Senior Manager, Ontology Engineering, QDI

About the company

At QIAGEN, we are driven by a simple but powerful vision: making improvements in life possible. We’re dedicated to revolutionizing science and healthcare for the better. From our entrepreneurial roots to our current global presence, we've grown into a force for positive change. With thousands of employees across six continents, collaboration is our greatest strength. We’re always striving to identify talented individuals to join our exceptional teams. We have played a pivotal role in shaping modern science and healthcare, and we're just getting started. If you're someone who thrives on new challenges, values diversity, and wants to make a tangible difference in people's lives, then QIAGEN is the place for you. At QIAGEN, every day is an opportunity to make a real-life impact.

About the role

QIAGEN Digital Insights is a leading provider of bioinformatics software and knowledge bases used by life scientists to gain insight from the molecular information in their biological samples. We have developed industry-leading software tools for analysis and reporting of biological data. We are passionate about our users, products, and our vision, and are seeking smart, motivated engineers and scientists to join our team in creating software that helps improve people's lives.

As the Manager of Bioinformatics / Ontology Engineering, you will manage a team of 7-10 bioinformaticians as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team of scientists, bioinformaticians, knowledge engineers, and software engineers building powerful tools to gain biological insight into RNA-Seq and DNA-Seq data. You will use your background in biological science and programming skills to assure the scientific quality of biological interpretations, supporting analytics, and information in our applications.

We have built a world-class Knowledge Base rich with molecular and functional relationships derived from scientific literature and biological databases. In combination with our Knowledge Base, we use semantic technologies and other computational techniques to provide biological context to our analytics.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on management and development of creating new pipelines for content acquisition including targeted manual curation and automated processing of structured and unstructured biological data.
• Work collaboratively with other teams to make decisions on content modeling and integration for all QIAGEN products and services.
• Contribute to quality control and reliability efforts for our processes, pipelines, tools, and models that support development, build, and maintenance of our biological content.
• Review and refine data and software requirements, use cases, and workflows for product features to ensure that they are scientifically valid, technically robust, and testable.

Requirements

• Domain knowledge evidenced by a graduate degree and applied experience in genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics, or related field.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools in genome biomedical research (e.g., genomic databases, genome browsers, mutation repositories), or integrative data analysis as it relates to genetics, multiomics, cell biology, physiology, and pathology.
• Proven ability to solve problems using programming skills, especially in Python, Perl, or Java. 5+ years of experience or formal or advanced training preferred.
• Experience with database design and programming (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, Neo4j).

Preferred Qualifications

• 7-10 years hands-on experience developing bioinformatics data pipelines including testing and deployment to production systems.
• 7-10 years management experience of software and bioinformatics engineers, QA engineers, and strong agile process management.
• Experience in working with formalized Quality Assurance (QA) processes within a Quality Management System (QMS).
• Strong understanding of medical genetics, pharmacogenetics, molecular pathology, or oncology.
• Knowledge of information extraction (IE), data integration, ontology, semantic technology, machine learning (ML), or natural language processing (NLP).
• Knowledge of software development best practices, quality controls, and testing techniques.

Pay

The estimated base salary range for this position is $180,000 - $235,000. Compensation will be based on the candidate’s experience, skills, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

• Bonus plan
• Generous benefits
• Referral Program
• Volunteer Day
• Internal Academy (QIALearn)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Hybrid work (conditional to your role)

About the team

Our people are the heartbeat of everything we do. Passion drives us as we push boundaries to innovate and evolve. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We cultivate a collaborative, supportive environment where each individual and team can flourish. We champion accountability and encourage entrepreneurial thinking.