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Senior Director, Precision Medicine

Employer
Prometheus Biosciences
Location
San Diego, California
Start date
Nov 26, 2021

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Discipline
Science/R&D, Biology, Research
Required Education
Masters Degree/MBA
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Beach, Best Places to Work

Job Details

Senior Director, Precision Medicine

 

We’re a different kind of biotech company.  And we’re here to make a difference.

 

Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RXDX), is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering a precision medicine approach for the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic and companion diagnostic products for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases, starting first with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

 

The Company’s precision medicine platform, Prometheus360™, combines proprietary bioinformatics discovery methods with one of the world’s largest gastrointestinal bioinformatics databases to identify novel therapeutic targets and develop therapeutic candidates to engage those targets.  Prometheus is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

 

Summary

Working closely with the Chief Scientific Officer and collaborating across multiple functional areas, the Senior Director, Precision Medicine will define and drive our precision therapeutics strategy across the organization.  This critical leader will work across target discovery, nonclinical development, biomarker and CDx, and data science teams to distill large multimodal datasets into actionable insights and apply these insights to biomarker and therapeutic development.  This cross-functional role is best suited to a dynamic and strategic leader with experience in integrating and applying computational and systems biology to complex research endeavors, in a fast-paced, small company environment.  This is a unique opportunity to join a top-tier organization pioneering precision medicine approaches in a large market with a dire unmet need, to continue to develop the scientific foundations of a leading immune therapies company.

 

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategy and continued evolution of our precision medicine platform, Prometheus360™
  • Develop coordinated research and development efforts between the data science, discovery biology, biomarker development groups
  • Work with internal teams and collaborators on identification and prioritization of new targets and biomarkers
  • Provide systems biology expertise across the organization, including business development evaluations

 

 

Education and Experience

  • PhD, MS, or other relevant post-graduate degree in Biology or related field
  • 10 or more years of experience in academia, biotech and/or industry, preferably in the field of auto-immune diseases
  • Proven success working in a highly matrixed organization
  • Experience with analysis and interpretation of systems biology including large complex multi-omic data sets
  • Experience with the integration of bioinformatics and high throughput approaches into target and biomarker discovery and development workflows
  • Well versed with current data science methodologies and lexicon including machine and deep learning approaches
  • Prior experience with biomarkers and precision drug development is desirable

 

Skills and Abilities

  • Self-motivated with excellent planning, problem-solving, organizational and communication skills
  • Enjoys training others with an excellent track record of mentoring team members
  • Strong communicator and presenter, with the ability to persuade others and foster open communication across internal and external groups
  • Solid project management skills with ability to manage multiple complex projects in a cross-functional environment with good understanding of project management process
  • Strong ability to influence outcomes without direct authority and ability to hold oneself and others accountable for commitments
  • A hands-on, entrepreneurial style with a sense of urgency, a bias toward action, comfort with calculated risk and the ability to analyze situations rapidly and make prudent decisions
  • The ability to crystallize and convey an audacious, holistic vision and impact story to stakeholders at all levels with passion and presence
  • The requisite scientific acumen and communication skills to influence and collaborate with key scientific, regulatory and business leaders
  • Sound strategic, clinical, technical, operational and ethical judgment with uncompromising integrity

 
All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected class. 

 

Company

 

 

Company info
Website
Phone
(858) 824-0895
Location
3050 Science Park Road
San Diego
CA
92121
United States

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