Lead, Bioinformatics Platform

Lead, Bioinformatics Platform Department/Division Bioinformatics Platform Position Summary The Lead of the Bioinformatics Platform provides scientific, technical, operational and financial leadership for the Platform's bioinformatics and software infrastructure teams. The position is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the delivery and continuous development of bioinformatics services, computational workflows, software tools and data infrastructure that support KAUST researchers and Core Labs. The role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership to a multidisciplinary team of bioinformatics and software professionals, ensuring that the Platform delivers reliable, scalable and high-quality services while developing new capabilities aligned with KAUST's research priorities. The Lead works closely with the Platform Chair and affiliated faculty, as well as the Bioscience Core Lab, KAUST IT, Supercomputing Core Lab, other Research Platforms and Core Labs, researchers, external collaborators and other stakeholders. The role spans the Platform's operation, infrastructure, service and research & development activities, with particular emphasis on integrating computational infrastructure, bioinformatics analysis, workflow automation and software development into robust and sustainable research capabilities. Major Responsibilities Provide scientific, technical, operational and financial leadership for the Bioinformatics Platform team and ensure effective coordination