Technical Expert Panel Lead

GDIT is seeking an experienced Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Lead to provide scientific and technical leadership for a multidisciplinary TEP supporting a federal data access and linkage initiative. This role shapes the panel’s agenda across data linkage, PPRL, enclave design, governance, and analytic practices, ensuring recommendations are rigorous, actionable, and aligned with program objectives. The TEP Lead collaborates closely with program, technical and government stakeholders to translate expert input into standards, roadmaps, and improvements.

How a TEP Technical Lead Will Make an Impact

• Lead the agenda for the Technical Expert Panel by prioritizing topics on linkage methods, PPRL, enclave, architecture, and privacy/governance, translating them into structured review outputs, workplans, and roadmaps.
• Coordinate with program and task leads so TEP activities drive updates to methods, workflows, and controls used for linkage, PPRL, and secure enclave operations.
• Synthesize multidisciplinary expert input into concise, well‑justified recommendations, guidance documents, and decision memos that can be operationalized across program teams and government stakeholders.
• Oversee the technical quality of TEP efforts, including reviews of protocols, analytic plans, evaluation metrics, and quality frameworks for linkage and PPRL, ensuring alignment with best practices.

• Identify methodological gaps and research needs and propose targeted TEP workgroups, pilots, or evidence reviews to address them.

• Support continuous improvement by reassessing TEP priorities, charters, and deliverables based on evolving technology, policy, and program experience.
• Keeping updated of current and evolving RWD and RWE research approaches through awareness of current publications.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Master’s degree in a relevant field such as biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, data science, health services research, or related discipline.
• Deep knowledge of data linkage and PPRL methodologies and their application to complex federal or health data sources, including experience with both probabilistic and deterministic record linkage.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical advisory groups, panels, or working groups in federal research, health data, or real‑world data programs, with a track record of producing adopted recommendations.
• Strong familiarity with secure data access environments, governance, and privacy expectations for federal research data, including enclave‑based models and DUAs.
• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, or reviewing linkage, PPRL, or RWD studies for federal agencies, research organizations, or healthcare systems.
• Ability to frame complex technical and policy questions, facilitate structured expert discussions, and reconcile differing viewpoints into coherent, feasible guidance.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, including clear synthesis of technical content for both technical teams and policy or program decision‑makers.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with diverse experts and program leadership, balancing scientific rigor with operational and regulatory constraints.
• Current relevant professional certifications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher and authorization to work in the US.
• Willingness to travel 10–25% to support on‑site meetings and program collaboration.

Preferred

• Doctoral degree in a relevant field.
• Prior experience serving on or leading federal technical expert panels, study sections, or advisory committees related to data linkage, PPRL, secure data access, or RWD.
• Experience developing methods and standards artifacts such as best‑practice playbooks, checklists, methodological white papers, or standardized review templates for linkage and PPRL programs.
• Familiarity with performance and quality metrics for linkage, PPRL, and enclave‑based research and with dashboards or reports used to monitor them.
• Prior work with federal health or research agencies on data access, data sharing, or guidance initiatives, especially in health services research, or complex administrative data environments.

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• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
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