Identify, engage, and develop relationships with key stakeholders across academia, healthcare, industry, and policy to generate new leads and collaboration opportunities
Drive business development activities end-to-end, including outreach, follow-ups, and conversion of leads into concrete partnerships
Represent D4L at conferences, fairs, and industry events, including preparing and delivering pitches, demos, and stakeholder conversations
Own the planning and execution of D4L’s presence at events (e.g., selecting conferences, submitting applications for talks/posters, organizing booths, demos, and satellite events)
Translate D4L’s products and technical capabilities into clear, compelling value propositions for different audiences
Work closely with Product, Science, and Strategy teams to align outreach efforts with D4L’s priorities and identify high-impact opportunities
A university degree in a relevant field such as healthcare, public health, life sciences, data science, business, or a comparable discipline
Experience in business development, partnerships, or a similar external-facing role, ideally in digital health, software, or a research-driven environment
Strong business mindset: ability to identify relevant stakeholders, understand their needs, and position D4L’s solutions effectively
Solid technical understanding and ability to quickly grasp and communicate complex concepts across research, product, and policy contexts
Proven experience in organising and representing organisations at conferences, events, or similar formats
Excellent communication and networking skills, with confidence in external-facing situations and public representation
Highly proactive, structured, and independent working style, with strong task and priority management
Fluency in English is required; German is a strong plus
Do you enjoy transforming data into meaningful insights and actionable knowledge?
Are you excited to continuously learn, bring in your own ideas, and collaborate within an international team of dedicated professionals?
Then join us and help shape digital research solutions that make a real difference in healthcare and science empowering researchers in their everyday work.
To support our Analytics Projects Europe team, we are looking for a committed Data & Software Engineer (f/m/x). This is a full-time position based in Berlin/Potsdam.
]]>Design, build, and maintain data pipelines to integrate digital health records from diverse sources into a standardized data model.
Continuously expand your knowledge of the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model, a globally adopted standard for observational health data.
Analyze and interpret electronic health data (e.g., electronic health records, medical imaging, wearables, clinical trials).
Understand and enhance existing data models to incorporate new data modalities.
Collaborate with technical and clinical teams to improve the quality of existing data integration pipelines.
Support clinical teams in designing and building cohorts based on standardized data models.
Contribute to the ongoing standardization of data models.
Work closely with our research partners at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, and our development team in Singapore.
3+ years of professional experience in designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines.
University degree in computer science or a related field.
Strong background in data handling, integration, and analysis.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience with data management and interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, OMOP, SNOMED, ICD-10).
Strong programming skills in Python.
In-depth database expertise (SQL), with a focus on PostgreSQL; experience with in-memory DBMS (e.g., SAP HANA) is a plus.
Solid hands-on experience with ETL frameworks (e.g., Prefect, Airflow).
Ideally, some experience in the design of clinical trials or network studies.
Experience with TypeScript is a plus.
Knowledge of deployment practices (CI/CD, Kubernetes) on cloud computing infrastructures (e.g., Azure) is a plus.
Experience with wearable and time-series data standards is a plus.
Strong communication skills in English — verbal, written, and presentation.
Curious: You are ambitious and committed, always striving to find the best possible solution to a problem.
Team-oriented: You enjoy collaborating with others and are motivated to achieve goals together as a team rather than working in isolation.
At Data4Life, we empower researchers and public-health partners by building secure, compliant, and high-impact digital solutions. As we expand our Health Evidence solutions and researcher-focused developer tooling—we seek a DevOps Engineer with strong Infrastructure as Code development skills and cloud infrastructure experience.
You will work closely with engineering, researcher, project, and product teams to build, integrate, and evolve our Kubernetes-based Application Tier that enables advancing medical and public-health research and translation applications.
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Research Enablement team. This is a full time position located in Berlin/Potsdam, with a possibility for hybrid work.
]]>Work in a collaborative and supportive manner with engineers and researchers to enable smooth deployments, handovers, and operational reliability.
Take ownership of our Kubernetes-based Application Tier and drive its evolution across Azure and hybrid environments.
Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
Improve and automate platform workflows, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and secrets management to empower internal and external developers.
Help shape the long-term cloud architecture for research workloads, including scale-out strategies, secure data paths, and HPC integrations.
Proactively explore and evaluate new technologies that support research computing, high-performance, and reproducible system design.
Contribute to architectural discussions, documentation, and cross-team decision making around networking, IAM, security boundaries, and service architecture.
You have experience developing and operating Kubernetes-based systems - ideally in managed environments like AKS, EKS, or GKE.
You have experience with at least one modern programming language - with a willingness to learn Go, and shell scripting for Linux systems.
You have hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform, plus familiarity with Helm, GitHub Actions, and GitHub runners.
Strong understanding of cloud networking (VNet/VPC design, private endpoints, DNS, ingress controllers, TLS, routing).
You are familiar with Docker, containerized workloads, PostgreSQL, object storage, and monitoring/observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana or ELK).
You are a team player and motivated to explore and evaluate new technologies.
