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Director, Bioinformatics Research Data Sciences

Employer
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Location
Foster City, CA
Start date
Jun 26, 2022

Job Details

Gilead Sciences is continuing to hire for all open roles. Our interview process may be conducted virtually and some roles will be asked to temporarily work from home. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be implementing a phased approach to bringing employees back to site to ensure the health and safety of our teams.

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Job Description
Director, Bioinformatics – Research Data Sciences

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Scientist/Director role in the growing team of Research Data Sciences. This individual will report to Executive Director, Head of Research Data Sciences and play a critical role in driving innovative data analytics and technology applications to support Research objectives, with a focus on immunology and inflammatory diseases. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead a team and work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment to make significant impact on drug discovery and translational research.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead statistical and bioinformatics analysis of multi-omics datasets (transcriptomic, single cell sequencing, human genetics, high throughput screening, etc.) to support target discovery, pipeline programs and translational research
  • Develop novel analysis of large omics and high dimensional data from internal, publicly available, commercial, and real-world datasets to enable target identification/assessment, drug combinations, understanding of MOA, disease mechanisms, biomarker identification, etc.
  • Initiate and lead external collaborations with academic and industry partners to build data resources, drive technological innovations and deliver high impact results
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze and interpret complex large datasets, communicate findings and recommend follow-up actions
  • Recruit, develop and mentor junior scientists

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
  • Hands-on experience analyzing, interpreting, and integrating large-scale biological datasets, such as genomics, transcriptomics, single cell sequencing, proteomics, high throughput screening, etc.
  • Hands on experience in high performance computing (e.g., AWS) is preferred.
  • Expertise in developing algorithms and applications for predictive modeling, data mining and/or visualization of large scale multi-dimensional omics datasets.
  • Strong statistics knowledge, such as probability theory, statistical power, univariate and/or multi-variate analysis, unsupervised and supervised analysis, regression analysis, survival analysis, and/or deep learning, etc.
  • In-depth knowledge of bioinformatics algorithms, genomic and proteomic technologies and high-throughput experimental techniques, e.g. next generation sequencing technologies, single cell technologies, and their applications.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with research scientists and cross-functional teams, and to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced working environment.
  • Excellent oral/written communication skills and strong leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated the ability to synthesize scientific questions into a coherent research effort and communicate scientific findings across different functional teams
  • A proactive and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic and scientific rigor, ability to work in a dynamic environment and able to manage multiple objectives in parallel and adapt to changing priorities

Qualifications
  • PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, statistics or a related field with 10+ years of work experience.
  • People management experience with strong interpersonal and communication skills that foster collaboration and teamwork.
  • Proficient in statistical data analysis of multi-omics and high dimensional data.
  • Proficient in programming languages such as R, Python and Shell and familiar with cloud computing environment.
  • Expert knowledge in immunology and/or inflammatory diseases
  • Strong publication track record in high impact peer-reviewed journals
  • Level will commensurate with experience.

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Company

Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North America, Europe and Australia.
 

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