Head of Statistical Genetics & ML Platform

Insitro; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 224,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Commuter benefits

Job summary

insitro seeks a senior leader to guide a growing team of statistical geneticists, advancing our ML-based genetics platform to extract actionable biological insights. You will collaborate with ML scientists, software engineers, and disease-science teams to translate genetic signals into programs.

The role reports to the Senior Director, AI/ML (Human Genetics) and is remote-eligible within the US or based in South San Francisco with a three-day-a-week in-person hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• PhD in statistical genetics, human genetics, computational biology, biostatistics, or a related field; 5+ years of experience.
• Deep knowledge of statistical genetics as applied to target discovery in an industry setting.
• Direct people management experience with a track record of mentoring and growing technical talent.
• Demonstrated experience applying machine learning to genetic, imaging, or other clinical data.
• A history of publication and methodological innovation in statistical genetics.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of four statistical geneticists developing methods to extract insight from human genetics.
• Define the roadmap and priorities for statistical genetics at insitro, and hold the bar for rigor.
• Lead the team in building new ML methodology that extracts more signal from human genetics and integrates it with other data modalities.
• Partner with software engineering to turn one-off analyses into well-tested workflows the whole research organization can run.
• Own GWAS, rare variant, and post-GWAS analyses across internal indications to identify and prioritize novel targets, moving from association to causal hypothesis.
• Partner with therapeutic area and drug discovery scientists to convert genetic findings into validated, tractable programs.

Skills

Statistical genetics

Machine learning

Team leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

PhD in statistical genetics or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

insitro seeks a senior leader to guide a growing team of statistical geneticists, advancing our ML-based genetics platform to extract actionable biological insights. You will collaborate with ML scientists, software engineers, and disease-science teams to translate genetic signals into programs.

The role reports to the Senior Director, AI/ML (Human Genetics) and is remote-eligible within the US or based in South San Francisco with a three-day-a-week in-person hybrid schedule.