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With a career at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, you play an important role in helping to fulfill our mission and ultimate goal: the eradication of cancer and related diseases. We are ranked as one of the nation's best midsize employers and offer exciting jobs and careers to match your skills, interests, and passions.

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is to provide expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases.

 

 

As an affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute, the Institute also provides training for new generations of physicians and scientists, designs programs that promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations, and disseminates innovative patient therapies and scientific discoveries to our target community across the United States and throughout the world.

 

Feb 11, 2026  
Associate Bioinformatician - Cancelas Lab
Job Ref:JR-1554 Location:450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:IT/Informatics Employment Type:Full time Work Location:Onsite: 100% onsite Salary/Pay Rate:$71,700.00 - $78,800.00 per year Overview The Associate Bioinformatician is training to become a Bioinformatician and works under the direct supervision of a manager. The Bioinformatician is a quantitative informatics professional who specializes in the acquisition, management, classification, processing, integration, analysis, and distribution of complex and/or large-scale biological data, and the relevant software tools, databases, and other systems needed to support this work. Relevant data types may include nucleic acid or protein sequences, RNA expression, other ‘omics data types, molecular or clinical imaging, high-throughput screening, text, lab results, digital health, and other clinical and operational data. The Bioinformatician may work in support of research or operational projects. Located...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA Full time
Feb 04, 2026  
Associate Writer/Digital Content Producer
Job Ref:JR-1357 Location:21 27 Burlington Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:Communications/Marketing Employment Type:Full time Work Location:Remote: occasional onsite Salary/Pay Rate:$62,900.00 - $66,200.00 per year Overview The Associate Writer/Digital Content Producer, writes, produces, curates, and edits content for Dana-Farber’s diverse communications channels, advancing our reputation and connecting staff to our mission through effective, consistent storytelling, both online and in print. The position is an integral part of Dana-Farber’s ambitious communications and marketing efforts and has major responsibility for creating a variety of content. This position's work location is fully remote with occasional time on-campus in Boston, MA. The selected candidate may only work remotely from a New England state (ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI). Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA Full time
Jan 06, 2026  
Public Safety Officer - 2nd Shift (Mon-Fri 3-11pm)
Job Ref:JR-338 Location:450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:Quality/Risk Management/Patient Safety Employment Type:Full time Work Location:Boston Job Posting Location Salary/Pay Rate:$46,300.00 - $51,400.00 per year Overview This position is fully onsite Monday through Friday from 3-11pm. Under close supervision, provides emergency response to a variety of situations and incidents to support the department, patients, clinicians and/or faculty. Provides protection to people and property through patrol, investigation, monitoring alarms, and surveillance cameras. Provides a high level of customer service by interacting with patients, visitors, and staff in a professional manner that is proactive, friendly, and helpful. Uses various office software to produce reports. May be required to interface with senior management, cross-organizations, and internal and external customers. For all of these, the work will require the application of well-established...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA Full time
Jan 06, 2026  
Assistant Professor of Immunology – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Job Ref:JR-312 Location:450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:Faculty/Health Educator Employment Type:Full time Work Location:Boston Job Posting Location Salary/Pay Rate:$140,000.00 - $337,500.00 per year Overview The Department of Cancer Immunology & Virology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. The recruitment process for this role is ongoing, and we are continuing to accept applications. We are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated potential for creativity and excellence who investigate the fields of cancer immunology and immunotherapy, with the long-term goal of developing novel approaches for the treatment of cancer. Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA Full time
Jan 06, 2026  
Associate Computational Biologist
Job Ref:JR-276 Location:450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:IT/Informatics Employment Type:Full time Work Location:Boston Job Posting Location Salary/Pay Rate:$60,000.00 - $67,466.00 per year Overview A computationally-oriented team led by Rameen Beroukhim and Simona Dalin at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Broad Institute seeks an associate computational biologist to join in efforts to develop and apply cutting-edge genomic algorithms and analyses to characterize genomic rearrangements in cancers and normal tissues, and better understand how errors in double strand break (DSB) repair result in these rearrangements. This individual will contribute to a lively team and wider community of laboratory scientists, computational biologists, cancer geneticists, and software engineers dedicated to discovering and understanding the alterations in the cancer genome and discovering cancer vulnerabilities that could lead to new therapeutics. We are looking for...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA Full time
Jan 06, 2026  
Public Safety Officer - Per Diem
Job Ref:JR-336 Location:450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215 Category:Quality/Risk Management/Patient Safety Employment Type:Per Diem Work Location:Boston Job Posting Location Salary/Pay Rate:$46,300.00 - $51,400.00 per year Overview This is a Per Diem position is fully onsite and requires the ability to cover any shift. The primary post will be at our main campus (Longwood) but will need to have the flexibility to cover shifts at our regional campuses (South Shore Hospital, Merrimack Valley, and Londonderry, NH). It may also be eligible for Shift Differentials depending on the shift(s) worked. Under close supervision, provides emergency response to a variety of situations and incidents to support the department, patients, clinicians and/or faculty. Provides protection to people and property through patrol, investigation, monitoring alarms, and surveillance cameras. Provides a high level of customer service by interacting with patients, visitors, and staff in a...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA, USA