Director/Senior Director, Data Strategy

About the Company

Relation Therapeutics is an end-to-end biotech company developing transformational medicines, with technology at our core. We leverage single-cell and multi-omics measurements directly from patient tissue, functional assays, and machine learning to drive disease understanding — from cause to cure.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Relation’s data strategy in partnership with key stakeholders
• Create and maintain data catalogues, define data standards and ontologies, and ensure proper metadata and data lineage tracking
• Work closely with the VP Engineering to guide the development of a robust data infrastructure
• Procure and integrate external datasets (e.g. UK Biobank, public databases) and manage data partnerships
• Implement data governance policies that ensure responsible, secure, and compliant data usage
• Lead data curation efforts to ensure the quality and integrity of omics, imaging, and clinical data
• Build and manage a high-performing data strategy, governance and acquisition team

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computational Biology, or a related field (PhD preferred)
• 7+ years of experience in data strategy, management, and acquisition in the life sciences
• Extensive experience with large biobanks and public databases
• Familiarity with cloud-based data management platforms and storage tools
• Proficiency in writing code for data pipelines and understanding computer science concepts like latency and throughput
• Experience with data acquisition, curation, and quality assurance in a regulated setting
• Deep understanding of -omics, imaging, and clinical data ontologies
• Proven experience with data governance frameworks and compliance regulations
• Knowledge of FAIR data principles
• Experience working with machine learning teams and understanding data needs for model development