Clinical Ontology & Data Quality Lead

RXinsider LTD.; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

Inovalon seeks a Clinical Informatics & Ontology Lead to act as the enterprise SME for clinical terminology and ontology strategy. You will govern reference data, value sets, and terminology services that underpin real‑world data products, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and governance across data products.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Product, and Clinical teams to implement high‑fidelity mappings and data quality rules, while aligning with HIPAA and enterprise policies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in healthcare data, clinical informatics, terminology management, or related field with a Bachelor's.
• 7+ years with a Master's degree in a related field.
• Terminology expertise with ICD-10-CM, CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm and lifecycle management.
• SQL and data analysis skills for large healthcare datasets (EHR, claims, RWD).
• Experience designing or governing clinical normalization workflows and terminology services.
• Strong communication to translate decisions for product, engineering and executives.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in an agile environment with traceability.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, governance, and maintenance of clinical ontologies and terminology assets.
• Own terminology configuration, mappings, and implementation priorities.
• Lead clinical normalization for structured, semi‑structured, and unstructured data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Product, and Clinical teams to ensure fidelity.
• Define data quality rules, semantic checks, and normalization benchmarks.
• Guide migration of legacy reference tables to scalable terminology services.
• Evaluate new data assets for normalization readiness and semantic fit.
• Document ontology decisions, mappings, and version changes.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance and company policies.
• Travel < 15% as needed.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Terminology management

Ontology governance

Clinical informatics

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Health Informatics or related field

Master's Degree in Medical/Health Informatics

Certifications (AHIC, CPHIMS, RHIA, CCS, CHDA)

Tools

ICD-10-CM

CPT

HCPCS

SNOMED CT

LOINC

RxNorm

Job description

Inovalon seeks a Clinical Informatics & Ontology Lead to act as the enterprise SME for clinical terminology and ontology strategy. You will govern reference data, value sets, and terminology services that underpin real‑world data products, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and governance across data products.

You will collaborate with Data Engineering, Product, and Clinical teams to implement high‑fidelity mappings and data quality rules, while aligning with HIPAA and enterprise policies.