Director, Bioinformatics

Job title: Director, Bioinformatics

Location: Cambridge, MA,

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

The Computational Biology Cluster is part of the Precision Medicine & Computation Biology (PMCB) global research function at Sanofi. We are looking for a leader in Computational Biology with deep expertise in building bioinformatics solutions, software, data and analytics workflows. The post holder will lead the new Bioinformatics Data, Software and Pipeline Engineering team in the Computational Biology cluster and help to index and integrate new biomedical insights from biomedical big data.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

About You

• A global leader in Bioinformatics with extensive experience in leading global, matrix organizations

• Strong background in target biology and experience in working key therapeutic areas including immune and inflammation diseases, oncology, rare and neuroscience

• Experience in building data-rich solutions with a focus on discovery research and clinical data sets e.g.multi-omics, imaging, NGS, and patient databases (DNA, bulk-RNA, single-cell RNA, imaging, flow-cytometry, proteomics, etc.) 

• Collaborate with Sanofi’s Data Office and Digital Organization to define, develop, and deliver collaborative goals 

• Experience in data modeling, AI/ML, Data Ops, and AI/ML Model Ops 

• Works according to agile principles 

• Experience in one of the key therapeutic areas of Sanofi – GMU, I&I or RND  

• Experience in comprehensively presenting complex information to senior scientific and technical leadership 

• Presentations and Publications in leading AI/ML, Data Science, bioinformatics, and computational biology conferences/journals (ISMB, NeurIPS, IEEE, ACM) 

• Experience in biological, clinical, and healthcare data integration tools 

• Provide coaching, and support to junior scientists, engineers, and team members 

• Mentor data scientists, data engineers, and machine learning engineers 

• Excellent skills in cross-functional communication, and operating experience with a consultancy mindset in an R&D setting 

• Leadership experience in negotiating and optimizing resource allocations with vendors 

• Leadership experience in building, leading, and mentoring international teams is preferred 

• A close interaction and synergy with all PMCB in-silico and experimental clusters and therapeutic area functions will be expected 

Education:

PhD in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Data Engineering, Computer Science or similar with 5+ years of experience

Key skills:

• Programming Languages: R, Python, Java, JavaScript (angular, react, node, express), html5/CSS, XSLT

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, and GCP 

• OS and Servers: Linux, nginx, Apache

• Databases: ETL, MongoDB, SQL/PLSQL, graph databases 

• Big data technology stack: Spark/PySpark, MySQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Hive, Sqoop, Yarn, Map Reduce, HDFS

• Experience in AI/ML Ops and Data Ops for petabytes of data 

• Others: Nginx, CWL, snake make

• Experience in workflow management, orchestration tools, and solutions including Seven Bridges, DNA Nexus, etc. 

• Big data technology stack: Spark/PySpark, NoSQL, Hadoop, Cassandra, BigQuery, Snowflake, BigQuery 

• Experience in AI/ML Ops and Data Ops for petabytes of data and database optimization 

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

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