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Company Description

DNAnexus is the leading cloud-based SaaS company providing genomic data and analysis technology to the healthcare and life science industry. DNAnexus' health informatics platform serves customers across — biopharmaceutical, clinical diagnostics, healthcare, academic research, and government in 48 countries with compliant protection of data, privacy, and intellectual property. Our platform provides a secure and collaborative environment where genomics, multi-omics, and clinical data can be analyzed at scale, providing new insights that can lead to new scientific discoveries, targeted drug development, and better patient care. For more information on DNAnexus, please visit www.dnanexus.com or follow the company @DNAnexus.

Job Description

About DNAnexus xVantage Group

DNAnexus xVantage Group is passionate about partnerships and client success. Our partnership culture is as important as the technology we provide our clients. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their research and clinical goals with the DNAnexus solutions and services. Our team includes highly sought after experts including data scientists, bioinformaticians, cloud computing experts, and software engineers.

Job Description

DNAnexus Academy Trainer

DNAnexus Academy aims to build high-demand skills in bioinformatics, data science, and data governance and security, to help our clients effectively use our solutions to achieve their research and clinical objectives, and to convert novices to evangelists. The DNAnexus Academy Trainer works across multiple departments and stays abreast of DNAnexus product roadmap to keep the training programs relevant and ahead of demand. Training may take place remotely via web-conferencing, synchronously or asynchronously via a learning management system, and in -person.

Responsibilities

• Take an active role in the development of bioinformatics, translational informatics, and/or data science training courses designed to leverage the strengths of the DNAnexus platform
• Take an active role in the delivery of the content to DNAnexus customers, which range from the pharmaceutical industry to academic research and medical centers
• Support the implementation of online and in-person teaching methods that engage learners in a highly interactive environment
• Help to develop a coordinated curriculum content for learners at varying levels of knowledge and experience, from beginner to intermediate to advanced
• Develop training materials suitable to in-person and online training
• Work collaboratively with members of the DNAnexus Academy

Qualifications

Skills & Requirements:

• Master’s or PhD degree (or equivalent experience) in bioinformatics, data science, clinical informatics, software engineering, or life science.
• Experience in bioinformatics to support basic, translational and/or clinical research in a biotech, pharma, academic or healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated skills in public speaking for the presentation of complex concepts in an articulate, coherent and logical manner.
• Experience with in-person or online teaching in professional and/or in higher education settings.
• Experience with creating in person or online teaching materials.
• Proficient with programming languages and tools such as R, Python, Java, and Jupyter Notebook.
• Familiarity with advanced analytical concepts such as data modeling, big data, and machine learning.
• Possess a working knowledge of various NGS technologies (e.g., bulk and single cell RNA-Seq, variant analysis, ChIP-Seq, WGS/WES) and analysis tools/pipelines
• Ability to bring a solution-focused approach to settings typical of high-growth environments.
• Self-starter, highly proactive with the ability to work with minimal guidance and direction.
• Experience in adult pedagogy or training, or customer education is highly desired.
• Comfortable working across multiple teams with different expertise and work cultures.

Additional Information

Based in Mountain View, California, DNAnexus is experiencing rapid growth and is searching for the best talent to join our team. We recently completed a $100 million financing round to advance our growth globally to further serve leading healthcare and life science organizations. Key investors include Google Ventures, Perceptive Advisors, Northpond Ventures, TPG Biotech, and Foresite Capital.

If you are interested in joining our team, please apply today!