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Job Location Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix, AZ Education Level Graduate Degree **Position Summary:**
Caris Life Sciences is looking for a sharp, driven and goal oriented Bioinformatics Scientist to support our bioinformatics and statistical analysis leadership as well as novel biomarker discovery derived from Caris proprietary ADAPT Biotargeting SystemTM. These critical roles will work closely with our Bioinformatics & R&D teams to assist in designing experiments, analyzing complex clinical and translational data sets. We are looking for team oriented, hands on professionals with a passion for personalized medicine and innovation in statistical and mathematical analyses.
**Job Responsibilities:**
* Develop and maintain statistical analytical tools and bioinformatics pipelines.
* Conduct analysis on biomarker discovery and clinical diagnostics data.
* Consult on experiment design and data interpretation for laboratory research.
* Contribute to design and development of informatics infrastructure.
* Adhere to coding and documentation standards and manage deliverables for area of responsibility.
**Requirements:**
* Masters or PhD in bioinformatics, biostatistics, biomedical engineering, computer science and other related disciplines.
* Solid understanding of principles and analytical methodologies in computational biology and bioinformatics.
* Hands-on experience of state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools, including NGS and proteomic pipelines strongly preferred.
* Proven ability for developing and maintaining bioinformatics pipelines.
* Experience in developing database and data-driven applications.
* Programming skills with Perl, Python, shell scripting and/or Java.
* Skills in statistical analysis and proficiency with statistical package such as R and SAS.
* Ability to understand laboratory and clinical data.
* Familiarity with clinical trial design and clinical data analysis is highly desirable.
* Proficient verbal and written communication skills. Willingness to share and receive information and ideas from all levels of the organization in order to achieve the desired results.
* Conditions of Employment: Individual must successfully complete pre-employment process, which includes criminal background check, drug screening and reference verification. Also, individual must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by the date of hire to be considered for U.S.-based jobs, if not currently employed by Caris Life Sciences.
**Core Skills & Competencies:**
* Demonstrated decision making ability towards solving problems, while working under pressure and effectively communicating these solutions to co-workers and customers.
* Ability to quickly learn and apply knowledge.
* Demonstrated ability to positively receive and respond to feedback for improvement and development.
* Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
* Drive for Results (Service, Quality, and Continuous Improvement) Ensure procedures and processes are in place that lead to delivery of quality results and continually reassess their effectiveness to achieve continuous improvement.
* Communication Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Willingness to share and receive information and ideas from all levels of the organization in order to achieve the desired results.
* Teamwork Commitment to the successful achievement of team and organizational goals through a desire to participate with and help other members of the team.
* Customer Service Focus Demonstrate a focus on listening to and understanding client/customer needs and then delighting the client/customer by exceeding service and quality expectations.
*This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.*
Caris Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
****Interested parties please email your resume and cover letter to Valarie Perez at*** ***...@carisls.com*** ***.*** *#LI-VP1*