Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist

About this role

About the Job: The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist is responsible for supporting novel biomarker definition, biomarker analysis, development, and validation for FMI CDx programs. The incumbent mentors or supervises junior staff, builds and maintains strong collaboration with other teams across the organization to implement biomarkers for biopharma partners, and executes and presents data query results of large genomics, clinical, and processed datasets to inform biomarker development and assay validation. This position contributes to the long-term growth strategy of the Product Development team by participating in process improvement initiatives

Key Responsibilities: Lead efforts to improve the consistency of how biomarker rules are defined and formatted including: Define the process of intaking/organizing new biomarkers and manage the process moving forward; Provide biomarker definitions and rules; Work with other functional teams to implement new biomarkers in our pipeline; Gather biomarker requirements from partners and perform gap analyses supported by the other functional team; Maintain an accounting of all biomarker rules (definition, partner/program, description of implementation); Solicit feedback and communicate biomarker definitions/rules and biomarker analysis results within FMI and to external stakeholders. Be accountable for management of biomarker rules. Manage regularly scheduled cross-functional meetings to ensure that development work is completed on time as needed and that biomarker rules are correctly integrated for biomarker reporting

Mentor or supervise junior members on design and project deliverables. Support Pharma partnering work and attend partner meetings to gather biomarker requirements and communicate rules/technical details to partners Perform gap analyses to determine if development work is required. Function as a subject matter expert on basic analysis pipeline, curation, and biomarker discussions

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