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Valo Health · 3 days ago

Head of Patient Data, Epidemiology and Patient Data Products

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $260K/yr

Valo Health is a human-centric, AI-enabled biotechnology company that focuses on accelerating drug discovery. As the Head of Patient Data, you will lead a team to develop a patient data platform that leverages advanced computational techniques, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while enhancing the user experience and driving innovation in drug discovery.

BiotechnologyHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Elevate Patient perspective in Drug Discovery and Development: Ensure Valo’s real-world data (RWD) platform is optimally positioned for teams to extract actionable insights, directly influence drug discovery and development programs, while supporting platform scalability and expansion

Champion the Valo RWD user experience: responsible for integration, adoption, and uptake of Valo’s electronic health record data and RWD platform across Valo computational teams. Develop rapid and robust user onboarding to data assets embedded in engineered pipelines and tools developed for specific projects

Improve patient representation AI in RWD workflows (eg, feature engineering, data curation, fit-for-purpose tooling). Build from common data models that enable fluid integration across data assets

Lead Patient Data Asset Platform: Develop and execute Valo’s platform strategy, ensuring alignment with overall organizational goals, while working closely with software and infrastructure engineers, epidemiology and data science leaders, and drug discovery researchers

Own RWD tooling roadmap to unlock RWD capabilities for maximal impact. Collaborate with teams to build scalable real-world evidence products that accelerate insight generation, for existing partnerships, and generate new entry points for RWD in business development

Partner with epidemiology and data science leaders to execute continuous evaluation of RWD data assets. Develop automated systems to validate/QC data processing for existing and prospective RWD vendors. Systematically evolve patient feature mapping and standardization across RWD sources

Lead high-performing team: Responsible for developing team roadmap, mentoring, and career development of a multidisciplinary clinical informatics, data science, and data engineering group. Foster a culture of excellence dedicated to scientific rigor and continuous learning while contributing to Valo’s broader goal of being recognized externally for cultural excellence

Qualification

Technical Product leadershipHands-On Patient Data ExperienceManagement SkillsLeadershipPassion for InnovationCommunicationStrategic ThinkerHealthcare datasetsComputational backgroundLeading data-driven researchReal world evidence

Required

Demonstrated experience building scalable data pipelines and technical infrastructure to support clinical or RWD tools for commercial use, including machine learning/AI-enabled products

Proven experience with RWD, electronic medical records, or patient registry data, generating insights and actionable recommendations

Track record of successfully leading high-performing teams, promoting collaboration, and achieving strategic goals

Exceptional oral and written communication skills, adept at presenting complex information clearly to diverse audiences

Ability to translate scientific insights into actionable business strategies

Strong drive to innovate and advance RWD research and development practices. Experience identifying and executing value-creating opportunities in health tech/pharmaceutical domain