Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary blood tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health Oncology Platform is designed to leverage our capabilities in technology, clinical development, regulatory and reimbursement to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs. 

In pursuit of our goal to manage cancer across all stages of the disease, Guardant Health has launched two liquid biopsy-based tests, Guardant360 and GuardantOMNI, for advanced stage cancer patients, and is developing programs for recurrence and early detection, called Project LUNAR. Since its launch in 2014, Guardant360 has been used by more than 5,000 oncologists, over 40 biopharmaceutical companies and all 27 of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network centers.

About the Role

The Bioinformatics, BioPharma team at Guardant Health is focused on partnerships with leading biotech and pharma companies who are at the forefront of cancer therapeutics and diagnostics. In this role, you will help lead the bioinformatics and data analysis in support of Project LUNAR. You will work with a number of BioPharma and clinical customers, tailor personalized analyses for each organization, and tackle some of the most interesting biological and technical questions related to cancer recurrence and early detection.

You will contribute to BioPharma and LUNAR initiatives in-house, including development of novel bioinformatic and analytical methods. As a part of the Bioinformatics and BioPharma teams, you will have the opportunity to innovate and implement your ideas to constantly improve our LUNAR products and analytics so that they are best suited for the changing landscape of BioPharma needs.

You will work closely with multiple teams across Guardant Health, including Bioinformatics, Medical Affairs, Software, Business Development, Technology Development, and Operations. You will gain first-hand experience working with experts in each of these areas to accomplish projects related to Guardant Health’s BioPharma business.

You will work together with our collaborators in industry, hospitals and academia on high-impact translational research and publish on your findings. You will have access to the unprecedented compendium of data collected at Guardant Health and you will be able to (and should be excited to!) leverage this data for tumor biology and technological insights.

Requirements

·      PhD in bioinformatics, genomics or related fields

·      4+ years relevant experience in Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry

·      Extensive knowledge of molecular biology and cancer genomics

·      Expertise in scripting language – R and/or Python and linux shell environment

·    Bonus: experience developing novel / custom algorithms for interpretation of NGS data

·      Excellent data analysis skills and working knowledge of statistical methods

·      Experience with NGS data and landscape of bioinformatics tools

·      Desire and ability to dig deeply through various data types to seek out answers

·      Great communication and presentation skills, ability to present clearly and effectively to stakeholders across organizations

·      Ability to work well in a fast-paced startup environment, delivering high quality results under tight timelines

·      Ability to synthesize high-level concepts, drive projects forward, while maintaining attention to detail

·      Strong team player: ability to work together with your team as well as cross-functionally and even across institutions, to accomplish your goals

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