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Executive Director, Computational Systems Biology

Redwood City, California, United StatesFull-time$265k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-09
On-site

Core

Lead the scientific and strategic direction of systems biology research and preclinical computational biology initiatives to inform treatment strategies and guide patient stratification for RAS-addicted cancers.

Role type

Executive Director, Head of Research Computational Biology

Builds

Proprietary insights into RAS mutant tumor biology and inhibitor mechanisms of action to support a pipeline of RAS(ON) and targeted oncology therapeutics.

Domain

Oncology / Systems Biology / Computational Biology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Systems biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, multi-omics data integration, single-cell technologies, spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, R, Python, high-performance computing (HPC), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), workflow management (Snakemake, Nextflow), MLOps, generative AI

Preferred skills

Oncology research experience, academic and industry collaboration, intellectual property strategy

Technologies

AWS, Azure, GCP, Snakemake, Nextflow, R, Python, Perl, C/C++, Java

Responsibilities

Develop and implement long-term strategy for research systems biology and bioinformatic activities; Lead and supervise a team of computational biologists and bioinformaticians; Work across functions to support advancement of programs from early discovery into clinical development; Direct the development and application of cutting-edge statistical analysis, AI/ML methods, and MLOps principles; Cultivate and manage academic and industry collaborations, including CRO partnerships.

Seniority

Executive, strategic leadership & team management