Director, Computational Biology

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, AWS, Data science techniques, Git, Jupyter Notebook, Machine learning techniques, Molecular biology, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Python Programming, R Programming, Software Development, SQL

Job Description

Company Summary:

Arana Biosciences is one of the latest companies founded through Flagship Pioneering’s venture creation engine, where companies such as Moderna Inc. and Indigo Ag were conceived and created. Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of nearly 100 scientific ventures resulting in $19+ billion in aggregate value, 500+ issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. Arana Biosciences is integrating the latest developments in molecular biology and plant biology to create a new platform technology that enables adaptive, targeted and sustainable solutions in agriculture.

Position Summary:

Are you a highly motivated and driven team lead that wants to make a contribution to developing the company and products? We are seeking a determined, impact-driven Director, Computational Biology with a results-driven attitude and attention to detail who will drive critical pipeline development, research, strategy, and optimization. As a key leader in a small company, you would join a dynamic, diverse and inclusive team with ample opportunity to grow into areas of more responsibilities as we expand. This role requires a results-driven attitude and an eagerness for continued innovation with attention to partnering across the pipeline to help deliver products. The ideal candidate must be highly collaborative, self-motivated, and capable of developing and growing a team. This role reports directly to the Chief Science Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Develop as a coach-player the data science team.
• Create best practices for how the team develops new company functionality for internal tools.
• Identify key areas for automation implementation and increase the throughput of the platform.
• Manage the resources of the team in context of our pipeline, working across development projects to ensure on-time and highly accurate data return to keep projects moving through the pipeline.
• Be a key part of the R&D leadership team, working with the CSO to help develop the scientific direction of the company.
• Own software development across the company.
• Be the standard bearer for functional excellence in software development, database architecture, AI/ML, database architecture, etc

Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent experience in computer science, data science, bioinformatics
• 5-8+ years industry experience
• Deep experience in high-throughput molecular biology, including automation platforms and integrating data from across disparate functions
• Experience in developing systems to tie R&D together, track units moving through the pipeline and to learn from the pipeline’s overall experience
• Experience with AWS and implementing scalable analysis frameworks and AI/ML models
• Expertise with data science languages (such as Python and R), and familiarity with different database systems (e.g. SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Expertise with good practices for reproducible research (Git, Jupyter)
• Track record of success managing and developing people
• Direct experience with growing teams and developing platform strategy
• Proven track record of success creating knowledge from raw data at scale

Location: Cambridge, MA

More About Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and develops first-in-category life sciences companies to transform human health and sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, the firm has, through its Flagship Labs unit, applied its unique hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in over $50B in aggregate value. To date, Flagship has deployed over $2.2B in capital toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside more than $18B of follow-on investments from other institutions. The current Flagship ecosystem comprises transformative companies, including Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), Indigo Ag, Invaio Sciences, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Generate Biomedicines, Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DNLI), Senda Biosciences and Foghorn Therapeutics (NASDAQ: FHTX).

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.