Lead Data Product Owner - RWD

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Data Product Owner to join Norstella's Real-World Data (RWD) organization. This senior individual contributor role serves as a healthcare data subject-matter expert, defines best practices for data use, and partners closely with engineering, product, delivery, and client-facing teams to ensure the data meets client needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Define data element specifications, including data types, standard vocabularies, and curation logic across data products
• Evaluate curated outputs against published literature and other relevant evidence sources
• Build and maintain deep knowledge of Norstella databases, including curation methods, ETL processes, and product offerings
• Design data quality checks across ingestion and harmonization to strengthen reliability and downstream usability
• Document methodological decisions for internal and external audiences, including release notes and supporting documentation
• Identify recurring data issues and recommend process improvements
• Plan and execute data changes and enhancements across engineering and client delivery teams
• Drive cross-functional alignment by fostering collaboration, transparency, and clarity around shared goals and execution plans
• Respond to data questions and concerns from internal and external stakeholders to inform product refinement

Required Qualifications

• Deep understanding of real-world data sources, including claims, EMR/EHR, and lab data and how to create analytic ready datasets to answer client needs
• 8+ years working directly with healthcare or life sciences data (e.g., claims, EMR/EHR, lab, data quality, HEOR or subject-matter-expert capacity
• Hands-on experience working with large, complex healthcare datasets
• Proficient SQL skills and experience navigating data pipelines and warehouses
• Proven ability to independently lead work from initial assessment through execution and resolution
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills, with a high standard for accuracy and clarity

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience designing and curating data models
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards, privacy, and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA)
• Experience with data processing and workflows

Our Guiding Principles For Success At Norstella

• Bold, Passionate, Mission-First: We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies, and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
• Integrity, Truth, Reality: We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn't. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
• Kindness, Empathy, Grace: We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
• Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance: We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
• Humility, Gratitude, Learning: We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.