Manager/Senior Manager (NDCT Associate Project Manager), BDH Full-time

Manager/Senior Manager (NDCT Associate Project Manager), BDH

The Biomedical Data Hub (BDH) curates and maintains strategic deidentified health data cohorts and supports researchers and innovators with expertise in bioinformatics and A.I. Its mission is to act as a trusted research node that unlocks the value of digital health data to support cutting edge science and digital health solutions that will benefit Singapore and Singaporeans. BDH is a national platform hosted by the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) in partnership with Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore and is funded by Singapore's National Research Foundation (NRF).

The purpose of the National Data Curation Team (NDCT) is to lead and coordinate cross-institutional teams to support data curation and standardization projects, including on-boarding data to MOH TRUST and Biomedical Data Hub, improving data quality, interoperability, and AI readiness through activities such as data cleaning, transformation, and standards compliance. NDCT also establishes and facilitates domain-specific data working groups to identify and adopt appropriate data standards for emerging data types, resolving curation issues and maximizing data reuse following F.A.I.R. principles.

As an NDCT associate you will coordinate project teams, develop and improve processes, define and implement measurement systems, organize meetings and events (including training) and support day-to-day operations. As a data curation practitioner yourself, you may be called upon to support curation efforts hands-on or propose resolutions to common issues.

Responsibilities:

• Scope and size data curation/clean-up projects human curators and automated tools; Set up evaluations of new technologies and advocate for their adoption (e.g. AI data curation) as appropriate Develop tools as a community resource)
• Develop and implement strategies for data curation, standardization, and clean-up
• Develop and implement operational model for a national data curation team that allows BDH to address a wide array of data types and curation use cases, meet its service-level commitments while maintaining cost
• Create and update operating procedures, as required to build-up BDH capabilities
• Define KPIs and metrics to measure data curation quality and productivity
• Monitor performance of data curation projects to assess performance of teams and technology
• Work with data stewards and other stakeholders to ensure research objectives are met
• Keep pace with evolving data standards and curation best practices for implementation within BDH

Requirements:

• Degree in Science, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics or related field
• Strong people skills
• Detailed and process oriented
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Basic financial and accounting literacy, including the ability to conduct benefit/cost analysis
• MS Office proficiency (esp. MS Excel and PowerPoint)

Desired/Preferred Qualification:

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD or equivalent) would be viewed favorably
• PMP certification good to have
• Working knowledge of data science / analytics software (e.g. R, Python) and related libraries
• Previous experience in bioinformatics and/or data science strongly desired