Viome is a wellness and therapeutics platform company that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to biological data – e.g., microbiome, transcriptome and metabolome data – to provide personalized recommendations for healthy living. We are a small, interdisciplinary and passionate team of experts in biochemistry, microbiology, medicine, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
We are seeking a Health Informatics Lead based in NYC with broad responsibilities to drive the company’s agenda for implementing a range of clinical studies. This agenda will consist of systematically collecting clinical and behavioral data, and connecting it to molecular data derived from our lab, to support a range of experiments related to chronic disease detection and intervention. You will work in conjunction with a multi-disciplinary R&D team, including experts in lab technologies, translational science, bioinformatics, and data science. Responsibilities will include building a world-class team and platform from which we will discover, validate and develop cutting-edge next generation health solutions. This is a unique opportunity to have an impact on the success of a well-positioned, well-financed health technology company.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Health Informatics agenda for the company, with knowledge of a broad range of strategies and data/software tools to effectively implement clinical studies
- Help architect the overall structure of clinical study workflows/protocols and guide the engineering of data/software prototypes, and eventual integration into scalable and robust production-level systems
- Manage a team of data/software engineering and clinical coordination professionals, with hands-on technical and scientific experience to guide them, and to mentor junior members of the team
- Provide intellectual/technical leadership to guide clinical study implementation strategies, including data collection from a wide range of clinical and consumer health devices/apps, engineering of software for clinical study recruitment and management, questionnaires via chatbots, forms & apps, as well as data analytics and text mining from unstructured data
- Work cross-functionally and collaboratively with clinical, biological and data science teams to implement new strategies and troubleshoot any unforeseen roadblocks
- Clearly communicate health informatics strategies and data outputs to those not in the field such as internal stakeholders and consultants including clinical, legal, regulatory, manufacturing colleagues
Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of professional experience with health informatics related fields
- Strong team leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Thorough knowledge of health technologies to support clinical study protocols. Knowledge of molecular biology and microbiology a plus.
- Understanding of data collection platforms and tools on AWS; and core technologies such as Java, Python, Postgres SQL based databases, source code revision control such as github; and familiarity with software engineering discipline and agile development methods
- Experience with FDA clinical trial protocols and guidance documentation will be a major plus
- Excellent work ethic and willingness to work collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment are essential
Viome is 130+ person start-up offering a successful commercial product that has generated high demand. With offices in California, New Mexico, New York and Washington, we are looking to hire team members capable of working in dynamic environments, who have a positive attitude and enjoy collaboration. If you have the skills and are excited about Viome’s mission, we’d love to hear from you.