GA4GH Product Management Lead

TN United Kingdom; Hinxton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a visionary leader to drive the development of global genomic standards. This role involves liaising with various stakeholders, including regulatory and ethics leaders, to ensure the alignment of technical and foundational product roadmaps. As a spokesperson for the organization, you will advocate for open genomic standards and foster a collaborative culture within the genomics community. With a focus on building critical partnerships and overseeing an internationally distributed staff team, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of genomic harmonization. If you are passionate about advancing genomic standards and have a strong background in management and bioinformatics, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in relevant fields with 5+ years in management.
• Strong knowledge of standards development processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of GA4GH technical standards and support implementation.
• Manage and develop a motivated GA4GH staff team.

Skills

Management Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Negotiation Skills

Cultural Sensitivity

Consensus Building

Communication Skills

Education

MS or PhD in Technical/Bioinformatics/Computer Science

Tools

Cloud Environments

Data Security Tools

Job description

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The key duties and responsibilities of this role include:

• Lead the development of GA4GH technical standards and work to support implementation of the standards in the context of strategic priorities and operational plans
• Liaise with security, regulatory, and ethics leadership to ensure alignment between the technical and foundational product roadmaps
• Build peer relationships with leadership in the research, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and related industries, as well as with other Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
• With guidance from GA4GH senior leadership, opinion leaders, and key stakeholders; describe, maintain, and update a vision for genomic harmonisation, positioning GA4GH as the global leader in genomic standards and policy framework development
• Help guide the genomics community toward a collaborative culture that balances the needs of regulators, GA4GH community members, the clinical community, and other stakeholders so that GA4GH products are broadly accepted and utilised across geographic regions, disease areas, and ethnic groups
• Drive consensus among international colleagues, often by leveraging nuanced conflict resolution skills;
• Serve as a spokesperson and champion for GA4GH with key stakeholders, including clinical, research, and computational audiences, regularly speaking at international conferences and symposia
• Alongside the Director of Strategy and Engagement, support the CEO to ensure GA4GH delivers on its overall commitments to funders and the community
• Help ensure consistency across GA4GH products and processes
• Manage and develop a strong motivated GA4GH staff team at EMBL-EBI
• Establish and maintain critical partnerships with GA4GH’s UK-based host institutions and strategic partners, and their respective communities
• Oversee the UK-based aspects of GA4GH’s international budget
• Serve on boards, colloquia, and committees, both internally and externally representing GA4GH
• Serve as a member of the GA4GH management team, providing clear, accurate, and timely information; listening attentively; engaging with executive committee members; promoting harmony across the distributed staff team; and supporting full execution of the organisation’s Strategic Plan
• Alongside GA4GH's senior management, oversee an internationally distributed staff team of developers, project managers, and policy analysts from diverse backgrounds who take day-to-day direction from mid-level team leads

In all activities and communications, serve as a champion of GA4GH efforts and demonstrate a lasting commitment to open genomic standards.

Closing date: 25 August 2024

Contract duration: 3 years

Grading: Grade 8 - Monthly salary of £4,716 after tax but excluding pension contribution and insurances + other paid allowance based on personal circumstances

Reference number: EBI02267

You have

• An MS or PhD (preferred) degree in a technical/bioinformatics/computer science field;
• 10+ years of experience in a relevant field, with a preferred minimum of 5 years of management experience in a distributed, virtual, and/or international environment, with expertise in multiple of the following areas:
• computer science, IT architectures, model-driven architecture, medical/clinical informatics, bioinformatics, genomic sequencing technologies, cloud environments, data security, protected health information privacy;
• 5+ years of experience working in the global genomic environment (industry and/or academic), with knowledge of relevant regulations, standards, and information technology;
• Ability to manage, motivate, and integrate committees and teams to achieve their missions and objectives;
• Knowledge and expertise of standards development processes and the international standards landscape for research and medicine/healthcare;
• Strong social and emotional intelligence;
• Ability to understand, relate to, and be sensitive to different cultures;
• Ability to work effectively with diverse audiences and personalities and diffuse difficult situations with tact and diplomacy;
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, organisational, negotiation, decision making, oral/written communications, consensus-building, and meeting facilitation skills;
• Ability to travel internationally, up to 25% of the time, and regularly attend calls outside of typical working hours.

You might also have

• Global leadership experience;
• Experience living or working in multiple countries;
• Sense of humour and ability to bring out a sense of humour in others;
• Comfort with ambiguity;
• Fluency in language(s) other than English;
• In-depth knowledge of and direct implementation experience with GA4GH standards for clinical trial and submission use cases.