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Opportunity: Group Leader, RNAi Informatics at the Broad Institute--Cambridge MA (US)
Submitted by Broad HR; posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007
BACKGROUND
The Broad Institute seeks an individual to work with research scientists, programmers and computational biologists within the RNAi Platform.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Will lead the development of tools and informatic infrastructure across the platform and provide technical management and mentoring for staff. Primary responsibility is to lead the design, creation and support of methods and software to support key platform activities: data modeling and analysis, design and production of RNAi libraries, and management of physical inventory. Will provide a proactive bridge between user requirements and implementation; plan and oversee schema design and the expansion of the RNAi laboratory information management system (LIMS); oversee the development and maintenance of internal and external web pages; and manage and contribute to a well-documented reusable code base. The Group Leader must provide some number of hands-on deliverables in addition to supervising the quality, accuracy and timeliness of the team members’ deliverables. In particular, the Group Leader must ensure that goals for the team and projects are in alignment with the overall goals for the RNAi Platform and its customers. The successful incumbent will join a rapidly growing, dynamic scientific community and apply cutting-edge genomics approaches to biological and biomedical research.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Science, Statistics, or Applied Mathematics, and at least 8 years of related experience required. Advanced degree preferred. Solid understanding of software development, relational databases and managing large-scale data sets required. Experience with Python or Jython, Perl, PHP, Oracle, and Subversion a plus. Proven ability to work closely with end users, gather requirements and turn requirements into actionable specifications is essential. Experience in handling development and operational duties concurrently; and/or to manage and contribute to several simultaneous projects essential. Must have excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to effectively lead a small informatics team in a fast-paced environment.
TERMS:
To be determined.
COMPENSATION
To be determined.
HOW TO APPLY
PROFILE: the Broad Institute was founded to empower scientists of all kinds to work together on difficult, diverse, critical genomic and biomedical challenges. The Institute is a unique collaboration between the MIT and Harvard academic and medical communities, and it offers the security and benefits provided to all MIT employees, including:
- Competitive pay
- Medical, dental, life insurance plans
- 401(k) plan with matching contributions
- Tuition assistance plan
- Four weeks of vacation after one year
- T-Pass subsidy program
- Athletic and fitness centers
- Child care services
Join a team that works the way you’ve always wanted to work.
DEADLINE
Open until filled.
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