The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and grow the Data Science and Bioinformatics function supporting Natera's Women's Health and Organ Health product portfolios. In this role, you will build the bioinformatics capability within the Data Science development team, establish…
What you'll do
Build and define the Bioinformatics function within the Data Science: development team, identify technical tooling gaps, and execute a roadmap to advance genomics-based algorithm development.
Establish and enforce pipeline and algorithm quality standards, including: review processes, validation frameworks, and documentation practices
Own and architect scalable AWS-based data science and bioinformatics: infrastructure, ensuring quality, reproducibility, and reliable deployment of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) algorithms.
Implement MLOps tooling and automated validation frameworks to support: reliable algorithm deployment into clinical production.
Partner with Research, Product Development, Laboratory Operations,: Engineering, and Quality teams to implement stable, scalable pipelines and support successful productization
Lead, mentor and hire a high-performing team of bioinformaticians and data: scientists, establishing technical quality standards and clear operational ownership.
What they're looking for
- Build technical depth within the team to support expanding product roadmaps: across Women's Health and Organ Health.
- Master of Science or Ph.D. in a quantitative technical discipline: (Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent).
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in Data Science or Bioinformatics, with at: least 5 years of direct people management experience leading technical teams.
- Hands-on experience architecting AWS cloud infrastructure for data-intensive: bioinformatics workloads and NGS pipeline execution.