Director, Multiomic Sciences, Quantitative Biosciences

About the role

MSD is looking for a Director, Multiomic Sciences, Quantitative Biosciences to build and lead one of the industry's most advanced molecular biomarker and multiomics group. The role integrates immunoassays, mass spectrometry, genomics, flow cytometry, single-cell technologies and AI-enabled analytics to help de-risk drug development programs and influence portfolio decisions. It is based at the research facility in Biopolis, Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the Singapore Quantitative Biosciences (QB) Leadership Team, shaping site strategy, fostering partnerships and promoting a compliant research environment.
• Lead and develop several inter-related teams, build organizational capability through talent development and workforce planning, and hold accountability for performance, resources and operational outcomes.
• Develop and execute group objectives, business plans and strategies, and lead budget, forecasting, resource allocation and compliance with quality, regulatory, data integrity and EHS requirements.
• Influence senior scientific and business leaders to align investments and portfolio priorities with organizational goals.
• Define and execute the Multiomic Sciences strategy, including immunoassays, mass spectrometry, genomics, flow cytometry and advanced omics technologies.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging biomarker technologies, next-generation omics platforms and AI/ML-enabled analytical approaches.
• Apply molecular biomarker and multiomic strategies to target discovery, validation, mechanism-of-action studies, biomarker qualification, patient stratification and pharmacodynamic assessments.
• Partner with Therapeutic Area leaders to inform go/no-go decisions, target engagement and proof-of-biology, dose selection and patient stratification.
• Build strategic partnerships internally and externally, and represent the organization as a scientific leader through publications, presentations and thought leadership.

Required profile

• PhD in a life science or related discipline with at least 8 years of relevant industry experience, or a Master's degree with at least 12 years; drug discovery and development experience is required.
• Broad therapeutic area exposure across oncology, immunology, neuroscience and cardiometabolic diseases strongly preferred.
• Experience building and leading multidisciplinary scientific teams, with strong strategic thinking, business acumen and leadership skills.

Required skills

• Substantial experience in molecular biomarker discovery, development, validation and deployment.
• Expertise in one or more of immunoassays, flow cytometry, mass spectrometry, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, single-cell technologies, biomarker sciences, translational medicine or computational biology strongly preferred.