Sr Manager Bioinformatics, Chip Design

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Job Description

As the Senior Manager, Bioinformatics, you will manage and provide technical leadership to our genetic sciences bioinformatics team responsible for custom array designs for genetic analysis in research, human health, and agricultural genomics. Leading this team requires a good understanding of both population-scale studies as well as an understanding of the importance of a variety of individual markers that might be important in a given study. You will partner with R&D bioinformatics leaders to ensure we are applying the state-of-the-art array design capabilities in a consistent high throughput setting. This position reports directly to the Director, Microarray Laboratory and Bioinformatics Services.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer Centric

• Work directly with customers and collaborators to collect project goals and analysis requirements to meet their scientific goals.
• Effectively work with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, Finance, Support, Purchasing, and Research and Development. Ensure these teams are aligned to meet and/or exceed customer needs.
• Ensure the protection and confidentiality of all customer data.

People and Technical Leadership

• Select, develop, and evaluate personnel for talent management, including leadership growth and key skill-set development for operational and strategic objectives.
• Ability to mentor staff on good computational practices, including documentation and consistent analysis.
• Influences and motivates staff to deliver.

Operational Excellence

• Develop policies and procedures, for consistent, high quality custom designs as associated analysis files.
• Own the day-to-day operations of the array design team.
• Coordinate creation and maintenance of SOP's and training.
• Coordinate the resource planning and scheduling for the team.

Results

• High visibility & proactive leadership of team. Present and on-site, acting daily to build successful work environment for team.
• Establish, monitor, and report key performance Indicators for the array designs and analysis files.

Qualifications:

• MS in Bioinformatics, Genetics, Computational Biology or related field, plus 5+ years work experience; PhD preferred
• Strong communications, both written and oral
• 4+ years-experience leading technical teams
• Ability to code in a high level language such as python or R
• Familiarity with relational databases
• Familiarity with Microarray analysis and NextGen Sequencing
• Experienced in life sciences, genetics
• Demonstrates and drives the Thermo Fisher values – Integrity, Intensity, Involvement and Innovation

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company pension, and a range of employee benefits!

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards