The Bioinformatics Core Director will have strategic and tactical responsibility for the operations of the core, consultation, recruiting, overseeing core support staff and provision of leadership in developing core resources and providing research support and training for research faculty and staff at BIDMC.
The Core Director will lead a team that develops and applies bioinformatics workflows for standard and custom data analysis across a broad range of technologies, such as single nuclei sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, genome variant analyses, transcriptomics or epigenomics. The Core Director is expected to create deliverables that could serve as standards for quality and innovation
Doctoral degree preferred.
5-8 years related work experience required and 5-8 years supervisory/management experience required
Demonstrated excellence in analytical, writing, and communication skills; A commitment to providing bioinformatics support for a broad range of scientific projects; Experience in developing and managing projects and people.
Extensive knowledge of public domain bioinformatics data sources, public sequence databases, genomics tools, single cell analyses, and gene expression analysis.
Evidence of software development experience and proficiency in scripting; Experience with SQL or other relational database systems, Unix and mixed operating systems environments, high