Company Summary:

Metaphore Biotechnologies, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company building the next generation of biological therapeutics. Inspired by nature, our mission is to transform patient lives by unlocking the power of biological therapeutics with a new mimic-discovery platform.

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Position Summary:                                                               

Metaphore is seeking an innovative, think-outside-the-box Director / Senior Director of Research Informatics & Data Infrastructure. We seek an individual who can help us accelerate the growth and transformation of our research informatics and analytics tooling/pipelines. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and building data solutions that systematically capture, annotate, transform, and store large amounts of experimental data in support of AI, ML algorithm build-out, as well us business intelligence supporting operational efficiency. 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to:

• Champion implementation of data strategy to support exponential growth of AI/ML stack backed by empirical data collection at scale
• Develop and execute the roadmap for Research Informatics’ capabilities leveraging high-throughput discovery and computational design
• Lead deployment of data solutions, including product demos and in-house proof of concept development, to support the Data Science team and general lab
• Implement DevOps for Data Science team as well as Automation Engineering to deliver the highest consistency and traceability of data acquisition feeding computational pipelines
• Implement scalable data capture and sharing for manual workflows as well as production-grade workflows inclusive of NGS, flow cytometry, and phenotypic screening, taking advantage of LIMS system and sample management
• Champion workflow orchestration and integrated data capture on robotic systems and general lab systems, inclusive of interface design for metadata capture and user interaction for LIMS-driven workflows
• Introduce scalable solutions for sample management and inventory in support of data collection for millions of molecules
• Support the continued protection, creation, and expansion of the company’s intellectual property
• Present to the company’s Board of Directors, Scientific Advisors, and external stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of R&D experience across biotech/tech and academia, including leadership of mid to large-size data engineering teams and demonstrated ability to scale them
• B.S. / M.S. in computer science, computational biology, or a related field
• Expert in cloud computing concepts, such as infrastructure as code, virtualization, and serverless computing
• Experience in software product management and working with user requirements 
• Experience collaborating with wet lab scientists and managers
• Experience working in a fast-paced/agile environment
• Diverse skill set that may include cloud architecture, security (VPC, VPN, and IAM), cost analysis, CloudHealth, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and EBS, DevOps: Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform etc. programming languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, scripting languages and deployment tools: Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, pipeline architecture: Apache Airflow, Nextflow
• Lab automation integration utilizing APIs, schedulers, and workflow orchestration tools
• Ability to develop and recruit top engineering talent
• Expert in LIMS system design and management: both internal as well as external solutions eg. Benchling, CORE LIMS

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates.  The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team.   Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.