Head of Bioinformatics & Genomics Innovation

Placements24; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Bonus program

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 invites applications for an experienced Lead Bioinformatics Scientist in Paarl, Western Cape. The role heads a team applying computational approaches to analyze complex omics datasets, driving discovery in genomics and proteomics.

Office-based in a collaborative setting with experimental and computational biologists. You design robust analytical pipelines, interpret large-scale data, and translate findings into actionable insights.

Qualifications

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, CS, Statistics, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years hands-on bioinformatics experience.
• At least 2 years in team leadership or supervisory role.
• Expertise with NGS data (WGS/WES/RNA-Seq).
• Strong programming in Python and/or R.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of bioinformatics scientists.
• Develop and validate computational pipelines for multi-omics data.
• Perform statistical analysis on large datasets.
• Collaborate with biologists and clinicians on research questions.

Skills

Bioinformatics

NGS data analysis

Python

R

Leadership

Statistical methods

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Bioinformatics pipelines

Job description

Placements24 invites applications for an experienced Lead Bioinformatics Scientist in Paarl, Western Cape. The role heads a team applying computational approaches to analyze complex omics datasets, driving discovery in genomics and proteomics.

Office-based in a collaborative setting with experimental and computational biologists. You design robust analytical pipelines, interpret large-scale data, and translate findings into actionable insights.