Bioinformatics Team Leader - Genomics and Fieldable Analytics

About the role

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Parsons is seeking a Bioinformatics Team Leader – Genomics and Fieldable Analytics to lead bioinformatics, computational biology, pipeline-development, and software-engineering support for NMRC BDRD. This key-personnel position will guide a multidisciplinary bioinformatics team supporting pathogen genomics, biosurveillance, emerging-threat response, and fieldable analytical capabilities. The successful candidate will provide senior technical leadership for automated pipelines, genomic analysis, AI and machine-learning methods, fieldable software, international laboratory support, and operational reach-back.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of bioinformatics analysts and engineers supporting genomic and infectious-disease research.
• Develop, validate, benchmark, and maintain automated bioinformatics pipelines.
• Perform or oversee genome assembly, annotation, taxonomic profiling, phylogenetics, and molecular epidemiology.
• Guide bioinformatics analysis of clinical, environmental, wastewater, animal, vector, bacterial, viral, and bacteriophage samples.
• Lead the testing and evaluation of bioinformatics software and methods for DoD applications.
• Develop or improve fieldable bioinformatics software and analytical workflows.
• Apply AI or machine-learning methods to biological and genomic data.
• Establish reproducible methods, documentation, source-control practices, and quality standards.
• Develop user guides, training materials, and technical documentation.
• Support field demonstrations and training for laboratory personnel and field operators.
• Coordinate scheduled reach-back support, including support outside standard business hours when required.
• Collaborate with CONUS and OCONUS partners in resource-limited or potentially austere environments.
• Communicate technical findings through reports, briefings, publications, and presentations.

Requirements

• Ph.D