Data Manager

Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.

Job Description

Are you a skilled Data Manager looking to use your data knowledge and expertise to enable cutting edge research and improve the health of patients in the NHS and worldwide?

As a Data Manager at Genomics England, you will be responsible for the full Data Management Lifecycle and provide expert guidance on data management considerations. 

Responsibilities

• Develop all essential documentation including data validation specifications, data cataloguing and data dictionary, data transfer specifications and data management plans 
• Take responsibility for all elements of the Data Management Lifecycle 
• Work closely with the Informatics, Bioinformatics and Service Delivery teams. Providing expert guidance on data management considerations during protocol development, data model definition and development of the final analysis plans
• Maintain the meta and master data for effective and rapid analysis through Control, Provenance, Traceability and Transparency
• Provide technical support and training for the meta data registry to users and technical colleagues
• Direct the data validation activities undertaken by clinical research organisations
• Ensure data transfer, data reconciliation and query generation are completed on time and on budget
• Use and amend the meta data registry – collaborating with technical colleagues – to design and generate outputs required for software development of data capture and other tools –JSON files, XSDs and a reference website for clinicians
• Utilise visualisations and data tools to track study progress and ensure timeliness and quality expectations are met

Skills and experience for success

• Capable of defining project specifications from business requirements/study protocol, and spearhead DM responsibilities autonomously
• Experience in master, metadata and reference data management
• An understanding of Agile working practices and sprint based methodology
• Knowledge of SQL, R, Python, Trifacta
• Experience of drafting SOPs, DMP and DVS documentation
• Familiarity with common data model frameworks
• Working effectively, collaboratively in an MDT
• Capable of actively contributing to knowledge sharing in the Data Chapter
• Strong communications skills

Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent experience working in data management, biostatistics, clinical informatics or data analysis. 

Additional Information

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• 30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
• A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
• Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Blended working arrangements

Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.

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As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare. 

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. For some people this is 1 day a quarter, for others it is several days a week. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to. The exception would be some of our roles that would require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team. 

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations at the moment are Cambridge and Farringdon (London) and in Winter 2022 we are relocating our London office location to Canary Wharf. We will also be expanding our regional offices.   

Looking ahead to our move to Canary Wharf, we will be designing our new space with blended working in mind, and with the flexibility to adapt to changing work patterns. During the pandemic we will be following government advice on working from home guidance. 

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