Comp Health Information Data Manager II

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a Data Manager to oversee data for research studies and computational health informatics projects. The role involves collaborating with project directors and investigators on data design, development, validation, and data quality procedures, while supervising junior data staff.

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree (MS/MA preferred) and at least two years of data management experience, with the ability to provide training and maintain data standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MS/MA preferred.
• 2 years of data management experience.
• Experience coordinating data for research studies and informatics projects.

Responsibilities

• Provides data coordination and data management services for research studies and other computational health informatics projects.
• Design and preparation of clinical and/or bench research data sets and reports for researchers and stakeholders.
• Collaborates with researchers to provide technical advice and solve problems related to informatics projects.
• Collects, enters, and imports data into program-specific databases and informatics software.
• Supports reporting for data review, quality control, and interim/final analyses.
• Designs, develops, and validates databases to support informatics projects.

Skills

Data management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

MS/MA preferred

Job description

Position Summary

Provides management of data for research studies and other computational health informatic projects. Collaborates with Project Directors and Principal Investigators on the design, functionality, development, implementation, and validation of complex data sets and databases. Develop and assists implementation of case report forms for computational health informatics projects, including data management and data quality procedures. Performs analyses independently. Supervises junior data managers and data staff

Key Responsibilities

• Provides data coordination and data management services for research studies and other computational health informatics projects.
• Design and preparation of clinical and/or bench research and other computational health informatics project data sets and reports for use by researchers, team members, and/or other data analysts and stakeholders.
• Confers with researchers, team members, and other stakeholders to provide technical advice and provides problem solving assistance, and answers questions about computational health informatics projects.
• Collects, collates, enters and/or imports data into program-specific databases and other research and informatics software applications.
• May track data requests and provide help and training to stakeholders who are using computational health informatics software and systems.
• Supports computational health informatics project reporting for data review, quality control checks, and interim and final analysis.
• Designs, develops, and validates databases using application software suitable for supporting informatics projects, including data sets.
• Provides educational support and training to researchers, study staff, and stakeholders for the development and implementation of research studies and informatics projects.
• Assists in supervision of other data management staff and provides project management support for research studies and other computational health informatics projects.
• Serves as a resource for data management best practices. Collaborates with project investigators and establish priorities and strategies for resource development and core goal setting.
• Provides positive and effective stakeholder services and contributes to teamwork within and between departments, divisions, programs and other organizations.
• Ensures work on computational health informatics projects is performed in conformance with established institutional, program, federal, and state policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor's degree in a related field is required; a MS/MA is preferred. Health Science public health, epidemiology, mathematics or closely related fields, including course work in statistics or other relevant analytic techniques

Experience:

• 2 years of experience in data management.