Scientific User Engagement Expert

The role

This person will engage researchers, data submitters, developers, and technical users to support the modernization of a large public repository of high-throughput sequencing data. They will develop and lead collaborative activities such as webinars, workshops, codeathons, scientific forums, and conferences.

What you will do

• Identify key topics for educating the genomics community on SRA best practices
• Plan, develop, and coordinate scientific user engagement activities
• Identify user groups, communities, use cases, and participation needs
• Coordinate participation by researchers, data submitters, developers, institutional partners, and technical experts
• Develop documentation including marketing copies, agendas, workshop materials, presentations, and technical documentation
• Capture key discussions, decisions, technical findings, and follow-up actions
• Support government leads and subject-matter experts during engagement activities
• Coordinate the development of user guidance, training resources, reports, and presentations
• Organize collaborative authoring and review processes
• Track participation, satisfaction, adoption, and engagement effectiveness

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, technical, education, user engagement, or related field
• At least three years of experience in a user-facing setting for scientific engagement, user education, workshop facilitation, technical coordination, or a related area
• Demonstrated experience planning and facilitating workshops, hackathons, webinars, conferences, or collaborative scientific events
• Strong facilitation, presentation, writing, editing, and project coordination skills
• Ability to understand complex scientific and technical topics and make them accessible to different user groups
• Experience coordinating input from multiple subject-matter experts and contributors
• Ability to manage competing priorities, scope changes, deadlines, and review cycles

Nice to have

• advanced degree
• Experience and understanding of community needs in genomics, bioinformatics, biomedical research, scientific data platforms, or government programs

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401k plan with employer contribution
• paid holidays
• vacation
• tuition reimbursement

About the company

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a professional service and technology focused organization operating within the intersection of technology and health.