Illumina Job Trends

Exciting hybrid opportunity to serve as both the Clinical Technical Lead and R&D Portfolio Manager for on-market product sustainment within Illumina’s diverse Clinical Portfolio including next generation sequencing (NGS) assays and end to end solutions. In this role, you will take on overall responsibility for R&D on market activities in the Clinical portfolio. Activities under your purview include design changes, process improvements, troubleshooting and life cycle management. You will also develop and prioritize the on-market roadmap, develop budgets/timelines for potential projects, as well as execute development projects varying in size and complexity. The Clinical On-Market Core Team operates in a...

The Associate Director, Lead – Account Strategy plays a critical role in shaping and advancing multi‑year growth strategies for Illumina’s priority accounts. This leader partners closely with Strategic Account Managers (SAMs) and cross‑functional teams to develop robust 3‑year account strategies aligned to enterprise objectives, commercial priorities, and customer needs. Responsibilities Strategic Account Planning & Growth Enablement Partner with SAMs to develop comprehensive 3‑year strategic account plans aligned to enterprise and regional strategies. Facilitate structured account planning processes, ensuring clear prioritization, customer insight integration, and growth hypothesis development. Pressure‑test account strategies with internal leaders to elevate ambition, eliminate obstacles, and ensure...

Sr Product Manager - US1 Summary We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Product Manager to lead lifecycle management for Illumina’s low-throughput (LT) sequencing platforms and consumables. In this role, you will define and execute the product life cycle strategy for several on-market products while maintaining customer experience and business continuity. This is a hands-on, highly visible role. You will collaborate cross functionally to evaluate options, solve operational challenges, and shape strategy. Responsibilities Portfolio Lifecycle Ownership Manage the lifecycle of select LT instruments and consumables, ensuring stable on-market performance and customer support. Define and Execute EOL Strategy Lead development...

The Associate Director, Corporate Development, is a senior leader responsible for driving Illumina’s global growth agenda through M&A, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, new business creation, and equity investments. This role leads the full deal lifecycle—from strategy formation and opportunity sourcing to execution, negotiation, and integration—while shaping long-range strategic priorities for the company. The Associate Director partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to evaluate transformational opportunities, build investment theses, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives. This position sits within Illumina’s Corporate & Business Development (CBD) organization, which oversees the analysis, execution, and governance of strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and...

Location San Diego, CA. 2+ days/week in office. This is not a remote position. As our lead Enterprise AI Architect, you will lead multi-solution implementations for our strategic business partners where you will drive professional services process improvements and efficiency while holding our high standards of delivery quality. You will also help develop a culture of innovation and technology excellence here at Illumina and within the larger enterprise architectural field and serve as a strong champion for change! The role of an Enterprise Architect within Illumina's Automation & AI Business Services team is to be the technology leader across...

The Contract Specialist is responsible for supporting the end-to-end contract lifecycle. This role partners closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, and business stakeholders to ensure contracts are structured appropriately, compliant with company policies, and aligned with business objectives. Responsibilities Ensure correct contract structures are used based on engagement type (e.g., consulting, staff augmentation, managed services). Support intake, review, and approval processes for new and amended contracts. Collaborate with Legal to address risk, compliance, and regulatory considerations. Partner with Procurement and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on commercial terms, scope, and deliverables. Track contract status, renewals, expirations, and key obligations. Maintain accurate...

Why Us We are a multi-disciplinary and multinational team dedicated to supporting genomics researchers in making discoveries that change the world. Our algorithms are integral to DRAGEN, Illumina’s software platform for analyzing high-throughput sequencing data. This group is focused on bioinformatics support for clinical products, ensuring that customers receive the best possible experience and outcomes from our technologies. Why You We know the importance of your role and offer you a collaborative and supportive environment in which you are actively encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge. Illumina's mission is to improve human health by unlocking the power of the...

The Onsite Field Service Engineer will provide daily on-site support performing installation, upgrade, diagnoses, troubleshooting, and repair of complex equipment and systems. Provides feedback to Manager and identifies opportunities to promote efficiency in day to day operations. The successful applicant will be part of an award-winning customer support team that leads the industry in customer satisfaction. Delivers technical support to onsite sites utilizing experience performing installations, diagnoses, troubleshooting, service, and repair of complex Illumina instrumentation and systems. This role requires troubleshooting, communication, time management, situational awareness, poise under pressure, and collaboration. You will be expected to build and maintain strong...

The Vice President, Total Rewards is a senior executive responsible for the strategic design, governance, and execution of the company’s global compensation, benefits, and rewards programs. In the biotech environment - where competition for scientific, clinical, and technical talent is intense - this role ensures Total Rewards programs are market‑competitive, compliant, scalable, and aligned with the company’s business strategy. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this leader serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors, balancing innovation, financial discipline, regulatory compliance, and employee experience to attract, motivate, and retain world‑class talent across the...

Drives development and implementation of corporate policy through strategic partnerships with state government and industry groups aligning with business objectives. Organization's contact for state and local legislative and public policy matters across the US. Serves as organization liaison to and fosters relationships with key members of state and local government and industry groups to promote company interests across the US. Prepares policy briefings, testimony for pending state legislative actions and provides thought leadership and recommendations to advance priorities. Ensures appropriate company participation in state and local government forums and industry group meetings. Works with state and local policymakers, leaders of...

Develops new or modified process formulations, defines processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications, and reviews processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacture, fabrication, and evaluation of products. Involvement may begin at any step from pilot plant to full-scale manufacturing. Coordinates design requirement review with appropriate engineering/scientific personnel to ensure compatibility of processing methods. Compiles and evaluates test data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process or material specifications. May conceive and plan projects involving definition and selection of new concepts, equipment automation technology, and approaches in the processing or development of new or improved processes. Responsibilities Participate...

