R&D Data Management Lead for AI/ML DataOps (Contract)

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Microsoft Purview governance tools?.

Vendor management

Job summary

Data Operations & R&D Data Management Manager in St. Paul, MN, leads data strategy and operations to support AI/ML development for cardiac technologies. Oversees data collection, governance, and readiness across clinical, imaging, and mapping data throughout the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, AI/ML teams, and clinical partners to ensure data quality, privacy, and regulatory compliance while managing vendors and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 5+ years in data management or related areas.
• Experience managing large, diverse datasets (clinical, imaging, mapping).
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, cataloging, and data quality processes.
• Working knowledge of cloud data platforms (Azure, Databricks) and data privacy/compliance.
• Proficient in SQL and scripting (Python).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data architecture, metadata standards, and common data models across datasets.
• Manage end-to-end data transfer, ingestion, validation, and lifecycle tracking with clinical sites and teams.
• Collaborate with engineering/AI teams to resolve data quality issues for model prep.
• Oversee data labeling/annotation programs, vendor management, and QA.
• Establish data governance covering access, retention, and security.
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, and Clinical teams to ensure compliance.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, lineage records, and SOPs.
• Serve as main contact across R&D, Clinical, IT/Cloud, and AI/ML teams.
• Manage external vendors, contracts, timelines, and deliverables.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data governance

Cloud data platforms

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Health Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure Databricks

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

FHIR

Job description

Data Operations & R&D Data Management Manager in St. Paul, MN, leads data strategy and operations to support AI/ML development for cardiac technologies. Oversees data collection, governance, and readiness across clinical, imaging, and mapping data throughout the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, AI/ML teams, and clinical partners to ensure data quality, privacy, and regulatory compliance while managing vendors and documentation.