Opportunity: Group Leader, RNAi Informatics at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT--Cambridge, MA (US)

Joanna Morin • November 6, 2007

Opportunity: Group Leader, RNAi Informatics at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT--Cambridge, MA (US)

The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT seeks an individual to work with research scientists, programmers and computational biologists within the RNAi Platform.

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: a bachelor's degree (advanced degree preferred) in computer science, science, statistics, or applied mathematics; at least eight years of related experience; and solid understanding of software development, relational databases, and managing large-scale data sets. 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 essential; as is experience handling development and operational duties concurrently and/or managing and contributing to several simultaneous projects. Must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to effectively lead a small informatics team in a fast-paced environment.

Interested candidates may apply on-line at http://web.mit.edu/jobs. Please reference job number mit-00004756.

MIT is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Applications from women, minorities, veterans, older workers, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged.

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