Bioinformatics Product Lead

GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS) delivers personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis, direct treatment, and improve drug discovery. The company is uniquely positioned to accelerate the use of genomic and large-scale clinical information to enable precision medicine as the standard of care. GeneDx is at the forefront of transforming healthcare through its industry-leading exome and genome testing and interpretation services, fueled by the world’s largest, rare disease data sets. For more information, please visit www.genedx.com. We're seeking a Bioinformatics product lead to design and execute on bioinformatics strategy within our Product & Technology (P&T) organization. 

In this role, you will own the roadmap for bioinformatics products that translate NGS and non-NGS data into variant calls and other outputs for production, development and research purposes. You and a cross-functional team including operators, commercial experts, technologists, and researchers will deliver solutions that enable GeneDx to excel in both the operational efficiency and the breadth, completeness, and accuracy of our products. Your role is to apply industry-leading research and expertise to bring internal stakeholders and customers increasing value. The role includes ideating, designing, testing, iterating, delivering, and launching platform enhancements and new platform capabilities to these ends.  

MAJOR DUTIES AND REPONSIBILITIES 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize and define short-term and long-term goals for bioinformatics product development, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.  

• Oversee the lifecycle of bioinformatics projects, from ideation to implementation, ensuring on-time delivery, resource allocation, and risk management. Maintain comprehensive documentation of workflows, processes, and products. Provide training for internal teams on new tools and updates. 

• Act as a bridge between laboratory operations, engineering, and commercial teams to translate scientific, operational, and business needs into clear technical requirements. 

• Identify key metrics of value for our products and drive alignment to internal business processes. Develop and implement robust QC protocols for genomic data workflows and ensure adherence to clinical and regulatory standards (e.g., CLIA, CAP). 

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies that can improve the scalability, efficiency, and quality of genomic data analysis. 

EDUCATION/TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS 

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational Biology, or a related field preferred 

• 8-12 years of experience in bioinformatics engineering and/or product, in the context of a high-throughput clinical laboratory preferred 

• Expert understanding of genomics data and the complex operational workflows that produce them. Knowledge of both HPC and cloud environments. 

• Demonstrated experience facilitating collaboration between lab teams and engineers to scale bioinformatics processes and implement new bioinformatics products, while aligning with high-level business goals. 

• Proven track record of working closely with internal and external partners to drive innovation, scale processes, and ensure highest quality results for our patients. 

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate both strategically with leadership and tactically with technical and operational team members.   

OBJECTIVES 

• Plan defined near-term and long-term efforts for bioinformatics development to enable enterprise-level goals 

• Accelerate product delivery through strong partnership with design, engineering, commercial, operational, and science counterparts  

• Achieve meaningful improvements to bioinformatics functions through application of modern technologies and creative problem solving