Research Data Coordinator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and assess Data Transfer Specifications documents.

• Oversee the complete data flow from CROs, central laboratories, and specialized vendors into BMS systems.

• Guarantee the precise, thorough, and prompt collection, delivery, and tracking of analytical data.

• Conduct data management tasks for external laboratory data related to clinical studies.

• Organize, prioritize, monitor, and finalize project management activities.

• Maintain vendor relationships and ensure quality control of vendor data transfer outputs.

• Formulate research information management plans in collaboration with study teams.

• Engage in thorough data review processes.

• Work together with data scientists, computational scientists, biostatisticians, and study scientists to address data discrepancies.

• Execute data reviews and create data queries for sites or vendors.

• Provide interim and other research data to research staff.

• Implement standards, annotations, and quality checks to support FAIR and AI-ready data objectives.

• Specify user requirements and evaluate data management and visualization tools alongside data science and digital partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience coordinating external laboratory or vendor-sourced data for clinical or translational studies.

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, computer science, or a related field.

• Strong grasp of data formats and standard quality control practices.

• Skilled in organizing documents and tracking data deliveries, downstream locations, and error resolutions.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Capacity to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team.

• Strong critical thinking, analytical abilities, and judgment.

• Experience collaborating with clinical personnel, study monitors, computational biologists, biostatisticians, programmers, and medical writers.

• Proficient in AWS CLI and S3 or similar object storage platforms.

• Familiarity with programmatically integrating and validating data using R and/or Python.

• Experience implementing agentic AI for data ingestion and quality assurance, especially Claude Code.

• Knowledge of FDA/ICH guidelines and industry-standard data management practices is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Proficient in using Windows-based computers.

• Understanding of project management systems such as JIRA.

• Familiarity with life sciences raw data, including genomics and imaging.

• Experience supporting AI/ML, advanced analytics, or digital transformation projects in healthcare or pharma.

• Familiarity with CDISC, FAIR principles, controlled vocabularies, ontologies, or research data standards.

• Understanding of GxP, HIPAA, GDPR, or other regulated research environments.

• In-depth knowledge of at least one data management system.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health coverage: medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

• BMS Well-Being Account.

• BMS Living Life Better program.

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accident insurance.

• Supplemental health insurance options.

• Business travel protection.

• Personal liability protection.

• Identity theft protection.

• Legal assistance.

• Survivor support services.

• Paid time off policies.

• Flexible time off for US exempt employees, subject to manager approval.

• 11 paid national holidays.

• 160 hours of annual paid vacation for eligible new hires, with manager approval.

• 3 optional holidays for eligible employees.

• Unlimited paid sick leave, dependent on eligibility.

• Up to 2 paid volunteer days annually, based on eligibility.

• Flexible summer hours, depending on eligibility.

• Leaves of absence available for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs.

• Annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day, based on eligibility.