Sr Engineering Manager, Pipelines

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POSITION TITLE: Sr Engineering Manager, Pipelines

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr Manager, Pipelines will be primarily responsible for architecting, implementing and supporting the genomics secondary analysis pipeline software engineering for all products across the Natera portfolio. Further, the Sr Manager will be expected to drive process improvements and represent Natera pipeline software in regulatory and client audits. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead

  • Build and lead successful high-performing teams

  • Provide technical leadership for software development engineers, both onsite and remote, to ensure on-time, on-budget development of high-quality software

  • Own technical design, architecture and implementation of genomics secondary analysis pipelines supporting thousands of samples a month for one existing product in Natera portfolio. 

  • Collaborate with leads working in other products to identify similarities and drive standardization and efficiencies

  • Work close with 3rd party vendors to ensure the overall solution meets the aggressive business demands including performance, scalability, cost, security and regulatory compliance, etc

  • Drive implementation of the best engineering practices.

  • Contribute to release planning and management for one product’s pipeline software

  • Own technical design, architecture and implementation of genomics secondary analysis pipelines supporting tens of thousands of samples a month for new and existing products across the Natera portfolio. 

  • Own release planning and management for pipelines software

• Manage

  • Manage multiple ongoing projects.

  • Work closely with project managers and technical product managers to understand requirements, size development effort, assign resources, identify dependencies and agree on schedule.

• Nurture

  • Guide the career development of team members, nurture their technical and interpersonal skills.

  • Provide continuous individual performance feedback focused on recognition of achievement and opportunities for growth.

• Collaborate

  • Build and maintain ongoing strong working relationships with stakeholders, focus on building effective communication channels.

  • Facilitate collaboration among cross-functional development teams, software quality engineers, and product managers.

• Effect change

  • Provide feedback to management and initiate change to optimize software development processes with a focus on quality, innovation, and efficient product delivery.

  • Communicate issues and risks to project managers and participate in activities such as root cause analysis, lessons learned among others.

  • Own process improvement initiatives including primarily software development with interfaces to software testing and product management.

• Grow

  • Learn to write and review compliant documentation per CAP, CLIA, NYS DOH, FDA, HIPAA, NIST, and other standards

  • Learn to represent Natera pipelines software in audits with regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical companies, and other clients

  • Learn pipelines software / architecture in depth with an eye toward broader responsibilities

• Compliance 
  • Write and review compliant documentation per CAP, CLIA, NYS DOH, FDA, HIPAA, NIST, and other standards
  • Represent Natera pipelines software in audits with regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical companies, and other clients

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent demonstrated industry experience

• 5+ years of proven track record of building and managing high performing engineering teams

• Second graduate degree in business administration, engineering management, cybersecurity, RA / QA, or equivalent

• Experience representing a company in audits with regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical companies, and / or other clients

• Extensive experience building genomics secondary analysis pipeline for clinical and research use

• Prove