Data Specialist Jobs in Houston, TX

INTRODUCTION

UTHealth Houston is looking for a Data Management & Sharing Compliance Specialist who will support investigators at the institutional level by developing clear, practical data management and sharing strategies that align with sponsor expectations and institutional resources. This position strengthens proposal competitiveness and research impact by promoting consistent, sustainable data stewardship practices, stakeholder collaboration, and transparency, reuse, and scientific rigor. You will be responsible for helping our investigators write plans on how to share data in accordance with sponsor requirements. You should be aware of scientific data, how it is stored so others can access it, and the process for federal (including NIH) funding. The Data Management & Sharing Compliance Specialist is a resource for our faculty.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’s resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equate to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manages, supports, and promotes institutional data repositories, applies metadata standards, and leads curation services
• Develops, reviews, and refines Data Management and Sharing Plans (DMSPs) for grant proposals and recommends appropriate disciplinary or generalist data repositories based on data type and sponsor requirements
• Consults with researchers and teams on data organization, documentation, storage, and sharing
• Helps investigators articulate data types, formats, standards, metadata, storage, preservation, and sharing strategies
• Delivers training sessions, workshops, guidance materials, and consultations on data management best practices
• Supports complex data management needs for interdisciplinary or data-intensive research projects
• Promotes adoption of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles across disciplines
• Serves as an accessible, non-regulatory resource for faculty, trainees, and research staff
• Provides guidance on post-award execution and tracking data sharing commitments during research projects
• Supports data stewardship activities, including organization, documentation, version control, workflows, and sponsor requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION:

Bachelor's Degree in information science, data science, public health, science, research administration, or related field required. Master's Degree in information science, data science, public health, science, research administration, or related field preferred.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

2 years of relevant experience required. Experience with data repository systems preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

SECURITY SENSITIVE:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.