Institute Associate Scientist III

The Institute Associate Scientist III participates in cross-functional research to identify and validate novel biomarkers and patient responder hypotheses, and translate these findings into novel oncology therapeutic agents to benefit patients.

What We Offer?
* Employer-paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
* Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
* Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
* Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-paid life and reduced salary protection programs.

KEY FUNCTIONS: 
* Under minimal supervision, support programs by establishing and performing new image analysis workflows to assess pharmacodynamic targets and biology of response.
* Under minimal supervision, assist in developing state-of-the-art AI-assisted models to create computational workflows, graphical interfaces, and or/interactive “APPs” to facilitate the integration and interpretation of various datasets (e.g. histopathology, multiplex IF, bulk-seq, single, and high-plex proteomic and transcriptomics) and facilitate/empower program scientists to perform these analysis workflows independently.
* Under minimal supervision, assist in establishing and integrating AI-assisted “agents” (e.g. LLMs) to enable state-of-the-art data science e.g. data-browsing/parsing/querying, project tracking, and report generation.
* Examine, identify, assess, and implement automation pipelines (at scale) to streamline a wide range of specialized tasks within TRACTION.
* Assist in developing SOPs for projects and train others in techniques learned/developed (e.g. image analysis “apps” and GUIs, parsing and simple analysis workflows of various datasets, AI-assisted (e.g. LLMs) agents).
* Interact with computational biologists, program biologists, in vivo pharmacologists, pharmacokinetic scientists, and disease expert pathologists to establish dose-response-efficacy relationships, inform tumor biology, and develop assays which are essential for future clinical studies that are incorporated into IND filings.
* Evaluate the applicability and deployment of new technologies to support translational biomarker discovery and biology of response/resistance studies, becoming a technical/functional lead and advisor to other team members.
* Effectively communicate program progress/issues to colleagues and contribute to project success.
* Under minimal supervision, design, execute, document, and interpret experiments. 
* Analyze, prepare, and present data in project team and other internal meetings as needed. 
* Employ safe lab practices.  
* Other duties assigned.

Position requires an accomplished, highly self-motivated individual with outstanding communication and organizational skills, and the ability to effectively present results and conclusions to co-workers, collaborators, and managers.  Experience independently designing and interpreting experimental results is expected and demonstrated ability for critical thinking and problem solving is a must.  Ability to work well under pressure and drive personal and team objectives that impact critical timelines is expected. A collaborative attitude, especially across various teams, is essential for this position. Finally, a willingness to serve on TRACTION-led initiatives to foster teamwork and team culture is preferred but not required.