Data Manager – AI Development

Aim

The Data Manager – AI Development is a key role within the AI Development team responsible for planning, coordinating, tracking, and governing data used to develop AI enabled medical device features. This role works closely with AI/ML engineers to define data needs for AI features, coordinates with internal and external data collection teams/clinical team, oversees annotation activities, and ensures data readiness, traceability, and compliance throughout the AI development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with AI/ML engineers and technical leads to define data requirements for AI features, including dataset scope, diversity, and usage intent.
• Translate feature and model needs into clear data requirements that guide collection, annotation, and preparation activities.
• Support creation and maintenance of AI data planning artifacts aligned with internal Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
• Coordinate with centralized and distributed data collection teams to support AI development needs.
• Track data sourcing activities across multiple programs and stakeholders.
• Maintain data collection dashboards that provide visibility into status, coverage, risks, and gaps.
• Track data collection and annotation budget.
• Coordinate data annotation activities with internal teams and external vendors.
• Track annotation progress, throughput, and quality metrics.
• Maintain annotation dashboards to ensure timely delivery aligned with AI development milestones.
• Support execution of AI data management practices including:
• Data control planning
• Data segregation between training, holdout, and testing datasets
• Data preparation and inclusion criteria
• Data traceability and usage documentation
• Ensure datasets are properly documented and traceable to their original sources to support audits and regulatory submissions.
• Act as a point of coordination to ensure data activities align with applicable QMS work instructions for AI development.
• Serve as the central coordination point for AI data activities across engineering, data operations, and program teams.
• Proactively communicate status, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders.
• Support planning reviews, design reviews, and readiness discussions with accurate data status reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 2 years of experience.
• Experience in data management, data operations, or program coordination roles supporting technical or engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, track, and coordinate complex workflows across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical needs into actionable plans.
• Experience creating and maintaining dashboards (eg. PowerBI, excel, smartsheet) trackers, or reports for operational visibility.
• Familiarity with structured data workflows(eg. SQL), including data collection, annotation, and dataset organization(eg. Python).
• Ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams within a regulated or quality‑driven environment.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience supporting AI / machine learning development teams, particularly in healthcare or medical devices.
• Familiarity with AI data lifecycle concepts, including training, validation, and testing datasets.
• Knowledge of medical imaging data formats and annotation tools (e.g., V7).
• Exposure to regulated development environments (medical devices, healthcare software, or similar).
• Understanding of data governance concepts such as data traceability, segregation, and controlled usage.
• Experience coordinating external vendors or annotation partners.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and evolving requirements in early-stage AI feature development.
• Experience with Microsoft Forms.