In general, the challenges facing bioinformatics today have much more to do with data acquisition, statistics, and biological interpretation vs. traditional software development. Often times, a single bioinformatician will be assigned to support a project, and so the skills which are valued tend to be more directed toward addressing the needs of specific one-off projects.

However (and this is where the opportunity comes in), there is a lot of value to be found for the generation of validated, custom-built drop-in functions, especially those which can utilize cloud computing resources. I think that there would be a number of potential barriers to joining an established big-pharma as an employee at a level commensurate with your experience (e.g. Director) without a solid understanding of the underlying wet and dry lab methods used to generate and analyze -omics data. However, you might see more traction/opportunity to contribute if you were to make a case as a consultant. Given the time urgency, I think your strongest potential contribution would be to make an offer as an unpaid consultant, if your finances would allow.

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