Associate Director, Bioinformatics Operations

Associate Director, Bioinformatics

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The Assoc. Director, Bioinformatics is largely self-driven, working in collaboration with others on one or more projects which are extremely complex in scope. The Assoc. Director, Bioinformatics is responsible for successfully leading the planning and execution of projects. This position involves independently making detailed observations, analyzing data that is extremely complex and technical, critically analyzing the data and providing supporting scientific rationale as needed, as well as providing insights into the future direction of the project for successful outcomes.

The Assoc. Director, Bioinformatics helps develop the timeline and plan for new assignments/projects. As a technical expert with deep knowledge and thorough understanding of the science, the Assoc. Director, Bioinformatics provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior bioinformatics scientists. Working in a team setting, this role will be involved in Research and Development projects serving as a technical lead and subject matter expert in exploring, researching, and applying new technologies or providing and developing ideas and concepts that enable the discovery of new biological insights, and to improve or develop processes for product development towards development of diagnostic assay products.

This position provides leadership to a team of Bioinformatics Associates and/or Scientists by working to define clear and realistic goals and developing a general management view of the project.

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conduct comprehensive analyses within several product or technology areas and identify problems and discrepancies.
• Independently develop, plan, and analyze results of experiments within several product or technology areas within defined timelines; effectively present and clearly communicate findings at data meetings, group meetings and project team meetings to inform and enable project progression.
• Critically analyze research/experimental data, interpret the results, and provide insights into the next steps and the direction of the project for successful outcomes.
• Contribute towards the development of timeline and plan for new assignments/study/projects.
• Provide technical guidance to junior scientists in project teams.
• Manage bench-generated data and bioinformatics outputs within high performance computing (HPC) or cloud computing environment.
• Determine, utilize, and apply methods or technologies effectively and provide ideas for new techniques, when appropriate.
• Maintain knowledge of technological industry developments that could assist in completion of an assignment or aid in the development of new processes or procedures.
• Provide scientific rationale when analyzing and interpreting data and provide technical input and participate in decisions affecting project planning and experimental design.
• Prepare and provide information and data for scientific abstracts/conferences/project meetings/publication.
• Contribute to the intellectual property portfolio by implementing innovative and creative ideas to solve problems or improve on current methods.
• Generate, document, and communicate development plans for critical aspects of a project.
• Develop research plans and experimental outlines to write experimental protocols and perform laboratory experiments.
• Prepare detailed technical procedures, protocols, and reports.
• Evaluate impact of nonconforming data to product or process.
• Identify and address trends in study data.
• Prepare and approve written reports.
• Lead identification of areas for process improvements.
• Maintain lab notebook in a clear, complete, and consistent manner, following all legal, ISO, and QSR requirements.
• Prepare reports and documentation providing highly technical analysis or…