Strong communication skills in English (at least C1).
You are comfortable working in research-driven and experimental environments.
We especially welcome applicants from the LGBTQI+ community, people with a migration background, people of color, and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses to the team.
If you need support or special assistance during the application or interview process due to a disability, please feel free to let us know and we are happy to accommodate you as much as possible.
This position offers an unlimited contract.
In this position you will be working from our Berlin/Potsdam office.
Occasional travel to customer and partner locations is required annually.
Would you like to contribute to digital research solutions that have a meaningful impact on healthcare and science?
]]>Drive the next evolution of D4L Collect. Shape the roadmap for the platform's next chapter - a Patient Registry solution, electronic data capture platform, and a validated ePRO library.
Ship a regulatory-grade product, considering e.g. 21 CFR Part 11 audit trails and eConsent with e-signatures. Treat compliance as a design constraint to engineer around, not a tax.
Extend D4L Collect’s capture and connect functionality. Build on the platform's sensor, wearable, and patient-reported outcomes foundation by adding first-class support for new sensors (such as wearable devices, insulin pumps, and portable x-ray devices), by integrating EHR data via HL7 FHIR (including the International Patient Summary), and by extending the standard questionnaire library, including SDoH. Keep every data type research-ready and interoperable.
Make clinical trial standards possible through import (from REDCap and other commercial EDC/CTMS solutions) and export (to CDISC SDTM) into capabilities investigators, sponsors, and study sites can effectively use. Implement validation and certification of D4L Collect including ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and SOC 2 Type II
Be the user's advocate inside the team. Build and maintain deep relationships with the people who actually use D4L Collect - sites, investigators, study coordinators, clinicians, and most importantly patients and participants - making sure that those voices are heard in prioritization conversations.
3+ years building a strong product craft foundation - discovery, roadmap, prioritization, and PRDs - in an agile environment.
3+ years of progressive product management experience in B2B solutions or regulated digital health solutions, with 1+ years directly defining and shipping clinical research software - at least one of EDC, ePRO / eCOA, eConsent, patient registry, or sensor-based study platforms.
Hands-on experience shipping under GCP / ICH E6(R3), 21 CFR Part 11, and EU Annex 11, including computer system validation and audit-ready release management.
Working fluency in clinical data standards, especially CDISC (SDTM, CDASH) at a conceptual level, and a working understanding of HIPAA + GDPR as they apply to clinical trials and real-world data.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, (Bio)medical Engineering, Health Informatics, Life Sciences, or equivalent practical experience.
Languages: You're fluent in English. German at B2 level and/or a third language is a plus.
Nonprofit work with a clear purpose - Make the world a healthier place. At Data4Life, you'll find a meaningful role in a nonprofit environment with tangible impact on research and work on socially impactful projects in the healthcare sector, with renowned partners.
A diverse, international team of professionals working together across Potsdam, Berlin, and Singapore, and collaborating closely with partners with leading partners from research, technology, and healthcare such as at HPI·MS in New York and beyond.
Real work-life balance - flexible working hours, 30 days of paid vacation, and the option for mobile work.
Support for private healthcare and sustainable mobility.
Employee-driven initiatives, including our climate and DEI (diversity, equity & inclusion) groups.
We especially welcome applicants from the LGBTQI+ community, people with a migration background, people of color, and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses to the team.
If you need support or special assistance during the application or interview process due to a disability, please let us know - we are happy to accommodate you as much as possible.
This position offers a permanent contract.
You will be based at our Potsdam / Berlin office.
Please send us your:
CV
Motivation letter
Reference letter(s)
Salary expectations and earliest possible starting date
As our Scientific Lead – Health Data Research, you will own and drive D4L’s applied research agenda at the intersection of science, product, and strategy.
You will be accountable for translating scientific opportunities into product-relevant initiatives, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring that research outcomes create measurable value for our partners, products, and mission.
This is a leadership role with responsibility for people, project portfolio, and cross-functional alignment.
