Personal Data Protection Manager based at CNRS-EISBM in Lyon in relation with the IMI eTRIKS Consortium on Information and Knowledge Management Services We are seeking an experienced individual to lead the Biomedical Personal Data Protection & Ethics activities of the newly formed eTRIKS Consortium, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) of the European Commission 7th Framework Programme and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations: http://www.imi.europa.eu/. Scientific Project: The eTRIKS Consortium is dedicated to delivering European Translational Information and Knowledge Management Services initially for all IMI projects, then for other European translational research projects. These projects encompass translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, health/clinical informatics and the development of new analytical tools. They use tranSMART as part of the software knowledge management platform: http://www.etriks.org; http://www.transmartproject.org Job context: She/he will be working closely with academic partners at Imperial College in London and the Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine, with Sanofi and the 9 other pharmaceutical partners of eTRIKS. The selected candidate will be based in Lyon-Gerland within the CNRS-EISBM team led by Charles Auffray, hosted by Claude Bernard University and the Lyonbiopole competitive cluster on the Charles Mérieux campus: http://www.eisbm.org; http://workshop.eisbm.org Job description: The ideal candidate should be able to proactively lead complex workstreams on data security and privacy monitoring and compliance, and engage multiple academic and industrial partners in a pre-competitive collaborative innovation effort. The objective is to reach international harmonization of personal data protection rules in the context of the fast evolving area of translational research and systems medicine. Required Experience/Skills: Candidates should have a proven track record of research, management and implementation of the ethical and legal (i.e. personal data protection) frameworks of biomedical research and their interaction with information and communication technology. The required proven skills and experience include: • Previous significant experience in data protection and/or ethics in Europe • Experience in biomedical and clinical research in academy and/or industry • Proven distributed project management and communication skills in English • Experience in information security (technical knowledge would be a plus) Contract Duration: Available immediately for two years with possible one-year extension. Salary: Depending on qualifications and experience, based on CNRS salary grid. Application: Send CV, cover letter and names of two references to Charles Auffray Email: jobs@eisbm.org References: - Szalma S, Koka V, Khasanova T, Perakslis, ED. (2010) Effective knowledge management in translational medicine. Translational Med 8:68. - Szalma S, Koka V, Khasanova T, Perakslis ED. (2010) How informatics can potentiate precompetitive open-source collaboration to jump-start drug discovery and development. Clin Pharmacol Therapeutics 87:614-616. More information at: http://job.eisbm.org/personal-data-protection-manager-etriks/