Biotech Health Data Governance Lead

Alignerr Corp.; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Biotech Health Data Governance Lead to help shape how AI training uses biotech data. You will ensure accuracy, lineage, and auditability of clinical trial and research data to support scientific discovery, regulatory submissions, and advanced analytics.

This is a fully remote hourly contract role. We value experts in biotech, life sciences, or regulated data environments who can work asynchronously across scientific, IT, compliance, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Experience leading governance programs in biotech or regulated data environments.
• Strong knowledge of privacy, security, compliance for research data.
• Ability to work asynchronously in a remote setting.

Responsibilities

• Govern biotech research and clinical trial data with auditability for analysis and submissions.
• Define and enforce data policies across classification, access controls, security protocols, and metadata standards.
• Enable governed data access for analytics and collaborations while protecting patient information.
• Identify data quality gaps and drive improvements to strengthen compliance and integrity.
• Collaborate with scientific, IT, compliance, and business stakeholders to align data standards and governance frameworks.
• Support AI model development by ensuring datasets meet quality standards.

Skills

Data governance

Regulatory compliance

Biotech / life sciences

Job description

Biotech Health Data Governance Lead (AI Training)

What if your deep expertise in biotech data governance could directly shape how AI understands and works with life sciences research? We're looking for a Biotech Health Data Governance Lead to ensure that clinical trial and research data is accurate, traceable, compliant, and ready to power scientific discovery, regulatory submissions, and advanced AI-driven analytics.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for experienced professionals in biotech, life sciences, or regulated data environments who want to do meaningful work at the intersection of science and cutting-edge AI.

About The Role

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10-40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Govern biotech research and clinical trial data to ensure accuracy, lineage, and full auditability for scientific analysis and regulatory submissions
• Define and enforce data policies covering classification, access controls, security protocols, and metadata standards across research, clinical, regulatory, and partner teams
• Enable secure, governed data access for analytics, innovation pipelines, and external collaborations — while rigorously protecting confidential and patient-related information
• Identify data quality gaps and drive improvements that strengthen compliance and research integrity
• Collaborate cross-functionally with scientific, IT, compliance, and business stakeholders to align data standards, workflows, and governance frameworks
• Support AI model development by ensuring underlying biotech and clinical datasets meet the highest standards of quality and trustworthiness

Who You Are

• Experienced in leading or implementing data governance programs within biotech, life sciences, clinical research, or regulated data environments
• Strong command of data privacy, security, compliance, and regulatory expectations specific to research and clinical trial data
• Comfortable navigating complex, cross-functional environments — bridging scientific, technical, and business teams around shared data standards
• Detail-oriented and systematic, with a track record of building governance frameworks that hold up under regulatory scrutiny
• Self-directed and reliable when working independently in an asynchronous, remote setting

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with data annotation, data quality evaluation, or AI training data pipelines
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GCP, GDPR, or HIPAA as applied to research data
• Background in clinical data management, bioinformatics, or health informatics
• Experience working with external research partners or CROs on data governance protocols

Why Join Us

• Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading life sciences research teams and AI research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — structure your work around your schedule
• Freelance autonomy with the substance of high-stakes, meaningful work
• Directly influence how AI models understand and reason about biotech and clinical research data
• Exposure to frontier AI development and how high-quality governed data enables better science
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch