Research Data Systems Manager I — Health Informatics

Boston Children’s Hospital; Brookline (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a full-time Computational Health Informatics Data Manager I to oversee data infrastructure across multiple research projects, including Emotion and the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. This role centers on database design, data quality, and secure handling without direct participant contact.

You will develop automated pipelines, ensure HIPAA compliance, coordinate data transfers with collaborators, and support grant reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 1 year of full-time data analyst/coordinator experience.
• Proficient with Excel, R or Python, and SPSS.
• Experience formatting and exporting data for analyses.
• Commitment to data accuracy, completeness, and HIPAA security.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate databases for projects.
• Create scoring scripts and pipelines for cleaning and processing data.
• Transfer data securely with collaborators per HIPAA guidelines.
• Store project data securely using REDCap, CANTAB, and cloud apps.
• Develop data quality pipelines for questionnaires and assessments.
• Maintain longitudinal datasets using R, Python, SAS, SPSS.
• Track study measures, version control, and audit data.
• Incorporate IRB data management and sharing changes.
• Support progress reports and grant submissions with data.
• Manage data sharing and standardization for repository submissions.

Skills

Excel

R

Python

SPSS

Data cleaning

Documentation

HIPAA security

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's in biomedical engineering, psychology, statistics, or health-sciences

Tools

REDCap

CANTAB

SAS

SPSS

SQL

Job description

Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a full-time Computational Health Informatics Data Manager I to oversee data infrastructure across multiple research projects, including Emotion and the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. This role centers on database design, data quality, and secure handling without direct participant contact.

You will develop automated pipelines, ensure HIPAA compliance, coordinate data transfers with collaborators, and support grant reporting.