Data Manager/Director

Lead the Future of Neurological Research

Drive data quality, governance, and innovation across a growing network of research institutions. Join a preclinical research team focused on neurology and healthcare in a hybrid role with preferred locations in Texas or North Carolina.

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee the quality, formatting, and flow of research data across all funded sites.
• Lead and manage data analysts at multiple research sites, setting standards and providing direction.
• Conduct quality control on incoming data to ensure proper labeling, naming, and formatting before it reaches the central repository.
• Design, optimize, and maintain an end-to-end data pipeline with full technical ownership.
• Enforce standardized neuro data formats across all sites.
• Maintain compliance with patient privacy requirements in a Protected Health Information (PHI)-protected cloud environment.
• Begin operations embedded at the Denver site to refine the pipeline, then roll out processes site by site while training local analysts.
• Serve as the primary liaison between leadership, the governing board, the cloud platform vendor, and the AI-ML core team.
• Scale processes to accommodate growth from approximately 10 to 50 research groups.

Skills & Requirements

• Expertise in managing large, complex healthcare data, including PHI under HIPAA and IRB protocols.
• Proficiency in de-identification, access control, and secure data transfer between institutions.
• Experience working with multimodal data, such as synced continuous recordings, video, and audio.
• Familiarity with neural recording or neuroscience data is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of standard neuro data formats (specific formats to be confirmed).
• Proven ability to build and maintain data pipelines and quality control processes.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing analysts across multiple teams or institutions.
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with senior scientists, leadership, and external vendors.
• Adaptability to ambiguity and willingness to shape the role in a dynamic environment.
• Willingness to travel and spend extended periods embedded at research sites.