Hiring: Manager - Bioinformatics Company: Caris Life Sciences Location: Tempe, AZ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 14:21:00 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Bash, Microsoft Office, Python, R, SQL About the job Experience: •5 to 8 years of hands-on bioinformatics experience supporting NGS pipeline development, validation, or production operations. •2 to 4 years of people leadership experience. •8 years of hands-on bioinformatics experience supporting NGS pipeline development, validation, or production operations. •4 years of people leadership experience. Required Skills: •Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of bioinformatics scientists, including hiring support, onboarding, performance management, career development, and workload prioritization. •Manage day-to-day bioinformatics operations and ensure timely delivery of high-quality analytical solutions across development, validation, and production activities. •Establish project plans, priorities, timelines, and resource allocations for team initiatives and cross-functional programs. •Oversee development, optimization, validation, and maintenance of NGS bioinformatics pipelines and workflows. •Support end-to-end genomic data analysis, including quality control, alignment, variant calling, annotation, filtering, interpretation support, and reporting workflows. •Lead analytical development and validation activities for NGS assays, including performance assessment, reproducibility studies, concordance analysis, quality metrics, and documentation. •Drive implementation of scalable, automated, and reproducible computational workflows using software development and bioinformatics best practices. •Partner cross-functionally with software engineering and IT teams to support cloud-based infrastructure, workflow execution, data storage, monitoring, and system performance. Qualifications: •PhD degree with experience in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Genomics, Molecular Biology, or a related field. •Minimum of 5 to 8 years of hands-on bioinformatics experience supporting NGS pipeline development, validation, or production operations. •Minimum of 2 to 4 years of people leadership experience. •Demonstrated experience managing projects and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders. •Strong knowledge of NGS data analysis methods, quality metrics, bioinformatics workflows, and genomic data interpretation. •Strong programming and scripting skills using Python, Bash, SQL, R, or equivalent tools. •Strong communication, collaboration, organizational, and problem-solving skills. •Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!