Clinical Bioinformatics Manager
Full-time
Manager
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island
5 months ago
Prenetics, a Nasdaq listed company (PRE), is a leading genomics-driven health sciences company, revolutionizing prevention, early detection, and treat..
Prenetics, a Nasdaq listed company (PRE), is a leading genomics-driven health sciences company, revolutionizing prevention, early detection, and treatment. Our prevention arm, CircleDNA, uses whole exome sequencing to offer the world's most comprehensive consumer DNA test. Insighta, our $200 million joint venture with renowned scientist Prof. Dennis Lo, underscores our unwavering commitment to saving lives through pioneering multi-cancer early detection technologies.
At Prenetics, we believe that prevention is the key to a healthier future, we aim to empower individuals to take proactive steps towards maintaining their well-being and leading healthier lives. As part of this mission, we are expanding our business into the category of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements. This new venture is built on a robust, science-backed approach, integrating our deep scientific knowledge with a strong emphasis on lifestyle and holistic health. This expansion allows us to further align our resources and expertise towards enhancing individual health and wellness through tailored nutritional support.
Prenetics is looking for a highly motivated Clinical Bioinformatics Manager to join our bioinformatics team. In this role you will be responsible for analyzing NGS (Next-generation sequencing) data. You will also be responsible for supporting the clinical and bioinformatics teams to manage the queries. You will independently and proactively identify process issues and recommend solutions given critical timelines. This work is interdisciplinary and involves collaboration with lab scientists, R&D scientists, engineers and the bioinformatics team. You will have ample opportunity to significantly contribute to the development of our evolving technologies.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage the bioinformatics operations of the company.
- Develop and test the bioinformatics pipelines.
- Work with engineering team to deploy and manage bioinformatics workflows.
- Work with genomic and clinical scientists and software engineers to develop novel bioinformatics solutions.
- Provide Bioinformatics support to existing products
- Build and maintain genotype and phenotype databases
- Required: Masters in computer science, bioinformatics, information systems or related field with at least 2 years’ experience working in the industry is preferred.
- Required: 2+ years of experience with variety of NGS bioinformatics tools - GATK, samtools, bwa etc
- Required : 2+ years of experience with Linux/Unix system and Github
- Required: Eagerness in taking ownership of day-to-day production and support operations
- Preferred: Strong experience in analyzing variety format of sequencing data - NGS, GWAS, long-read-seq etc
- Preferred: Strong experience and detailed understanding of the statistical and algorithmic workings of modern variant calling packages
- Preferred: Experience using statistical computer language (R, Python, SQL, etc) to manipulate NGS data and draw insights
- Preferred: Hands-on experience with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques
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Passion
- You are passionate about our mission and your job, and inspire others with your drive for excellence.
Resilience
- You are tenacious and calm despite challenges, changes, and stress. Sleeves rolled up, you attack every challenge head-on.
Empowerment
- You help colleagues across Prenetics succeed. You foster a strong team spirit while encouraging others to take initiatives and risks.
Integrity
- You are trustworthy, honest and accountable to your actions and commitments.
Epic
- You dare to take risks, deliver results and make things happen. You possess a growth mind-set and strive to continuously improve.
Transparency
- You speak up and share information even if it is controversial or difficult.
- You share wins and failures openly.
Ingenuity
- You make wise decisions despite ambiguity.
- You think outside the box, challenge the status quo and come up with creative solutions.
Communication
- You practice empathy, articulate your thoughts and ideas effectively and respectfully.
Selfless
- You seek what is best for Prenetics, not yourself or your team. You put the needs of the team before your own.
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