Practice Leader – Scientific Informatics

Purpose
Lead the development and advancement of Quantori's Scientific Informatics practice, directing specialized capabilities in Life Sciences R&D, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and computational biology to empower pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
The Practice Leader is accountable for practice strategy, competency development, talent quality, professional growth, and technical excellence. The role also contributes directly to client engagements, solution development, and business development through deep subject matter expertise.
This is a hands-on leadership position, with an expected allocation of approximately 50% to billable client work.
Key Responsibilities
1. Practice Strategy & Development
Define and execute the strategy and development roadmap for the assigned practice.
Identify emerging technologies, industry trends, and evolving client needs relevant to the practice.
Assess current practice strengths, gaps, and opportunities for development.
Define the expertise, competencies, and skills required to support current and future business needs.
Develop and maintain practice standards, methods, frameworks, and reusable knowledge assets.
Contribute to the evolution of Quantori's service offerings and solution accelerators.
Define the strategic roadmap for life sciences computational R&D, multi-omics platforms, and drug discovery informatics.
2. Talent & Competency Development
Establish competency frameworks, skill expectations, and proficiency levels within the practice.
Assess professional skills and expertise to identify individual and collective development needs.
Support employee career development, technical growth, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.
Establish professional development priorities aligned with evolving market needs.
Build communities of practice that encourage collaboration, learning, and the exchange of expertise.
Provide technical and professional input into recruiting, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions.
Support the development of career pathways and progression opportunities within the practice.
3. Technical & Domain Excellence
Establish and maintain professional, technical, and domain standards for the practice.
Promote consistent quality, sound technical approaches, and recognized industry practices.
Provide expert guidance on complex technical or scientific challenges.
Support technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
Identify opportunities to strengthen the quality, efficiency, and consistency of client solutions.
Develop reusable methods, tools, frameworks, and intellectual assets that advance the practice.
Oversee the development of scalable scientific computing pipelines, workflow orchestration (Nextflow/WDL), and computational modeling standards.
4. Client Engagement & Solution Expertise
Contribute directly to billable client work as a subject matter expert, Solution or Engagement Lead, or senior practitioner.
Provide technical or domain leadership on complex client engagements.
Engage directly with client C-suite executives, Chief Scientific Officers (CSOs), and R&D heads as principal domain authority.
5. Technology Partnerships
Establish and manage strategic relationships with technology partners relevant to the Practice.
Identify emerging technologies and assess opportunities to incorporate them into Quantori's offerings and solutions.
Develop partner-aligned enablement, training and certification programs.
Build and maintain a strong base of partner-certified expertise within the Practice.
Collaborate with technology partners on joint solutions, go-to-market initiatives and business opportunities.
Key Qualifications
Experience: 12+ years of experience in scientific informatics, computational biology, or bioinformatics, with significant leadership experience in a technology services or life sciences R&D setting.
Technical Expertise: Advanced proficiency in bioinformatics pipelines (Nextflow, WDL, CWL), data analysis languages (Python, R), and cloud-scale scientific computing infrastructure (AWS/Azure).
Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of drug discovery pipelines, genomics, proteomics, molecular modeling, and clinical data management.
Commercial Acumen: Proven success in closing high-value deals with pharmaceutical and biotech clients and managing profitable practice operations.
Education: Ph.D. or Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Computer Science, or a related scientific discipline.
We offer:
Competitive compensation
Remote work
Flexible working hours
Continuous education, mentoring, and professional development programs
A team with excellent tech expertise