Senior Director, Computational Biology (Genomics)

TL;DR

Senior Director, Computational Biology (Biotech): Leading the development of streamlined informatics solutions for HiFi sequencing data, delivering the best clinical and research genomes with an accent on identifying and solving impactful genomic problems. Focus on fostering collaborations with academic, clinical, and industry partners, and leading the development of informatics solutions for regulated clinical environments.

Location: Non-Field Based Employees are required to be onsite Monday-Thursday (Friday work from home). Depending on the role, some employees may be required to be 100% onsite. You may be required from time to time to visit and work at hirify.global locations.

Salary: $259,100.00 - $388,700.00

Company

hirify.global is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a high-performing computational biology organization supporting both research innovation and commercial products.
• Provide strategic guidance to translate customer needs and emerging scientific opportunities into scalable, impactful informatics capabilities.
• Identify and develop opportunities and collaborations which demonstrate new scientific and diagnostic applications for hirify.global sequencing.
• Provide scientific and technical leadership across the product lifecycle.
• Partner closely with marketing, R&D, engineering and commercial teams to ensure alignment between scientific innovation and product strategy.
• Foster and lead high-impact collaborations with academic, clinical, and industry partners.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in a computational or biological field (e.g., bioinformatics, genetics, genomics, computer science).
• Demonstrated success building scientific software that is broadly used by the genomics community.
• Track record of leading high-impact scientific collaborations and publications.
• Demonstrated ability to drive partnerships in both academia and industry.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role at a senior manager level or higher.
• Candidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience in human genomics, including rare disease and/or cancer applications.
• Experience with long-read sequencing analysis and informatics solutions.
• 8+ years of experience in a leadership role at a senior manager level or higher.
• Experience developing and supporting software and computational tools used in regulated or clinical contexts (e.g. CLIA/CAP, FDA/IVDR, GxP).

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