Cardiovascular Research Data Coordinator — Python + AI

University Of Michigan; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is seeking a Research Data Coordinator (term limited) to support data governance, cleaning, and pipeline maintenance for a high-profile program. You will work with senior data scientists to ensure data integrity and reproducible workflows.

You will contribute to clinical data management, documentation, and reporting, enabling investigators to focus on grant-funded science while operating in a collaborative, mission-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field.
• 1-3 years of experience in a related field.
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis, including data cleaning, transformation, and pipeline support
• Experience working with structured datasets: quality control, documentation, and reproducible workflows
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks
• Supervisory and budget administration experience.
• Ability to prepare and present written and code-based (Python) reports of work progress, methods, and results
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work effectively with data scientists, faculty investigators, and administrative staff

Responsibilities

• Support data governance, pipeline maintenance, and code documentation across active research datasets, including data extracted from clinical sources such as U-M DataDirect
• Perform data cleaning, transformation, and quality control using Python; maintain and update project databases and data dictionaries
• Coordinate data transfers, linkages, and formatting across platforms and study sites; support REDCap database management and data entry quality monitoring
• Prepare and present written and code-based (Python) reports of work progress, data quality metrics, and analytic results
• Document analytic workflows to ensure reproducibility
• Support administrative research tasks to enable investigators to focus on grant-funded scientific activities
• Collaborate with research coordinators to identify and resolve data discrepancies
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Python

Data analysis

Data cleaning

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Git

REDCap

PostgreSQL

Job description

The University of Michigan's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is seeking a Research Data Coordinator (term limited) to support data governance, cleaning, and pipeline maintenance for a high-profile program. You will work with senior data scientists to ensure data integrity and reproducible workflows.

You will contribute to clinical data management, documentation, and reporting, enabling investigators to focus on grant-funded science while operating in a collaborative, mission-driven