Associate Director, Life Sciences

Location: Remote, but need to be based close to the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

About Us

We're a pioneering health tech company that is working to revolutionise healthcare. We're all about helping individuals and those who look after them to make better decisions that improve health, particularly for those common diseases that affect most people and take up most of our precious healthcare resources.

Our secret weapon is genomics - and the unique insight DNA gives us into how our bodies work and sometimes go wrong. We use genomic data to power our tools and platforms, improving every step of the patient pathway. From preventing diseases to improving screening, diagnosing, treatment;, and even developing new medicines.

Our vision is a world where everyone benefits from genomics, helping people to live longer, healthier lives. If that all sounds exciting, join us!

A Day in the Life

This role is part of the Life Sciences team, a dynamic group tackling various challenges throughout the therapeutic development cycle—from facilitating therapeutic target discovery to leveraging genetic risk prediction for optimizing clinical trial design.

An Associate Director serves as a group leader and contributes by:

• Developing innovative and rigorous scientific strategies to address key challenges.
• Leading their team and personally contributing to the successful delivery of high-quality scientific outputs, ensuring alignment with project timelines and budget.
• Effectively communicating findings to internal and external stakeholders across different seniority levels and functions (e.g., Medical, Commercial, Technology).
• Fostering a culture of positivity and excellence, with line management responsibilities for their team.
  
  

In this role, you'll bring broad experience in statistical genetics to contribute to multiple areas within our company (e.g., genomic risk prediction approaches such as PRS, and core approaches like GWAS/colocalization for pharmaceutical objectives such as target discovery).

The Associate Director role combines innovative scientific thinking with a pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset. It requires a strong sense of ownership for objectives, a proactive approach, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment.

You will need

• Expertise in statistical genetics and/or functional genomics, with experience in applications relevant to the life sciences (e.g., target discovery)
• Experience in taking ownership of independently developing, executing, and prioritizing scientific research plans for large size, long-term projects.
• The ability to lead for Genomics in interactions with 3rd parties, and being able to reach desired end goals.
• Multiple years of experience with line management with a demonstrable ability to lead teams to deliver scientific results.
• Multiple years of experience within the life sciences industry (e.g., pharmaceutical, biotech industry)
  
  

So what's in it for you?

• Salaries: Our salaries are externally benchmarked annually to ensure you receive compensation that aligns with the market.
• Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days of annual leave, an additional 3-day company shutdown at the end of the year, plus statutory US holidays. More time for you to unwind and enjoy.
• Progression: We've got a straightforward and open progression framework that lets you easily see your strengths and areas where you can improve. With this knowledge, you can set personal goals to help you move up the career ladder.
• Invest in Your Future: Take advantage of our training and development opportunities. From regular training courses, to access to a wide range of L&D materials. We're committed to helping you grow and succeed!
• Wellbeing: We've got you covered: Enjoy 401k, medical insurance, a Health Savings Account, dental and vision plans, life/AD&D insurance, and disability coverage. Your well-being matters to us.
• An inclusive workplace: Genomics wholeheartedly embraces and champions Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) initiatives. We foster an inclusive environment through various means, such as our 'All in Club,' a platform where we come together to celebrate, engage in meaningful discussions, and create awareness. Additionally, we offer our 'Bank Your Bank Holiday' program, allowing you to exchange public holidays for dates that hold personal or cultural significance to you. It's our way of ensuring that every member of our community feels valued and included.
  
  

Would you like to learn more? Great, we’d love to chat. Please reach out for more information and to see if this opportunity is right for you!

Genomics Inc is dedicated to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Genomics Inc politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.