The Senior Data Scientist will assist the core director by leading the management and interaction with PIs in details of techniques and implementation of daily tasks. This position will hire, train, and supervise core staff to provide expert computational and data analytics services. In addition to managing the core projects and resources to generate high quality deliverables, this position will also provide training opportunities for students, staff, and faculty interested in developing bioinformatics and biomedical data science skills and learning more about the services provided

• Meet with principal investigators to initiate projects, assist with writing grant applications, personally carry out bioinformatics analysis and/or assign bioinformatician/data science teams to carry out such analyses, and develop methodology plans.
• Manage progress and update clients on progress in a timely manner. Evaluate, identify, and budget for computational resources needed for core projects. Provide supporting materials to investigators, such as quotes and materials and methods for manuscripts and grant applications.
• Supervise core staff. Integrate and train team members, as needed, to follow best practices to develop high quality data analysis standards and pipelines. Lead the core to contribute to research proposals and create high quality deliverables for project reports and publications.
• Personally perform bioinformatics analyses for core projects and generate reports for clients as needed. Develop analysis pipelines and document methods.
• Explore and employ academic informatics software or platforms for data analysis and management. Generate general strategies for high performance computation and procure requisite equipment.
• Develop bioinformatics education and training opportunities to assist cancer center members in their utilization of core services.
• Perform core business analyses on an annual basis, and report to the core advisory committee.
• Assist Shared Resources Program Manager and Administration in activities relating to the Core such as Business Development including billing and invoicing in iLab, collecting user metrics (identifying projects, PI, and funding source), and tracking user publications (including in preparation) and confirm appropriate authorship and/or acknowledgments on a monthly basis.
• Specific duties to include management of incoming and ongoing requests for Bioinformatics support from the CSMC Research Community, generate quotes, SOW, and letters of support for core users to support grant submissions, tracking grant proposals status.
• Aid in preparing presentations for Quarterly leadership, and User Advisory Committee meetings, perform quarterly maintenance and updates to core webpage, and create core progress reports.
• Additional duties will include assisting the Director in setting and reviewing Core budgetary needs.

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• PhD degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or other computational or biomedical domains required.

• Completion of postdoctoral appointment in area of specialization, as applicable. Knowledge of PI’s area of research specialization. Demonstrated technical competency in a variety of research techniques and protocols

• 7 to 12 years of experience working in bioinformatics/biomedical data science and high-throughput genomics technologies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Experience with architecture and tools for managing large-scale omics data and analyzing next generation sequencing data.
• Experience working with informatics systems including ontologies and knowledge bases.
• Good record of publications
• Expertise in molecular/cellular biology, genetics and genomics research, next generation sequencing methodology and applications, and analysis
• Mastery of complex or unusual technical procedures and protocols with experience with independent troubleshooting
• Experience in a team lead role projecting managing and executing projects
• Advanced skills in a high-level programming language, preferably Python, R, Perl, and/or Java.
• Good understanding of high-performance computational resources.

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Senior Bioinformatician

Home Dept - Hem - Onc

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Academic/Research

Academic/Research Services

Full-time

8 hour shift

Day

$66,600.00 - $133,100.00

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