Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

What We’re Looking For

The Director of Product Science ensures the scientific credibility and rigor of Datavant Life Sciences’ real-world evidence and data discovery agents. The (Sr.) Director of Product Science works closely with product and engineering stakeholders and is accountable to ensure agent conceptualization, development, and evaluation meet the needs of Datavant’s internal and external scientific customers and the scientific standards of the Datavant science team. Specifically, the (Sr.) Director works across and within product zones (e.g. evidence generation, data discovery) and product pods (e.g. algorithm builder, explore assistant) on the following:

Scientific agent conceptualization (e.g. why is the agent needed? and for whom?)
Scientific problem statement
Agent task and bounds
Scientific workflow design & SME review/decision points
Scientific reference set and agent context
Scientific evaluation design and application
Scientific internal testing requirements and execution

The scope of this role includes application of domain knowledge and RWE expertise in the development of agents and agent systems intended to complete scientific tasks. As the senior scientific leader working within the product pods and zones, the Director is accountable for scientific submissions for product/roadmap governance review, including eval sets, agent performance metrics, etc. The role also serves as the SME on the non-agentic scientific workflows relevant to the agent/agent system.

In addition to working within the product pods, the Director serves as the science lead for customer delivery of agent co-build/co-development/co-design scientific partnerships with Datavant’s pharma and data ecosystem customers. In this role, the Director is responsible and accountable for the scientific quality of the contracted and delivered scientific work, which may include the design of customer-specific agentic RWE workflows, application of those workflows to customer SOPs, design and development of customer-specific agents for RWE tasks across the workflow, and evaluation of those agents.

The Director contributes to agentic AI scientific thought leadership activities at the discretion of the Head of Product Science and the Chief Science Officer (CSO). This may include contributions to blogs, webinars, and/or live presentations at scientific meetings.

The Director contributes to scientific support of GTM teams on translating customer and competitor intelligence and identifying market signals.

What You Need to Succeed

Doctorate or master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field
Professional research experience in real-world evidence (RWE), pharmacoepidemiology, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), or a closely related field: at least 3 years after a doctorate or 6 years after a master’s degree for Director; at least 5 years after a doctorate or 8 years after a master’s degree for Senior Director
Strong command of observational study design, healthcare data, and analytic methods, with the ability to assess methodological choices and interpret findings in light of study limitations.
Ability to drive progress across cross-functional product teams, manage competing priorities, resolve scientific and product delivery challenges, and negotiate scope and timelines.
Experience managing or providing matrix leadership to colleagues, including coaching and substantive feedback: at least 1 year for Director or 2 years for Senior Director.