Biological Data Governance Specialist

BioAge Labs is a venture-backed biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Richmond, CA.  Because aging is the driver of many highly morbid, chronic medical conditions that reduce the length and quality of life, we are developing therapeutics that target the fundamental mechanisms of aging, with the goal of treating disease and increasing healthy lifespan.   

Role Overview 

We are seeking a Data Governance Specialist to ensure data integrity, compliance, and optimal use across our organization. This role involves defining governance frameworks, overseeing data quality, and supporting testing of data pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enforce data governance frameworks, policies, and standards. to ensure biological data accuracy and consistency
• Ensure data quality through manual testing, automated pipeline tests, and performance metrics.
• Creating detailed use cases for testing biological datasets, including edge cases for scientific accuracy.
• Extracting structured tables from scientific literature, writing test functions to catch format inconsistencies.
• Verify that platform updates perform as expected and test data integrity by helping cross-referencing the platform’s database entries with original raw data sources.
• Collaborate with teams to define data ownership, stewardship, and regulatory compliance.
• Promote governance best practices and continuous improvement including documenting the data governance process.

Qualifications

• Background in Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field is highly valued. Relevant domain expertise and experience may substitute formal education.
• Expertise in data governance principles, quality assurance, and testing processes., especially in biological or scientific data contexts.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and knowledge of data engineering tools.
• Proficiency with biological data, and programming languages such as R or Python.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal, and stakeholder management skills.

Our company

BioAge is a platform-driven, clinical-stage biotechnology company that is mapping human longevity to change the nature of aging and extend healthy lifespan. Our growing portfolio of therapeutics for immune, muscle, and brain aging includes four drug programs, two first-in-class and two first-in-indication. Our vision is “growing older without aging” - a future in which aging allows us to pursue our goals, accumulate new experiences and accomplishments, and actively contribute to society without disease, physical disability, or loss of independence and connection. A leading company in the emerging longevity biotech sector, BioAge has raised $127M from Andreessen Horowitz, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and others. 

Our workplace

BioAge offers competitive salary, a comprehensive compensation package, and generous paid time off in addition to company-observed holidays. We provide comprehensive health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, and vision insurance) and a 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching employer contributions, and we support families through childcare and fertility benefits. We also pride ourselves in giving employees many opportunities for career development, including a generous annual budget for continued learning and a dedication to training and skill development. Many positions (including this one) are remote, allowing our team members to work from anywhere. The salary for this role is expected to be approximately $80,000 - $110,000 for someone who meets all of the minimum qualifications as listed for the role, and may be adjusted accordingly for someone with more or less experience. We are open to the concept that different experience levels add value to the team in different ways, and therefore will consider a variety of experience and offer commensurate pay.

At BioAge, we embrace diversity and differences while we learn from each other, and we believe that every team member has an important role to play. We are an equal opportunity employer. BioAge prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. BioAge conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.