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About Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Dedicated to discovering cures for cancer and inspiring hope, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is Georgia’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, a prestigious distinction given to the top tier of cancer centers nationwide for making breakthroughs against cancer. Winship is researching, developing, teaching, and providing novel and highly effective ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, treat, and survive cancer. Cancer care at Winship includes leading cancer specialists collaborating across disciplines to tailor treatment plans to each patient’s needs and type of cancer; innovative therapies and clinical trials; comprehensive patient and family support services; and a personalized care experience aimed at easing the burden of cancer.Winship is Where Science Becomes Hope®. For more information, visit winshipcancer.emory.edu.

Winship is seeking qualified candidates for the Director, Research Informatics position. Position details are as follows:

Winship Cancer Institute is seeking an innovative and experienced leader to serve as Director, Programs within our Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) team. This position offers the opportunity to shape and implement strategic initiatives that address cancer disparities across Georgia, and the opportunity to lead key programs, and manage budgets. The ideal candidate must have strong decision-making skills with experience in strategic planning, working with community partners, interpreting population-based data, and supporting research and care efforts. PhD is preferred.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Leads, manages, and coordinates the design, development, and deployment of key multi-million dollar research/administrative informatics and infrastructure/solutions for Winship Cancer Institute.
• Directs and manages the overall architecture and development of informatics standards across Winship's research enterprise.
• Coordinates with central Healthcare, Research, and Administrative Informatics units to advocate for oncology community needs and requirements, track the status and progress of research informatics projects, and communicate changes and impacts to the organization.
• Facilitates the appropriate Winship representation in projects and design sessions and provides technical expertise in research informatics and digital technology can support and advance cancer research and delivery of care.
• Directs and manages the development of technology solutions that are reliable, cost-effective, robust, secure, and meet the needs of the Emory University Cancer research community.
• Coordinates and supports the quality control, system testing, training, and support programs.
• Manages all Winship research informatics projects and operational tasks through their lifecycles providing a single point of contact for those projects.
• Manages vendors and vendor relationships to ensure products continue to meet or exceed Winship requirements within the negotiated budget, scope, and times.
• Works to proactively provide services that anticipate needs and can be customized to meet a broad and changing set of functions.
• Consistently uses customer feedback and internal/external audits to continuously improve informatics standards, processes, and daily operations to promote a culture of continuous improvement through a proven and documented methodology.
• Serves as an informatics and digital technology expert to the Emory University Cancer research community and its strategic initiatives.
• Oversees the data and analytics practices to promote systems integration and to leverage artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies in data science to further advance Winship's mission.
• Assists in the development of grants and the design of solutions as well as advocates for the cancer research community.
• Collaborates with the community to evaluate emerging technologies that foster innovation within the environment.
• Contributes to the overall Emory University research and information technology environment through serving on committees and actively participating in university strategic planning initiatives.
• Leads the development and maintenance of the required Informatics infrastructure to support the Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant.
• Represents Emory University at local, regional, national, and international meetings and forums.
• Manages research informatics staff and makes optimal use of the department's resources.
• Recruits, retains and fosters the development of highly skilled staff.
• Manages operational, project, and capital budgets.
• Initiates and prioritizes projects, balances resources, identifies areas of risk, and approaches to manage risks, escalates issues to the appropriate leadership, and assists with the delivery of quality projects within time, scope, and budget.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in informatics, bioinformatics, computer science or related field and seven years of related work experience which includes work in a health, research or academic health center and experience working with health technology standards and research informatics tools and techniques or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD is preferred.
• Experience with data science and AI highly desired. Supervisory, leadership and/or management experience desired.
• Experience conducting research and publishing in the field of research informatics preferred.
• Experience in leading large enterprise-wide informatics projects and multimodal data platforms desired.
• Experience with systems and data architecture, relationship building, systems development lifecycles, project
• management and budget creation strongly preferred. Expertise developing content for grants and other research funding vehicles.

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