Remote Associate Director, Cancer Registry & Data Strategy

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer-sponsored retirement plan

Educational opportunities

Job summary

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking an Associate Director of the Cancer Registry to provide strategic and operational leadership for a critical institutional program. Lead data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting to support surveillance, compliance, accreditation, and decision-making across patient care, research, education, and cancer prevention.

You will oversee data submissions to the Texas Cancer Registry and NCDB, ensure state and federal reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• CTR - Certified Tumor Registrar required (upon hire).
• 6 years of healthcare or business management experience, including 3 years of project management.
• Experience leading a cancer registry program and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Cancer Registry.
• Ensure complete, accurate, and timely cancer data submissions to the Texas Cancer Registry and NCDB.
• Oversee integration of Cancer Registry with EHR (including OneConnect, FIRE) and data workflows.
• Represent MD Anderson in professional organizations and advisory committees.
• Lead accreditation activities and readiness for CoC accreditation.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory compliance

Data governance

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Business Administration, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or related field

Master's Degree in Informatics, Epidemiology, or related field

Tools

SQL

EHR systems (Epic)

Job description

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking an Associate Director of the Cancer Registry to provide strategic and operational leadership for a critical institutional program. Lead data collection, validation, analysis, and reporting to support surveillance, compliance, accreditation, and decision-making across patient care, research, education, and cancer prevention.

You will oversee data submissions to the Texas Cancer Registry and NCDB, ensure state and federal reporting