Key Result Areas: ➢ Provide strategic leadership and oversight for all Integrated Omics Core activities, ensuring alignment with QPHI’s mission to generate, integrate, and translate multi-omics data into clinical and public health applications. ➢ Direct and lead laboratory operations both technically and operationally, establishing functional procedures, work systems, and robust quality control measures to maintain internationally accredited standards. ➢ Oversee the Lab operations and Management functions, ensuring effective coordination of sample receipt, retrieval, processing, storage, and data generation to meet research and clinical timelines. ➢ Plan, monitor, and manage annual CAPEX, OPEX, and human resource requirements across the Integrated Omics Core, ensuring cost efficiency, sustainability, and compliance with QF/QPHI financial policies. ➢ Develop and implement policies, procedures, and guidelines in accordance with international best practices, ensuring compliance with biosafety, bioethics, and regulatory requirements. ➢ Drive the integration of omics research outputs with clinical initiatives, working closely with clinical, informatics, and translational medicine teams to maximize health impact. ➢ Represent QPHI at national and international forums to promote its omics capabilities, advocate for collaborations, and showcase research outcomes. ➢ Lead the development and deployment of new platforms in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, ensuring QPHI remains at the forefront of innovation. ➢ Ensure effective risk management, business continuity planning, and implementation of corrective actions across laboratory and omics operations. ➢ Establish and monitor strategic KPIs and performance metrics across omics functions, analyzing data to identify trends, drive improvements, and resolve operational issues. ➢ Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders—including QF entities, HMC, Sidra, MoPH, academia, and industry partners—to build synergies, manage partnerships, and support translational research. ➢ Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor
Minimum Knowledge, Skills &amp; Experience: ➢ PhD in one of the relevant biological or clinical sciences or Medical Doctorate (MD) with relevant experience ➢ 8 years of relevant full-time work experience in a biomedical/ medical or healthcare field, 3 of which at a supervisory level ➢ Solid background in lab and Genomics ➢ Personnel management experience ➢ Outstanding organization and time management skills as well as interpersonal communication and presentation skills ➢ Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications, to articulate ideas clearly and concisely, and to explain complex scientific concepts to non-scientists. Arabic proficiency is an advantage ➢ Proficiency in MS Office applications.

100000003545.Integrated Omics Core Director

100000003545.Integrated Omics Core Director

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