Job Description:
This role will be charged with leading the continuing expansion of Foghorn’s bioinformatics and informatics capabilities through the development, acquisition, and implementation of software and systems which will support the scientific research staff. This candidate will be expected to establish close partnerships with colleagues from multiple disciplines to translate business needs into state-of-the-art solutions. The candidate will be expected to set the vision for Foghorn’s informatics platform and to champion solutions that facilitate the company's success. Key Responsibilities:
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COMPANY : Foghorn Therapeutics is an exciting new company whose focus is to discover and develop new breakthrough therapies based on its proprietary gene regulatory platform. Powered by unique understanding of chromatin remodeling biology, we are discovering transformational new medicine for the treatment of cancers and diseases with unmet medical needs.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
This role will be charged with leading the continuing expansion of Foghorn’s bioinformatics and informatics capabilities through the development, acquisition, and implementation of software and systems which will support the scientific research staff. This candidate will be expected to establish close partnerships with colleagues from multiple disciplines to translate business needs into state-of-the-art solutions. The candidate will be expected to set the vision for Foghorn’s informatics platform and to champion solutions that facilitate the company's success. Key Responsibilities:
- Play leading role in identifying, implementing and managing cheminformatics and bioinformatics solutions for research team.
- Support scientific research through deployment of third-party software packages and the development of custom scientific software.
- Manage relationships with scientific software vendors.
- Define, develop, and deliver an overall strategy for the informatics platform.
- Work closely with leadership team and scientific staff to understand scientific challenges, data needs, business needs, technology, and software requirements.
- Manage members of internal Scientific Computing group in order to prototype and execute scientific software development projects.
- Introduce novel technology solutions to support rapidly evolving research activities.
- Work closely with IT to maintain scientific computing infrastructure
- Advanced degree, ideally PhD, in relevant scientific discipline
- 10+ Years of Experience in Scientific Computing role in Life Sciences, with a professional focus on bio/cheminformatics preferred.
- Previous experience building and managing teams of informatics scientists.
- Excellent communication skills sufficient to provide computing support to scientists.
- Extensive experience applying technology pragmatically to solving scientific problems.
- Knowledge and experience with Machine Learning Methodology in the area of Genomics Data or other large-scale data science
- Experience with Commercial LIMS systems, data visualization tools, and strong programming skills/experience, preferred.
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COMPANY : Foghorn Therapeutics is an exciting new company whose focus is to discover and develop new breakthrough therapies based on its proprietary gene regulatory platform. Powered by unique understanding of chromatin remodeling biology, we are discovering transformational new medicine for the treatment of cancers and diseases with unmet medical needs.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]