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Associate Director, Computational Biology – Early Discovery

Recursion· Data Science
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Hybrid (Salt Lake City, Utah)$200k - $220.5kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Associate Director in Recursion’s early discovery team leading a computational biology group to identify and advance oncology targets and therapeutics, integrating multi-omics data to nominate targets, validate biology, and define precision oncology strategies, while mentoring a team and collaborating cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Target Discovery: Evaluate molecular evidence for target nomination and validation, leveraging Recursion’s platform to identify novel vulnerabilities in disease biology
  • Lead and mentor a team of data scientists and computational biologists, fostering scientific rigor, experimentation, delivery, and professional growth
  • Pilot novel methods for target discovery, disease biology validation, and early patient population hypotheses to send programs into nomination cascades
  • Define internal criteria for target data packages and early patient population strategy
  • Connect your team’s analysis methods to platform and engineering teams to solve current projects and accelerate future ones
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with biologists, medicinal chemists, translational and clinical leads to build compelling data packages that drive program milestones and portfolio investment decisions
  • Present data analysis to external decision makers and stakeholders in a clear and compelling way to drive medicines to patients

Qualifications

  • PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, cancer biology, immuno-oncology, or related field with strong computational focus and 3+ years of biotech or pharma industry experience OR MS in a relevant field with 5+ years of biotech or pharma industry experience in early drug discovery
  • Domain expertise in oncology or immunological diseases
  • Strong understanding of patient genetics and druggability of disease-relevant pathways
  • Experience applying computational methods (probabilistic, statistical, and/or machine learning) to analyze and integrate complex biological and/or human clinical data in Python or R
  • Exceptional data visualization skills
  • Track record of managing and developing direct reports within a scientific/technical environment
  • Excellent cross-functional communication skills with ability to explain complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences

Skills

Required:Target discovery and data-driven target nominationLeadership and mentorshipComputational biology and bioinformaticsData visualizationCross-functional communication

Benefits

  • annual bonus
  • equity compensation
  • comprehensive benefits package
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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