The Senior Attorney, Legal (Regulatory and Quality Counsel) will provide specialized legal support within Illumina’s global regulatory legal practice, advising on regulatory and quality matters affecting the full lifecycle of Illumina’s medical device, diagnostics, and research use only (RUO) products. This role partners closely with Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical Affairs, Global Compliance, and Commercial functions to deliver clear, business-focused legal advice that ensures compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulatory requirements. The Senior Attorney will play a key role in interpreting and applying complex regulatory frameworks to support product development, labeling, marketing, and post-market activities in...

The Director, Legal (Regulatory and Quality Counsel) will serve as a senior legal advisor within Illumina’s global legal regulatory practice, providing high-level legal support on complex regulatory matters impacting medical device, diagnostics, and RUO (Research Use Only) product lifecycle. This position plays a critical role in enabling business objectives while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulatory frameworks, including the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), FDA medical device regulations, the European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR) and other similar regulations. This position requires a hands-on, business-oriented, and solutions-focused legal professional with deep in-house experience, ideally within the...

The Senior Array Software Technical Product Manager is a market-facing, commercially focused technical product leader responsible for the product strategy, roadmap, and commercial success of Illumina's array software portfolio — DRAGEN Array, DesignStudio, and legacy array informatics tools. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customers, ensuring that our array software products resonate with enterprise life sciences customers and drive measurable business impact. The ideal candidate brings experience in life sciences software or genomics, strong exposure to enterprise customers, and a proven ability to translate customer and market insights into detailed product requirements and go-to-market execution....

The Manufacturing Technician 3 will be responsible for performing a wide variety of manufacturing activities. The Technician will prepare and formulate reagents , perform routine maintenance and troubleshooting on laboratory equipment, and prepare kits for internal and external distribution. Responsibilities Synthesize and purify oligonucleotides Prepare and formulate buffers and reagents according to Standard Operating Procedures. Assemble assay kits for internal and external distribution. Ensure accurate accounting of materials in the inventory management system. Perform routine maintenance and limited troubleshooting on general use laboratory equipment, such as balances, pH meters, freezers, vacuum pumps, etc. Complete all paperwork as required (batch records,...

Under moderate supervision, coordinates and consolidates finished goods inventory from manufacturing to support order fulfillment. Primary responsibilities are to provide support in Logistics and Materials for all product lines and to coordinate shipments to customers through inventory control. These job duties will be performed in compliance with established global standard procedures. Helps segregate short dated and expired material, scrap requests, perform cycle counts, transport material to and from offsite storage, reconcile inventory discrepancies, and proper location transfers for finished goods inventory. Ensures documentation is followed according to procedure. Support picking, packing and processing for order fulfillment. Responsibilities Transfer finished goods...

Why Us We are a multi-disciplinary and multinational team focused in using next-generation sequencing technology to transform human health and save patient’s lives. Our team works at the interface of research and clinical practice developing and improving innovative algorithms to call variants and biomarkers that fill gaps in clinical practice, focusing primarily on oncology. We collaborate deeply with internal and external teams, to augment DRAGEN, Illumina’s software platform to analyze high-throughput sequencing data, and remove barriers for its use in clinical settings. Why You We know the importance of your role and offer you a collaborative and supportive environment in...

We are looking for a driven, talented Senior Scientist to join our Functional Method Development & Transfer (MDT) team. Functional MDT is a center of excellence (COE) for functional test method development, qualification/validation, and transfer that supports new product introduction (NPI), early access releases, cost savings, and on-market investigations. This role is a highly collaborative, hands-on position that partners cross-functionally with R&D/Development, Quality, Production/Manufacturing, Ops, and engineering groups to ensure robust, compliant, and seamless transfer of test methods into QC/production environments. Responsibilities Lead functional method development, optimization, and transfer activities for complex biological workflows (e.g., sequencing/workflow-based functional assays used for...

You are the scientist Illumina is looking for! In your future role at the Madison site of the global front-runner in genetic sequencing, you will be one of a group of scientists who produce the fuel for Illumina’s sequencing, which is used in the study of genetic variation and function in realms from cancer research to agriculture. As part of a diverse, self-directed team, you will be responsible for completing the cGMP manufacturing of a wide variety of enzymes using-state-of-art processes and equipment, participating in team-based improvement projects, and be expected to participate in an inquisitive scientific environment. You will...

As a Senior Scientist within Illumina’s Analytical Core, you will join a centralized, high-impact team providing advanced analytical expertise across R&D and product development. The Analytical Core partners broadly across the organization to solve complex scientific problems, deliver rapid analytical insight, and enable innovation across Illumina’s technologies. This role is ideal for an experienced analytical chemist with deep LC-MS expertise, including experience with both QToF and QQQ systems. Familiarity with oligonucleotide analyses is strongly preferred. As a Senior Scientist in the Analytical Core, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, applying advanced LC-MS capabilities to support discovery, development,...

The Senior Social Media Manager is a strategic communications leader responsible for defining and advancing the company’s corporate social media presence across all channels. This role blends high‑level strategy with hands‑on execution and is ideal for a leader who can set direction, build trust with cross‑functional partners, and personally drive work forward when needed. You will own corporate channel strategy, oversee and contribute to content development, manage day‑to‑day publishing, and partner closely with PR, marketing, design, agency, and editorial board colleagues to support major corporate initiatives. This role plays a critical part in strengthening corporate reputation, elevating brand storytelling, supporting...