Director, Electonic Data Capture

Job Details

• Posting Number: req
  25167
• Department: Ctr Biomed Info Biostat
• Department Website Link: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./
• Location: Tucson Campus
• Address: Tucson, AZ USA

The Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics (CB2) has played a pivotal role in supporting the university's clinical research mission by offering cutting‑edge informatics and biostatistics resources. From its inception, the center has prioritized the development and application of innovative tools for clinical data management, biospecimen handling, and statistical consultation. The Director of Electronic Data Capture provides strategic and operational leadership for CB2, supporting clinical, translational, and population research across the University of Arizona and its partners.

They oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise research data capture and biobanking systems to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant environments. The role includes leading an Electronic Data Capture team of multiple staff members through workforce planning, mentorship, and service delivery management. The Director collaborates with key institutional partners to align technology with research strategy and offers guidance to investigators on data architecture, workflows, and biospecimen management.

This position requires strong technical leadership, strategic planning, policy development, and relationship‑building.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Accountable for the development and execution of strategic plans for electronic data capture and biorepository informatics platforms to support investigator initiated institutional research.
• Develop policies, governance frameworks, best practices, training methods and service‑level standards for enterprise research data capture and biospecimen data systems.
• Contribute to proposal development for grants, service center expansions, and infrastructure investment requests that can have an indirect impact on related areas within the college, division, or department.
• Oversee service center/charge‑back model, cost‑recovery strategies, and annual EDC operational budget planning.
• Oversee work allocation, prioritization, and performance accountability to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery and foster a collaborative, solutions‑focused culture emphasizing customer service, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Direct the configuration, administration, security, and lifecycle management of REDCap, Open Specimen, and Power BI, ensuring system stability, data integrity, and compliance with HIPAA and federal regulations.
• Evaluate and implement emerging data management technologies, data integration tools, and interoperability solutions (e.g., EHR/REDCap/Open Specimen integrations).
• Lead integration work with systems such as EHRs (Cerner), laboratory systems, identity services, and analytics platforms.
• Investigate application issues that may or may not have some precedent and provide solutions that may require approaches involving a high degree of innovation, creativity, and integration.
• Develop strategies and provide expert guidance to investigators for creating and implementing data management and analysis approaches regarding study data architecture, workflow mapping, biospecimen tracking, multi‑site coordination, data governance, data analysis, data visualization and metadata/ontology development to enable investigators to publish their research findings to the scientific community.
• Enable investigators to track and report inventory and manage the chain of custody of biological specimens used in basic, clinical, and translational research.
• Provide assistance in troubleshooting application‑related…