Director of Bioinformatics

We are recruiting on behalf of one of our fastest growing Biotech clients who are situated out London who are looking for a Director of Bioinformatics.

This role will encompass managing and leading a portfolio development team driving computational biology/bioinformatics as well as developing a platform team to build out company and technological infrastructures, this will in turn support the development of current and future product pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic direction for data science initiatives, across all stages of drug discovery, from target ID and validation to translational studies.
• Work closely with internal and external discovery teams, bio platforms, and external partners
• Manage and lead a team focused on delivering project-driven analyses across therapy areas.
• Drive recruitment, mentorship, and career development.
• Stay current on emerging AI/ML approaches and ensure ML/AI innovations are translated into research.
• Guide the application of bioinformatics and statistical method

Requirements:

• Ph.D. (or equivalent experience) in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or similar.
• 8-10+ years throughout drug discovery, from target identification and validation, to lead discovery and optimization in a Bioinformatics and/or computational biology function
• Extensive experience across omics, imaging, AI/ML, and statistical modelling approaches
• Experience with cloud-based computational infrastructure
• Ability to effectively manage and lead teams.