Research & Data Operations Coordinator

Naitive; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A medical technology company in the UK is seeking a Research & Data Operations Coordinator to support collaborations and manage datasets. The role involves onboarding research partners, verifying imaging data, and ensuring communication between teams. Ideal candidates should have experience in medical imaging, familiarity with DICOM, and proven organizational skills. This position requires the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Experience in medical imaging data handling, particularly with DICOM formats.
• Background in supporting projects in healthcare, research, or technical domains.
• Strong organizational capabilities to manage several ongoing projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onboarding processes for new research and data partners.
• Ensure alignment between customers and internal technical teams.
• Support dataset intake and internal readiness across different teams.
• Verify completeness of incoming imaging datasets before processing.
• Act as a liaison for external collaborators and internal teams.

Skills

Experience working with medical imaging data

Familiarity with DICOM

Strong organisational skills

Confident communication skills

Ability to manage multiple workstreams

Experience in research or healthcare settings

Job description

Company Description

Naitive® is a medical technology company developing AI-driven software to reimagine orthopedic care. We are dedicated to solving urgent challenges in musculoskeletal health by building intelligent, pathway-driven technologies that help orthopedic providers surface at-risk patients, convert them to treatment, and coordinate their care – ensuring that every high-risk patient is identified early, treated appropriately, and supported throughout their journey.

OsteoSight™, our flagship technology, enables opportunistic assessment of low bone mineral density (BMD) from routine X-rays, seamlessly embedding bone health into the orthopedic care pathway. By driving earlier intervention, enabling more informed surgical planning, and addressing the urgent need to reduce osteoporotic fractures, OsteoSight exemplifies our mission to redefine how care is delivered – making better outcomes and stronger health systems a reality.

Built on academic leadership from Oxford and Cambridge and in collaboration with world-leading healthcare systems, Naitive is powering the future of orthopedic care.

Role Description

The Research & Data Operations Coordinator supports the operational delivery of Naitive’s industry collaborations, grant-funded research, and internal dataset development activities. The role sits at the interface between external research partners and internal technical teams, ensuring that collaborations are onboarded efficiently, datasets are well organised, and workflows are clearly communicated and followed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding coordination for new research and data partners, including documentation and data requirements
• Support operational alignment between customers/partners, and internal research and engineering teams
• Work with research, data engineering and software teams to support dataset intake and internal readiness
• Support anonymization and compliant handling of clinical and research datasets in collaboration with technical teams
• Perform initial checks on incoming imaging datasets (including DICOM) for completeness and usability before internal processing
• Act as a professional point of contact for collaborators, maintaining structured and responsive communication
• Track collaboration activities, deliverables, and documentation across industry and grant-funded projects
• Maintain documentation related to data provenance, and permitted data usage

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience working with medical imaging data, including familiarity with DICOM
• Experience supporting research, healthcare, or technical projects in an industry, academic or clinical setting
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams and stakeholders
• Confident written and verbal communication skills, including professional engagement with external partners and internal teams
• Demonstrated ability to work at the interface between internal teams and external partners to align systems and workflows

Please note: Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK — we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role