Senior Director of Bioinformatics

Senior Director of BioinformaticsCambridge, UK Hybrid(3/4 days onsite)This global leader in the oncology diagnostics space are looking for a Senior Director of Bioinformatics to lead a team in Cambridge. You will work collaboratively with all areas of the business including R+D, commercial and operations teams. You will lead on the bioinformatics strategy, and product developing with the aim of improving existing exists but also developing new products for the companies portfolio.You’ll be leading a team focused on Bioinformatics oncology research, product development and scientific software engineering so will need to have extensive experience in all these areas. You’ll role will be mostly strategic, developing strategies and implementing them, whilst managing a team of dedicated bioinformaticians working on the hands on bioinformatics responsibilities.Responsibilities:Provide strategic and technical leadership direction for bioinformatics, data analysis and ML and product developmentDesign and develop novel analytical and computational tools for diagnostics, including new assays.Provide technical leadership, mentoring and managing diverse teams.Represent the department with clients, audits, vendors, and at conferences.Write project and product proposals or plans.Analyse and present data and project updates to management team and clients.Validate and translate new assays and/or new technology between R&D and Clinical Operations.Provides support to research collaborations, clinical trials and other department projects.Prepares high quality technical reports and documentation including posters/papers, client presentations and technical content for marketing materials.Assist with department budgeting and administrative efforts. Experience and Required Qualifications:PhD or MSc in Computational biology, Bioinformatics or other related subjectStrong background in Oncology – ideally liquid biopsy5-10 years of post study work experienceExtensive experience managing teams of BioinformaticiansProduct development experience – through to commercialisationScientific software Engineering in a Unix/Linux environmentProficient programming skills, Python, R etcExperience with multiple NGS sequencing platforms and multiple sequencing types – Ideally WGS, WES, RNAseq)This is an amazing opportunity to join a global organisation on their mission to improve the lives of cancer patients through early diagnosis. You'll join a strong leadership team and have a chance to influence the companies products and strategies. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity and applying for this role please send your CV to [email protected] to be considered.Keywords:Bioinformatics / Bioinformatician / computational biology / comp bio / computational biologist / scientific software / oncology / cancer / diagnostics / manager / head / director / lead / leader / ctDNA / NGS / next generation sequencing / Cambridge / England / UK