Director of Bioinformatics, Germline

Description

About Us

Founded in 2011, Fulgent has evolved into a premier, full-service genomic testing company built around a foundational technology platform.

Through our diverse testing menu, Fulgent is focused on transforming patient care in oncology, anatomic pathology, infectious and rare diseases, and reproductive health. We believe that by providing a wide range of effective, flexible testing options in conjunction with best-in-class service and support, we can redefine the way medicine is managed for patients and clinicians alike.

Since integrating with our therapeutic development business, Fulgent is also developing drug candidates for treating a broad range of cancers using a novel nanoencapsulation and targeted therapy platform. By merging our fields of expertise, we aim to become a fully integrated precision medicine company.

Summary of Position

The Director of Bioinformatics leads a team of experts in bioinformatics and biostatistics in the planning, designing, and implementing bioinformatics infrastructure to address clinical diagnostics production, R&D, and client needs.  The Director formulates strategic plans for bioinformatics solutions, working closely with other team leads and executive leadership.  The Director serves as the expert and champion of bioinformatics, strongly emphasizing innovation and development of best-in-class bioinformatics solutions. 

Key Job Elements

• Direct the planning, designing, development, implementation, and maintenance of the bioinformatics infrastructure, including data, hardware and software components, and system integration. 

• Oversee bioinformatics production, R&D, and client service efforts. 

• Provide the organization with short-term and long-term bioinformatics strategic plans to meet business objectives. 

• Direct a team of bioinformatics scientists in developing bioinformatics infrastructure, R&D, and client service. 

• Develop and deploy novel bioinformatics analyses and tools. 

• Monitor, review, and utilize emerging technologies. 

• Serve as bioinformatics subject matter expert to cross-functional teams. 

• Direct resolution of bioinformatics production issues.

• Review and provide feedback on design, validation, testing methodology, documentation, and reports

• Provide advice, guidance, and mentoring to bioinformatics staff. 

• Build and manage a staff of bioinformatics professionals. 

Qualifications

Knowledge/Experience

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related field. 
• 7-10 years of experience in related Bioinformatics. 
• Extensive hands-on and in-depth experience with next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis, NGS databases and tools, and NGS pipeline development. 
• Extensive experience analyzing multiple types of NGS data and facility with statistics for big data analysis and multi-omics data integration. 
• Extensive experience in designing, developing, implementing, and managing NGS analysis pipelines and workflows. 
• Experience leading bioinformatics development teams. 
• Strong hands-on skills in relevant programming languages.  
• Must enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary and collaborative environment and leading and mentoring a bioinformatics team. 
• Excellent oral and written skills, including the ability to communicate openly, transparently, in a timely, and consistent manner. 

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Yes
   

Reports To

• Chief Operating Officer

Environment

Fulgent Therapeutics LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position. 
 

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Salary : $200,000 - $225,000