Hybrid Associate Director, FAIR Data Operations

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About the role

  • Associate Director leading FAIR data operations in Oncology data science. Focusing on quality data products and team management in Life Sciences/Pharma.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy and execution of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data operations across oncology biomarkers, translational science, clinical development, and real-world evidence
  • Own the operating model for end-to-end data flows to deliver scalable, compliant, high-quality data products
  • Partner with scientific, clinical, engineering, and governance leaders to embed FAIR-by-design and strengthen cross-functional data culture
  • Define the FAIR data roadmap, OKRs, and standards for ingestion, curation, harmonization, and provisioning across multi-omics, imaging, clinical, and RWE; drive enterprise metadata and ontology adoption
  • Build and develop a high-performing team; lead cross-functional squads and foster continuous improvement
  • Design and oversee primary data flows, monitoring, SLOs, incident/problem management, documentation, lineage, and catalog-driven access
  • Implement data/metadata standards and controlled vocabularies; embed privacy-by-design and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR)
  • Partner with data product teams to deliver reusable FAIR assets, accelerate curation, and capture metadata at source
  • Translate scientific needs into requirements, run governance cadences, communicate risk/value, and champion agile/ DataOps ways of working

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Life Sciences; PhD preferred
  • 5+ years' experience in data management/operations within Life Sciences/Pharma R&D and 2+ years leading teams/programs
  • Proven scale-up of FAIR practices across complex R&D data (digital pathology, genomics, -omics, clinical, RWE)
  • Technical: Unix/Python familiarity, workflow orchestration, standards/ontology implementation, data privacy/compliance, and strong stakeholder communication

Benefits

  • qualified retirement programs
  • paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
  • health, dental, and vision coverage

Job title

Associate Director, FAIR Data Operations

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$128,000 - $192,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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