The opportunity
Natera is seeking an Associate Director to lead a team of Bioinformatics Scientists in our Women's Health and Organ Health research organization. You will oversee the scientific planning and execution of research and assay-development of diagnostic projects, and you will be…
What you'll do
The team has a research roadmap you own, and progress against it is visible outside the team.
You independently advise and guide research strategies in cross functional settings.
New analysis methods from your team are implemented within production code: and demonstrate expected performance on benchmark studies..
You and team members become trusted experts that other functions direct their: hard questions to, and can independently support decision making.
AI agent-assisted work is normal on the team, with a standard for it that you set.
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science,: Mathematics, Engineering, Biostatistics, or a related field. (An M.S. with equivalent experience considered).
What they're looking for
- + years in bioinformatics, including 3+ years leading scientists and working across functions.
- Demonstrated ownership of a team that took scientific research into real clinical use, not only to a result.
- Demonstrated experience developing or scientifically guiding diagnostic sequencing assays.
- Deep expertise in next-generation sequencing analysis: hybrid-capture or amplicon-based target enrichment designs, sequencing quality control, secondary analysis, and variant calling.
