Scientific Lead, Multi-omics

Responsibilities

• Drive demand for PTFI tools and data while leading laboratory expansion, enablement, and technical support across the global ecosystem.
• Contribute to analysis and translation of multi-omics datasets, including advancing clinically relevant thresholds to expand adoption and application of PTFI findings across research, clinical, and food system contexts.
• Identify and onboard high-capacity laboratories, conduct technical evaluations, and support scientific due diligence for laboratory partnerships.
• Support growth of the PTFI laboratory network by strengthening adoption of standardized PTFI tools, protocols, and datasets across academic, nonprofit, healthcare, and industry partners.
• Represent PTFI in technical discussions with academic, nonprofit, healthcare, and industry partners, contribute to grant proposals, technical reports, and scientific publications, and support communications articulating the scientific value of multi-omics approaches for food and health research.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with relevant experience, PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biochemistry, Clinical Sciences, or related field strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in multi-omics or analytical chemistry research, 5+ years preferred.
• Expertise in mass spectrometry-based platforms (LC-MS/MS required), with an emphasis on nontargeted approaches.
• Experience applying omics approaches to food composition analysis and / or human biospecimens in clinical or translational research contexts.
• Experience with laboratory method development, validation, and quality control.
• Familiarity with food systems research and nutrition science preferred.
• Industry, commercialization, or business development experience a plus.

Technical Competencies

• Deep understanding of metabolomics workflows, data processing pipelines, and QA/QC best practices.
• Familiarity with data harmonization, metadata standards, and reproducibility principles across distributed labs.
• Ability to translate complex analytical outputs across food and human biological datasets.

Leadership & Systems Skills

• Strong analytical and systems-oriented thinker.
• Ability to bridge scientific depth with operational execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-growing, mission-driven environment.

Compensation & Benefits

The expected pay range will be $100,000 to $115,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply.