (100+ people), preferably at the VP or equivalent senior leadership level.
• Deep understanding of laboratory workflows, including sample accessioning, order and sample tracking, and wet-lab and dry-lab orchestration.
• Proven experience modernizing legacy or homegrown platforms, including leading major architectural transformations and build-vs-buy decisions.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence across functions and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including base salary, performance-based incentives, equity participation, and comprehensive benefits.
• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Additionally, Natera 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.
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!