Project manager Data Analysis

Context

VIB (Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie) is an entrepreneurial nonprofit research institute with a clear focus on groundbreaking strategic basic research in life sciences and operates in close partnership with the five universities in Flanders.

The VIB Data Core is a new initiative that will offer hardware software and datarelated services for nonsensitive and sensitive data to scientists of the Research Centers. More specifically the Core strives to increase the quality standardisation reproducibility and efficiency across the data life cycle from project planning and data acquisition to knowledge generation and publication and archiving of the research data according to FAIR principles.

The VIB Data Core works closely together with experts from the ELIXIR consortium a European research infrastructure that unites Europes leading lifescience organisations. The core team of the Belgian ELIXIR Node which is embedded in the Core has been active in providing platforms and guidance for research data management and reproducible data analysis.

To support reproducible research we are looking for a Project manager Data Analysis.

Role

The Data Analysis team within the VIB Data Core will provide software tools platforms and workflows enabling reproducible data analysis for the VIB Research Centers and Core Facilities. The Project manager Data Analysis will be responsible to align the provided data analysis services to the evolving needs of the lifescience researchers. You will contribute to reproducible and efficient data analysis by stimulating the usage of workflows and directing researchers to fitforpurpose platforms and infrastructures. You will contribute to Open Science through diverse international projects the team is involved in such as Galaxy and WorkflowHub. You will report to the Team lead Data Analysis.

Responsibilities

As Project manager Data Analysis you will:

• Be the main contact point for research groups to enable access to the data analysis services in close collaboration with the experts and developers in the team
• Be responsible for designing and implementing use cases in collaboration with researchers to support adoption usage and further improvement of our data analysis services
• Contribute to the WorkflowHub as part of the ELIXIR Tools Ecosystem and specifically help drive its adoption
• Contribute to the training of researchers in using our data analysis services
• Evaluate user experience of our portfolio of services

Requirements

• Master or Ph.D. degree in life sciences or equivalent through experience
• Handson experience with scientific analysis workflows
• Ability to lead and organise projects from concepts to implementation
• Knowledge of the principles of FAIR and Open data
• Able to work both independently as well as in an international distributed team
• Experience working in an academic environment is an asset
• Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing in English

We offer

• An openended contract
• Competitive package based on experience and expertise and benefits
• An innovative challenging and international working environment in the large lifesciences network of VIB and the ELIXIR infrastructure across Europe
• Contribute to the building of a futureproof researcheroriented ecosystem for the management of analysis workflows and research data open to all researchers
• Opportunities for personal development
• Workplace is located at the Tech Lane Ghent Science Park a vibrant ecosystem of international corporate R&D centers. Possibility of homeworking with a balance between working from a remote location and from the office

How to apply

If you are interested in this challenging and rewarding opportunity please submit your application online including CV and letter of motivation through Jobsoid.