Lead, Clinical Data Factory & AI Pipelines

MUSC Health; Charleston (SC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MUSC Health in Charleston, SC seeks a Lead of the Clinical Data Factory to power AI development through compliant synthetic data pipelines, model-training readiness, and reliable data availability. You will collaborate with IS architecture, Security, and the AI Center to maintain an architecture that supports rapid experimentation while preserving PI/PHI controls.

This leadership role requires mentoring junior engineers, guiding data governance, and overseeing the lifecycle of built tools, with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience with some leadership exposure in data engineering, architecture, synthetic data systems, or regulated data environments.
• Experience in data engineering, synthetic data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, or regulated healthcare data systems.
• Familiarity with PI/PHI handling, HIPAA, or regulated-data architectures preferred.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers/architects and coordinate technical backlog or system maintenance cycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead Synthetic Data Pipeline Management & Compliance, 40% focus: maintain high‑performance pipelines with PI/PHI compliance.
• Audit, monitor, and improve data quality, performance, and lineage.
• Support model‑training workflows with high‑integrity synthetic datasets.
• Ensure operational compliance and align with IS Strategies and Approaches.
• Oversee lifecycle maintenance of AI Center Built Tools, patches, upgrades, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Communicate risks, dependencies, and enhancements proactively.
• Lead and mentor Jr. Data Engineers and Jr. Architects; maintain documentation and standards.
• Coordinate team activities to meet uptime commitments.
• Collaborate with AI Strategy & Ops, Research and AI Incubation teams to meet data needs.
• Provide data provisioning, synthetic layering, and model experimentation support for AI Center activities.
• Maintain data governance practices and data risk mitigation in collaboration with IS Guidance and Policy.

Skills

Data engineering

Leadership

ETL/ELT

HIPAA compliance

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

ETL/ELT tools

Data governance tools

Job description

MUSC Health in Charleston, SC seeks a Lead of the Clinical Data Factory to power AI development through compliant synthetic data pipelines, model-training readiness, and reliable data availability. You will collaborate with IS architecture, Security, and the AI Center to maintain an architecture that supports rapid experimentation while preserving PI/PHI controls.

This leadership role requires mentoring junior engineers, guiding data governance, and overseeing the lifecycle of built tools, with