What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Scientist, Statistical Genetics position at Beacon Hill Life Sciences - Boston?
Job Description
Job Description
Sr. Scientist, Statistical Genetics
The impact you will make :
We are searching for a dynamic Sr. Scientist, statistical genetics to join our Data Science team. This role involves leading strategies for population-scale genetics and genomic datasets, including Real-World Evidence data like UK Biobank. The candidate will identify actionable intervention points, such as indication expansion, and serve as a key partner in shaping genetic strategies across the company's drug portfolio. Responsibilities involve developing analytic strategies for rare diseases, utilizing internal and public data to identify disease mechanisms, and providing support for all phases of research and development using high-dimensional Next Generation Sequencing data. Cross-functional collaboration is essential to interpret data and provide practical insights.
What you will do :
- Be a key contributor of creating target discovery and precision medicine strategies across therapeutic areas
- Design and implement discovery pipelines based on human genetics data to understand disease mechanisms, identify patient subpopulations, provide insights into potential side effects, and discover new targets.
- Design and implement genetic statistical methods for GWAS / RVAS from biobank-scale data and meta-analysis summary statistics, including fine mapping, colocalization, functional enrichment, Mendelian randomization, and LDSC.
- Integrate multiple omics data to support and advance the understanding of drug mechanisms of action.
- Tackle complex problems, anticipate and overcome challenges, and forecast timelines for deliverables to support program objectives.
- Collaborate with computational scientists, biologists, and disease experts to validate disease mechanisms and patient subpopulations.
- Communicate results to the project team, the company scientific community through internal documents, presentations, and publications.
- Establish best practices among Data Sciences analysts and help the Data Sciences infrastructure development.
- The candidate is expected to keep a keen eye on emerging methods in statistical genetics.
What you bring :
Company Description
Beacon Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
If you would like to complete our voluntary self-identification form, please click here or copy and paste the following link into an open window in your browser : https : / / jobs.beaconhillstaffing.com / eeoc /
Completion of this form is voluntary and will not affect your opportunity for employment, or the terms or conditions of your employment. This form will be used for reporting purposes only and will be kept separate from all other records.
Company Description
Beacon Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. If you would like to complete our voluntary self-identification form, please click here or copy and paste the following link into an open window in your browser : https : / / jobs.beaconhillstaffing.com / eeoc / Completion of this form is voluntary and will not affect your opportunity for employment, or the terms or conditions of your employment. This form will be used for reporting purposes only and will be kept separate from all other records.
