DELFI Diagnostics is hiring a
Vice President Data Science Research

Summary

Join DELFI Diagnostics as Vice President of Data Science Research to lead their bioinformatics, data science, and machine learning research organization in developing innovative quantitative methods for liquid biopsy cancer screening. The role requires periodic in-person visits to meet with Data Science teams at Baltimore and Palo Alto locations. DELFI Diagnostics is a company that develops next-generation, blood-based tests for detecting cancer.

Requirements

• PhD Required (Biostatistics, Mathematics, or equivalent)
• Familiarity and skill with a wide variety of classical and modern methods used in machine learning and AI
• Experience transferring research methods and collaborating with downstream teams to move those methods to production
• 12+ years of professional data science experience with increasing responsibility, in a research or product development context, including experience in clinical or diagnostic applications
• 8+ years of experience managing data science teams with proven success delivering statistical models, machine learning algorithms and results in pursuit of corporate objectives
• Demonstrated strategic and tactical leadership building a high-performance results driven team
• Presence at Palo Alto or Baltimore office locations at least twice per quarter
• Superior written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Science Research organization to develop the pipeline of new computational technologies, approaches, and methods feeding analytics innovation at DELFI
• Develop and maintain a long term data science strategy that feeds innovation and incorporates trends and emerging technologies in genomics, data science, and bioinformatics
• Guide selection and implementation of appropriate data analysis tools, and maintain a culture of rigorous and reproducible research
• Align team objectives, activities, and structure with short and long term company goals and strategic objectives
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continual learning via direct supervision of data science and bioinformatics managers and senior individual contributors and via mentorship and leading by example throughout the data science organization
• Manage resources, staff, and budgets to successfully deliver on projects and milestones
• Provide input to planning and strategy for product development, clinical development, verification and validation activities and facilitate the hand-off of methods and results from research into development
• Partner with the Head of Computational Biology and Vice President of Data Science Product Development to set strategy, growth plans and priorities and ensure strategic alignment with the overall Data Science organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a regulated setting including CAP/CLIA or FDA IVD, and with guidelines such as Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Background in high throughput sequencing technologies and molecular diagnostics
• Demonstrated success in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits

• Established productive working relationships within data science and collaborating functions
• Influenced strategic decisions at the leadership level
• Defined a long term strategy for computational and statistical research at DELFI that aligns with and advances company priorities and objectives
• Measurably advanced research capabilities optimizing processes and approaches to tackling fundamental challenges in data analysis
• Driven advancement of data science and bioinformatics technologies and methods, resulting in improved products and advances in product pipelines
• Overseen research activities to evaluate new technologies for inclusion in DELFI products