Vice President, Translational Computational Biology
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The Impact You'll Make
As the Vice President of Translational Computational Biology, you’ll set the strategy and drive the implementation of connecting data from our genome‑scale -omics platforms with population‑ and patient‑derived genetics. You will leverage advanced analytics, including ML/data science, to identify novel biological and chemical hypotheses and to validate those insights as they progress rapidly and efficiently through our drug development funnel.
* Identify and set the strategy on technological and analytical advances in the computational biology field that will directly advance Recursion’s portfolio and its mission to industrialize drug development.
* Mentor teams to develop technologies to address specific questions that move multiple drug program and partnership projects forward.
* Collaborate with Recursion’s research‑oriented teams to evaluate new technologies and decide on which to transition toward scaled production.
* Lead the strategy and implementation efforts to identify optimal disease and patient linkages to our -omics phenotypes, along with the discovery and validation of translational biomarkers and patient selection solutions to drive precision medicine for our therapeutic programs.
* Contribute to the strategy for the collection of patient genetic and biomarker data in Recursion clinical trials for reverse translation, while also supporting the Recursion OS and clinical portfolio.
* Collaborate with groups in discovery biology, chemistry, and data science to rapidly deliver a portfolio of therapeutic programs to the clinic.
* Guide teams of computational biologists and data scientists in executing the above strategy to industrialize the process of turning maps into medicines.
Success in this role will be primarily defined by the impact you show on the industrialization of program initiation with translatable genetic/genomic insights, and of program progression to development with defined, validated biomarker strategies in clinical development. Success will be defined by the delivery from and development of the therapeutic area computational teams reporting to you.
The Team You’ll Join
As the VP, Translational Computational Biology, you will report to the SVP Clinical Development & Data Science, joining a diverse leadership team spanning research, development, data science, machine learning, computational chemistry, and computational biology across Recursion.
The Experience You’ll Need
* 7+ years applying expertise in computational biology in service of advancing drug discovery and drug development programs. Particular consideration will be given to candidates with experience in oncology.
* Experience working in partnerships with both wet‑lab and computational components.
* Demonstrated ability to manage multiple project teams with cross‑functional delivery goals.
* A track‑record for pairing large‑scale patient/population datasets in a closed loop with high‑throughput in vitro functional genomics to transform the process of identifying targets, models, and biomarkers with patient connectivity and validity.
* Experience in developing and implementing patient stratification / precision medicine solutions in clinical development leveraging multi‑omics and clinical data and well versed in regulatory considerations.
* Strong leadership of a multi‑level management tree fostering an inclusive and diverse group with a passion for developing world‑class talent in a matrixed environment.
* Curiosity and the professional skill‑set to excel in an open, highly collaborative, and growth‑oriented environment.
Our Platform
The Recursion OS is our platform for the industrialization of drug discovery, linking digital and physical workflows to automate therapeutic program initiation and optimization in a scaled, data‑driven manner. These workflows automatically validate biological insights from high‑dimensional in vitro profiling and optimize chemical matter through loops of experimental data and ML predictions. They are powered by patient datasets and Recursion’s “maps of biology” – a unique system integrating genome‑scale reverse genetics and chemical profiling in a high‑dimensional, uniform biological assay to predict trillions of relationships between biological perturbations and therapeutic candidates.
Working Location & Compensation
This is an onsite role based in our Salt Lake City, New York City, or London office with a hybrid schedule. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range is £200,200 – £239,800 GBP. You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
The Values We Hope You Share
* We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
* We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect – showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
* We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
* We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
* We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy – leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
* We are One Recursion. True cross‑functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical‑stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously generate one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine‑learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. By commanding massive experimental scale — up to millions of wet‑lab experiments weekly — and massive computational scale — owning and operating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world — Recursion is uniting technology, biology and chemistry to advance the future of medicine.
Equality & Inclusion
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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