About the Role
The Senior Bioinformatician plays a key role in delivering NGS bioinformatics services and products to a diverse customer base. This role oversees and carries out expert duties in the day-to-day bioinformatic work of specific services, in close collaboration with project management and sales teams.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate bioinformatic work with NGS project management, from order placement to data delivery
- Ensure timely and efficient data quality control and analysis duties
- Carry out design for custom targeted genotyping assays (Amp-Seq and Flex-Seq)
- Act as an escalation point for project-related quality issues, involving Innovation Hub staff where needed
- Adhere to and support local quality management systems
- Maintain regular communication with customers to understand specific requirements, clarify expectations, and monitor satisfaction
- Contribute to general bioinformatics storage housekeeping
- Carry out custom analyses to support troubleshooting activities
- Actively participate in internal programs that promote continuous improvement
- Perform other duties as required, or assigned by management, to meet business needs
Requirements
- Degree in a scientific discipline or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a service laboratory environment
- Proven bioinformatics experience in custom targeted genotyping assay designs (Amp-Seq or similar)
- Experience with LIMS and quality systems
- Experience in maintaining and authoring quality documentation (e.g. SOPs)
- Familiarity with cross-functional collaboration (e.g. with Quality or Customer Services/ Commercial)
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma)
Skills
- Fluent in English & German (C1/C2 Minimum)
- Solid knowledge of NGS technologies
- Hands-on experience with typical bioinformatics workflows
- Proficiency in Bash shell scripting and Python
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy in work
- Ability to work methodically, reliably, and in a highly organised manner
- Flexibility to adapt to changing operational conditions
- Commercial awareness and motivation for both personal and business growth
- Ability to influence others effectively
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree in a scientific discipline
About the Company
- LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments.
- Our high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality and range.
- Our tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimize food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.
- LGC’s 175+ years of scientific heritage, combined with a track record of innovation and value-enhancing acquisitions, has enabled the company to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community.
- Join us and help us achieve our mission of Science for a Safer World!
Equal Opportunity
- LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, parental responsibilities, religion, or belief.
- Shortlisting, interviewing, and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.
