Senior Data Manager

Regular, full-time position (35 hours per week).

About the role

Reporting to the Principal Investigator (PI) of multiple federally- and non-federally-funded research studies, the Senior Data Manager will be a core member of a high-performing, fast-paced, productive, and close-knit research support team within the Office of Scholarship and Research Development at Columbia University School of Nursing, including Research Coordinators and Research Assistants.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining database security, merging, storage, management, and cleaning.
• Ensuring high-quality data and protecting data integrity.
• Upgrading database systems to meet the needs of the research team.
• Training students and staff in data management.
• Organizing, cleaning, and preparing data after study trial close-out for analysis by students and statisticians.
• Reporting positive cases from an STI study to local and State health departments.
• Developing and designing REDCap databases and Qualtrics surveys for projects.
• Supporting students and trainees in cleaning and analyzing data for dissemination activities.
• Processing data and preparing reports, including presenting data in charts, graphs, and tables.
• Collaborating with and facilitating communication among research team members, ranging from senior scientists to students.
• Working closely with biostatisticians.
• Assisting with dissemination, including the development of original abstracts and manuscripts.
• Managing the secure acquisition and transfer of research-related data by developing processes for efficient, secure transfer of encrypted data and de-identifying data for federal agencies.
• Ensuring compliance with all data security requirements by working with CUSON administrative staff to create processes for monitoring compliance with Data Use Agreements.
• Working with research staff to create a center-wide process for cleaning raw data and preparing it for research use, including performing data quality and plausibility checks.
• Working with CUSON’s IT to ensure efficient data transfer and storage.
• Collaborating with research staff and/or PIs to ensure all research data are of the highest quality.
• Collaborating with the research team to produce searchable data documents to guide research acquisition.
• Performing other responsibilities and projects as needed and assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus four (4) years of related experience.
• Related experience in technology, information management, relational database management, data mining, or statistics, including programming, managing, and maintaining data systems.

Skills

• Strong mathematical skills and technical knowledge, including proficiency with computers.
• Effective communication skills at multiple levels, with well-developed writing and presentation abilities.
• Expertise in a variety of data management software (e.g., Excel, Access, REDCap, SQL, Python, R, STATA, and SAS) and data management processes.
• Experience working with "big data" (i.e., extremely large datasets analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree.
• Healthcare system data experience.

Pay

Salary range: $80,000–$85,000. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training.