Director, Head of Bioinformatics Immunology

Director, Head of Bioinformatics for Immunology

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Abb Vie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit

The role of Director, Head of Bioinformatics for Immunology in Quantitative Medicine and Genomics (QM&G) is pivotal for driving data‑driven insight for target identification and validation, biomarker discovery, clinical development, forward and reverse translation, therapeutic innovation, and manufacturing within the QM&G functional area and across R&D. This role is responsible for leading a distributed team that leverages cutting‑edge bioinformatics to derive novel insights for end‑to‑end drug discovery and development;

while the position is focused primarily in Immunology there are also opportunities for cross‑collaboration in multiple therapeutic areas, including Aesthetics, Specialty Medicine, Biotherapeutics, and Manufacturing Science and Technology.

• Accelerate Abb Vie’s drug discovery and development pipeline by establishing forward‑thinking informatics strategies and executing on results for multiple disease areas within Immunology.
• Lead a dynamic team of bioinformaticians and data scientists, fostering a culture of high performance and professional growth.
• Spearhead innovative computational systems biology initiatives to revolutionize the discovery of therapeutic targets.
• Integrate insights from genetic, multi‑omics, and functional genomics data to drive innovation in therapy development.
• Oversee the application of AI/ML methods in both discovery and clinical development, enabling reverse translation through cross‑sectional, multi‑modal clinical data analysis.
• Optimize genetic medicine and biotherapeutics manufacturing capabilities through advanced computational insights and AI/ML applications.
• Foster strong collaborations within the bioinformatics community and across R&D, clinical teams, and other departments to ensure bioinformatic and genetic insights are effectively integrated into Abb Vie’s pipeline programs.
• Lead partnerships with academic institutions, biotechnology companies, and technology providers to evaluate and integrate emerging technologies.

• PhD in bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, computer science, computational biology, genomics, or a related field with 8+ years of industry/academic experience; OR master’s degree with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven success managing, leading, and mentoring interdisciplinary teams in large‑scale research environments.
• Extensive experience applying AI/ML techniques in drug discovery and development to drive innovation and therapeutic outcomes.
• Deep expertise in transcriptomics and proteomics, encompassing bulk, single‑cell, and spatial approaches, and multi‑omic integration methodologies.
• Proficient in genetic analysis techniques, including GWAS, QTL, genetic risk modeling, and multi‑omics integration with actionable insights.
• Strong background in target identification, biomarker discovery, and clinical translation to enhance therapeutic development processes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross‑functionally with clinical teams and translate complex computational findings into clinical insights.
• Adept at articulating complex scientific concepts to non‑scientific stakeholders and executive leadership.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting, based on the job grade. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including geographic location. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off…