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Data Governance Program Manager

University of Wisconsin Madison

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PythonMachine LearningData ScienceData VisualizationStatisticsAccessibilityHRHRISHIPAAEHR/EMRClinical TrialsClinical ResearchPublic HealthResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • This role will be instrumental in building a sustainable data ecosystem that supports high-quality biomedical research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and data-driven discovery.
  • We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Program Manager to support investigators by advancing the discoverability, accessibility, integration, stewardship, and responsible sharing of biomedical research data across the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH).
  • As a member of the Office of Informatics, the successful candidate will lead institutional efforts to establish and operationalize data governance strategies that enhance the value, quality, interoperability, and reuse of research data assets spanning clinical, translational, population health, genomic, imaging, and other biomedical domains.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive biomedical research data governance program across SMPH, including best practices for research data stewardship and lifecycle management.
  • Partner with investigators to develop and implement data management and sharing plans for grant applications, ensuring alignment with funding agency requirements and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles.
  • Facilitate the discoverability, documentation, and dissemination of research datasets, including support for assigning persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs), developing metadata standards, and depositing datasets into institutional and national repositories.
  • Lead the design and implementation of data integration, linkage and secure release methodologies spanning structured, semi-structured, textual, imaging, and other heterogeneous biomedical data sources.
  • Guide the development and use of de-identified, limited, and synthetic datasets that support research access while maintaining appropriate safeguards for PHI and compliance with institutional policies.
  • Develop and implement methodologies for creating research-ready data products that enable reproducible, secure, scalable, and efficient research workflows.
  • Documents approaches to address research questions and contributes to the establishment of reproducible research methodologies and analysis workflows
  • SMPH Informatics is a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, engineers, developers and support staff.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience with at least three of the following competencies:
  • Proven experience working on a large, grant-funded project that involves data exchange and sharing.
  • We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
  • For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.
  • Required Qualifications:

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with programming languages such as Python or R, or similar.
  • Familiarity with: Biomedical and clinical research data management, Multimodal data environments including clinical, genomic, imaging, and unstructured data, and Research informatics and translational science ecosystems
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Cover letter (required)
  • Resume (required)

Compensation

  • The starting salary for the position is $120,000 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

  • School of Medicine and Public Health, Office of Informatics, Data Governance.
  • The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) is a leader in research and innovation, dedicated to improving patient outcomes through advanced data science and analytics.
  • This position is within the School of Medicine and Public Health's Office of Informatics.
  • We offer a variety of Informatics to departments and research staff within the School of Medicine and Public Health and beyond to support the conduct of high-quality clinical and translational research.
  • Experience carrying out research using clinical science or data science with electronic health records
  • PhD preferred; focus in computer science, data science, public health, bioethics or related discipline preferred.
  • Conduct and oversee data quality assessments, validation activities, and data fitness-for-use evaluations to ensure that research datasets meet established governance and scientific standards.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship and TN visas.
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