Director, Scientific Data Insights

Datavant; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant, the data collaboration platform for healthcare, seeks a Director, Scientific Data Insights to lead client-facing work and steer data strategy. You will design data models, map diverse datasets, and coordinate with data science, engineering and product teams to deploy new sources.

This role emphasizes strong leadership, strategic thinking, and deep domain knowledge in health data. You will translate complex requirements into actionable datasets, manage stakeholder expectations, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of operational or management experience using real-world data, preferably in life sciences or healthcare.
• Master’s degree in a science-related field, or an undergraduate/above engineering degree.
• Analytical experience with health care data and longitudinal patient data.
• SQL coding experience is a plus.
• Ability to develop and manage processes, operations and technology for data ingestion and implementation.
• Strong time management and multitasking abilities.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to self-motivate and lead others, with potential to manage team timelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including with senior executives and customers.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Leading client-facing interactions to understand data needs and advise fit-for-purpose datasets and data models.
• Collaborating internally to deploy new data sources and advise on data opportunities and partnerships.
• Liaising between client and internal technical teams on data model design and transformation.
• Developing frameworks to assess datasets and identify best-fit use cases.
• Guiding stakeholders on datasets for therapeutic areas and analytic solutions.
• Communicating data strategy and priorities to leadership and internal teams.
• Liaising with external data partners and internal teams to deploy new data sources.
• Working in a collaborative, matrixed environment.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership

Communication

Education

Master's degree in science or engineering

Tools

SQL

Job description

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

As a Director, Scientific Data Insights you will be a key team leader responsible for leading client-facing interactions to understand their data needs and providing directives on fit-for-purpose datasets and data model creation. You will also collaborate internally to deploy new data sources and advise on data opportunities and potential data partnerships to support data strategy objectives.

Responsibilities

The following duties and capabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing data models, both the design and ability to map different data sets to a data model that was designed by the candidate
• Understanding how stacking data works (putting two or more data sets together that are similar)
• Understanding how linking data works (putting two or more data sets together that are different)
• Reading data dictionaries, be able to develop data dictionaries for clients, know data dictionaries best practices
• Ability to liaise between client and internal technical teams on data model design and transformation
• Developing internal and external frameworks to assess datasets and identify best-fit for various use cases
• Advising internal stakeholders on best datasets for therapeutic areas and analytic solutions; lead the effort to validate and assess datasets with key internal constituents, and determine key research questions that can be addressed by specific data sources
• Communicating with leadership and key internal constituents on data strategy and priorities
• Liaising between external data partners and internal sales, delivery, product and engineering teams to deploy new data sources
• Working in a highly collaborative and matrixed environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of operational or management experience using real-world data, with preference for use in life sciences and/or other healthcare industries
• Master’s degree in a science-related field, or an engineering degree at the undergraduate level or above
• Analytical experience with health care data; capabilities in acquiring and analyzing clinical data sets, and longitudinal patient data; experience with choosing and applying real-world data to specific research questions as well as entire therapeutic areas
• SQL coding experience is a plus
• Ability to develop and manage processes, operations and technology for data set ingestion and implementation
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multitask and prioritize work
• Exceptional attention to detail and extremely strong problem-solving skills to anticipate and proactively recommend solutions
• Ability to self-motivate and lead others– while the person will be an individual contributor at this time, they will be expected to manage other team’s timelines and team members within projects
• Strong written and verbal communications, including with senior executives and customers
• Travel as required

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job. This role is eligible for additional variable compensation.

The estimated base salary range (not including variable pay) for this role is:

$180,000—$200,000 USD

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

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