Director, Bioinformatics Platform & Infrastructure

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology); Thuwal; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

KAUST invites applications for the Lead of the Bioinformatics Platform to provide scientific, technical, operational and financial leadership for a multidisciplinary team delivering bioinformatics services, computational workflows, and data infrastructure that support KAUST researchers and Core Labs.

The role oversees strategy, development, and delivery of scalable workflows, software tools, and computational resources, with a focus on integrating genomics, multi-omics and AI-enabled analyses

Qualifications

• PhD required in bioinformatics, computational biology, CS, data science or software engineering.
• At least 5-8 years leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience building bioinformatics workflows and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific, technical, operational and financial leadership for the Bioinformatics Platform team and ensure effective coordination across bioinformatics, software development and computational infrastructure activities.
• Lead project planning and resource allocation across the team, balancing routine service delivery, infrastructure development, software development and R&D activities.
• Plan and oversee the development of capabilities in key Platform areas, which may include genomics, metagenomics, microbiome analysis, spatial omics, short-read and long-read sequencing, structural biology, multi-omics and AI-enabled biological data analysis.
• Monitor developments in bioinformatics, computational biology, AI and software engineering and proactively identify opportunities to introduce relevant technologies and practices into the Platform.
• Ensure efficient day-to-day delivery of bioinformatics and data analysis services to KAUST researchers, faculty and Core Labs.

Skills

Bioinformatics leadership

Computational biology

Data science

Software development

Genomics

AI/ML in biology

Python

R

C/C++

Linux

Project management

Communication

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Tools

HPC environments

Linux

Cloud computing

Job description

KAUST invites applications for the Lead of the Bioinformatics Platform to provide scientific, technical, operational and financial leadership for a multidisciplinary team delivering bioinformatics services, computational workflows, and data infrastructure that support KAUST researchers and Core Labs.

The role oversees strategy, development, and delivery of scalable workflows, software tools, and computational resources, with a focus on integrating genomics, multi-omics and AI-enabled analyses