]]>Lead, develop, and grow a team of data scientists and researchers, including goal setting, performance management, and hiring
Provide clear direction and prioritisation across projects, enabling the team to operate effectively in a fast-paced, product-oriented environment
Translate scientific opportunities into product-relevant use cases, and actively shape the product roadmap together with Product and Engineering
Ensure that research initiatives are aligned with D4L’s strategic priorities and partner needs, including external stakeholders such as the Hasso Plattner Foundation
Own and prioritise a portfolio of applied research projects, balancing scientific impact, product relevance, and resource constraints
Manage multiple concurrent initiatives across teams, ensuring timely delivery and scientific quality
Communicate scientific strategy and results to senior stakeholders, including management and external partners, in a clear and actionable way
Lead cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Engineering, and Business Development, without direct authority over all contributors
Contribute to grant proposals, ethics applications, and scientific evaluations (e.g., D4L Impact Program)
Demonstrated ability to connect scientific work to product strategy, organisational goals, or business impact
Experience working in industry, startup, or applied research environments, not only academia
Proven experience leading teams in an organisational setting, including direct reports and/or cross-functional teams
Experience managing performance, priorities, and delivery in a non-academic environment
Experience communicating with senior stakeholders (e.g., leadership teams, partners, funders) and influencing decisions
Hands-on expertise with RWD/RWE, solid skills in R, Python and AI/ML visualization, knowledge regarding FHIR, OMOP and OHDSI tools
Knowledge of ETL processes, SQL databases (PostgreSQL), deidentification, and handling unstructured data
Track record of translating research into real-world impact (e.g., product features, policy influence, partnerships, or deployed solutions)
PhD (or MD/MS or equivalent) in Data Science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, or a related discipline with profound publishing activities
Languages: Must: English; desirable: German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean
High level of personal responsibility and creative freedom
Work on socially impactful projects in the healthcare sector
Collaboration with leading partners from research, technology, and healthcare
A diverse, interdisciplinary, and international team working across three locations (Potsdam, Berlin, and Singapore)
Flexible working models with the option to work from home
Permanent employment contract with 30 days of vacation
Attractive employee benefits, e.g. private supplementary health insurance, public transport ticket
We especially welcome applicants from the LGBTQI+ community, people with a migration background, people of color, and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses to the team.
If you need support or special assistance during the application or interview process due to a disability, please feel free to let us know and we are happy to accommodate you as much as possible.
This position offers an unlimited contract.
In this position you will be working from our Berlin/Potsdam office.
Design, build, and ship high-quality frontend and backend features — writing accessible, performant, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Contribute to software design and architecture decisions, and take part in code reviews across the full stack.
Design with security at the core — shaping authorization concepts and data protection architecture from the ground up, including the documentation that supports review and sign-off by our clinical partners.
A university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
3+ years of professional experience as a software engineer or full-stack developer, or equivalent experience.
Professional written and spoken English, German language skills a plus.
We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead our contribution to AIR·MS (the Artificial Intelligence-Ready Mount Sinai platform) and drive Data2Evidence (D2E) projects throughout the world. AIR·MS integrates structured EHR data, clinical notes, and metadata for pathology and radiology images, covering more than 12 million patients - on top of the OMOP Common Data Model, and makes it accessible for interactive cohort building, AI model training, and federated analysis in a HIPAA-compliant cloud and on-prem HPC environment. It’s a joint effort of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health at Mount Sinai (HPI·MS), the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, and Data4Life.
This is a full-time position based in Potsdam / Berlin. You’ll report to the Head of Product and Project Management and take over end-to-end delivery of AIR·MS, working across engineering, data, clinical research, and partner organizations on multiple continents.
]]>Lead the end-to-end delivery of multi-year, multi-stakeholder platform workstreams spanning Europe, America, Africa and Asia - from roadmap and quarterly OKR planning through execution, risk management, and stakeholder reporting to C-level and external partners.
Drive cross-functional delivery across our software engineering, platform, ML, design, and quality teams -aligning Scrum and Kanban delivery cadences with waterfall-style timelines typical of research programs.
Own the program’s operating model within Data4Life: planning, tracking, reporting, dependency management, and decision logs that keep engineering and scientific stakeholders on the same page.
Partner with principal investigators, clinicians, and researchers at Mount Sinai, HPI, and further collaborations to translate research questions into concrete, shippable platform capabilities - without losing scientific nuance.
Manage Data2Evidence (D2E) projects, coordinating between international health organizations, NGOs, and research partners to implement data-driven solutions in diverse settings, including resource-limited environments in Africa and Latin America.
Foster the adoption of solutions from D4L and the OHDSI community.
Communicate progress as impact, turning engineering milestones into stories that resonate with clinicians, researchers, funders, and the public.
Contribute to maturing our project management practice across Data4Life.
5+ years of project or program management experience in software development, with significant work on data platforms or health informatics.
3+ years in a regulated healthcare or life sciences environment; shipping under the constraints that come with patient data, and knowing what “audit-ready” means.
3+ years leading projects that involve ETL pipelines, large-scale data warehouses, data analytics tooling, or cloud infrastructure; having a deep understanding of the work to challenge estimates, not just collect them.
Demonstrated experience managing projects across time zones, cultures, and organization types (e.g. non-profit, university hospitals, academic institutes, and industry partners).
Proven ability to run large, multi-stakeholder programs across engineering, design, and quality -planning, tracking, reporting, and keeping the critical path visible
Hands-on experience working within or alongside academic institutions and clinical research environments.
Working knowledge of managing sensitive patient data under HIPAA and/or GDPR.
Mastery of Scrum or Kanban, with the flexibility to interface with waterfall timelines common in research projects.
Comfort thriving in fast-paced, evolving environments where structures need to be streamlined and rapid execution in a highly-regulated environment is needed.
A Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering), a relevant scientific discipline (Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics), or Business/Management -or equivalent professional experience managing complex software/data projects.
Working understanding of the OMOP Common Data Model and OHDSI tooling, HL7 FHIR, and DICOM is a plus
Languages: You're fluent in English. German at B2 level and/or a third language is a plus.