# Associate Director, Real World Data

**Company**: Formation Bio
**Location**: Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $204,500 - $267,000
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Formation Bio is seeking an Associate Director of RWD Intelligence to lead the strategy and execution of real-world data (RWD) capabilities. The successful candidate will build and maintain scalable data infrastructure, manage vendor relationships, and partner with cross-functional teams to define RWD use cases.

Responsibilities:

- Lead the RWD Intelligence function within Data Science

- Architect and maintain supporting infrastructure across EHR/EMR, claims, registries, and genomics-linked cohorts

- Drive adoption and extension of harmonization frameworks across heterogeneous data sources

- Manage RWD vendor relationships end-to-end

- Partner with Data Science, Clinical Development, Business Development, and Engineering teams to define RWD use cases

- Foster a culture of data quality rigor, documentation, and reproducibility across all RWD assets

Requirements:

- BSc or MSc in biomedical informatics, computational sciences, epidemiology, or a related quantitative field

- 5+ years of industry experience working directly with real-world data

- Strong data engineering proficiency combined with deep working knowledge of biological and medical ontologies

- Demonstrated experience with RWD procurement and vendor management

- Proven ability to deliver RWD-derived insights across multiple drug development use cases

- Proficiency with modern AI/ML tools

- Strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

- PhD in biomedical informatics, epidemiology, computational biology, or a related field

- Experience with large-scale biobank and genomics-linked RWD platforms

- Familiarity with additional biomedical data modalities

- Background transitioning data infrastructure from research/ad hoc to production-grade systems

- Experience working at the intersection of data engineering, data science, and business strategy in pharma/biotech

The total compensation range for this role is $204,500 - $267,000.

## Skills

### Required
- biomedical informatics
- computational sciences
- epidemiology
- data engineering
- AI/ML tools
- RWD procurement
- vendor management

### Nice to have
- PhD in biomedical informatics
- large-scale biobank and genomics-linked RWD platforms
- additional biomedical data modalities
- transitioning data infrastructure

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