Associate Director, Genomic Technology
Job Overview:
Will serve as an Associate Director responsible for overseeing and managing the GT department for its overall operational, infrastructural and technology developmental activities. Will understand the scientific programs of faculty members, provide specific recommendation of the genomic technologies and technical advice. Will lead the design, organization, and implementation of a multitude of sequencing-based molecular biology experiments in areas related to research in biomedical, clinical and biotechnology. Will organize trouble-shooting effort to correct and improve service issues or methods. Will evaluate new genomic technologies from early access programs to their value-added proposition to research programs. Will provide strategies to maintain highly efficient and high-quality genomic services. Will provide regular update to the head of scientific service on the operational metrices. Duties include leading and coordinating sequencing-based research, technical developments, and operation planning activities as well as supervising and performance managing a team of Research Scientists. Will ensure that library preparation and sequencing production is maximized to the upmost productivity as well lead new technology development, process optimization and pipeline and protocol development for Sequencing-based research.
Key Responsibilities:
Managerial-Provide scientific service management update of the operational, space planning and instrumentation utilization. The updates includes the future forecast and past- performance. Working with the financial analyst to provide budget planning and billing. Oversee the labor planning and employee training and management.
Oversee and manage the daily activities of the Sequencing Technology Group, including supervising and performance managing a team of Research Scientists. Ensure library production is maximized to its upmost productivity including: throughput increase by automation-based sample preparation, workflow optimization, and the development of new technology pipelines and protocols. Engage in library/sequencing QC analysis and, when necessary, provide input and suggestions for additional features and improvements on the library QC parameters.
Lead new technology development efforts for sequencing analysis needed for scientific support internal and external. Further the development of new sequencing technologies for upcoming new sequencing platforms like PacBio and ONT with advance library protocols to create unique applications. Improve the current performance of various omics analyses on their efficiency, robustness, bias and cost. Troubleshoot library issues and failures.
Initiate scientific projects by applying new technologies and analysis capabilities to showcase their robustness and discovery power. Generate library production reports and metrics; Assemble, analyze and report data in a scientific publication format, as well as propose future experiments as new results and technologies become available.
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