AddressPLEASE NOTE: Closing Date is Friday 22nd March at 4 pm, GMT.
This is a hybrid role for Northern Ireland employees (2-3 days per week in the office) and fully remote for elsewhere in the UK/ROW.
A waiting list may be compiled for similar future positions that may arise within the next 12 months. Connect with us to be notified of any future positions in the department you are interested in!
Background:
At Diaceutics we believe that every patient should have access to the right treatment at the right time. We provide the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies with an end-to-end solution for the launch of precision medicine diagnostics enabled by DXRX – The Diagnostic Network®.
DXRX is the world’s first diagnostic commercialization platform for precision medicine, integrating multiple pipelines of real-world diagnostic testing data from a global network of laboratories.
Position Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Data Steward to lead activities related to data documentation, definition, education, and governance. The candidate will shape how the organization interacts with, learns from, and uses its data. The individual should possess a strong background in managing and ensuring quality, security, and compliance of data assets. This role requires active collaboration across the organization using process-oriented approaches and spearheading knowledge management systems as the source of truth (e.g., Confluence, Secoda and JIRA).
Duties and Responsibilities:
Data Acquisition
Collaborate closely with the data acquisition team to identify new data sources to enhance current products and to develop new ones
Validate ingested data against contracted expectations, assessing and communicating downstream effects to the rest of the organization
Product
Ensure new data sets are expedited to the product, routinely used and conduct assessments on data element usage to inform business decisions
Collaborate with technical product specialist owners and cross-functional teams to align data efforts with organizational goals
Serve as expert to product functions related to data sources and definitions
Knowledge Management
Prioritize and champion data documentation efforts, ensuring comprehensive training on data sources, changes and enhancements used to empower teams
Owner development and implementation of internal data cataloguing tool
Collaborate with product owners to document data definitions, business rules, definition owners followed by clear documentation of the above
Governance, Compliance, Quality
Address data quality issues promptly and to completion; conducting regular assessments to maintain highest standards
Manage the entire data lifecycle (onboarding, access, usage, retention, or disposal) and support data governance policy and procedure development
Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of robust data security measures, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal policies
Key Attributes Required:
Matrix influence: achieves desired goals while working within cross-functional teams
Decision-making: lead complex decision making across multiple stakeholders and take responsibility to finalize needed decisions
Initiative: a self-starter, takes ownership of tasks and sees them through with a positive attitude and outlook
Independence: able to identify, implement and manage Data Stewardship processes with poise while remaining humble enough to seek guidance and direction
Knowledge management: expertise in data cataloguing, communicating, and training
People Skills: demonstrable experience of leading product development and working as part of a cross-functional team with excellent interpersonal skills.
Life-long learner: Effective learning agility with an aptitude to learn, understand and communicate detailed technical terms and maintain an appropriate knowledge level.
Knowledge and Specialist Skills:
Education – Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, advanced degree preferred
Experience – minimum 10 years' experience in a similar Data Steward role ideally or with experience in similar role handling bulk data import and export, and exposure to cloud based warehousing platforms like Snowflake, Amazon Redshift and Google Bigquery
Experience with healthcare, especially claims data is necessity and diagnostic/lab data desired
Certifications such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional), a plus
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Life at Diaceutics:
We are a multi-cultural, diverse team spanning 13 countries around the world. One thing we all have in common is that we are dedicated people who are passionate about patient outcomes. All of our employees work remotely or in a hybrid model and we collaborate together as a global community.
At Diaceutics, we live by our values, The Diaceutics EFFECT. Diaceutics community is Empowered to explore new ideas and paths, and to develop new solutions for our pharma clients and lab partners. By applying Foresight, innovative and entrepreneurial skills we can lead at the forefront of Precision Medicine. Fun is what makes life working at Diaceutics so special as it is the fuel of what we do, both internally and externally. Special care for Empathy allows us to create an open environment for working together, being listened to and understood, even when working remotely. Communication has a special place at Diaceutics, being key across all our interactions, where we assume positive intent which leads to widespread Trust across our community.
We hire smart, fun people who care about our mission and about each other. Some interesting points about us:
Competitive salary (and attractive bonus scheme dependent on role)
Training and development opportunities
Remote / Virtual Working
Flexible Working incl. Flex Day Programme
Share Incentive Plan
Increase of Annual Leave with tenure
Pension
Healthcare (including Vision and Dental) and Additional Benefits e.g. Employee Assistance Programme
Life Insurance
Group Income Protection
Enhanced Maternity and Sick Pay Provisions
Robust Performance Management Framework and Individual Development Plan
Generous Staff Referral Scheme
Dedication to positive working culture with regular health and wellbeing activities and annual company get together
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
Department
Insight & Engagement Solutions Division - Analyst Team
Locations
Global, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dundalk, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London
Remote status
Hybrid Remote
Employment type
Full-time
