Head of Independent Trust Center | Informatiker (m/w/d)

Universitätsklinikum Münster

Münster, Westfalen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Published Dec 23, 2025
Full-time
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Job Summary

This is a highly strategic leadership role responsible for establishing, operating, and continuously developing the Independent Trust Center at the University Hospital Münster. The primary objective is ensuring the legal and data protection-compliant use of personal health data for both patient care and research, particularly adhering to the new Health Data Use Act (GDNG) and GDPR. Day-to-day responsibilities include providing technical and organizational leadership, implementing identity management and data deduplication, and designing and operating pseudonymization and anonymization procedures, including for image data. The successful candidate will advise researchers on compliant data flows, manage the internal research register, and collaborate closely with executive management, IT, and data protection officers. This position offers the opportunity to shape a new central governance unit with a high degree of professional independence and strategic importance within a highly regulated medical research environment.

Required Skills

Education

Completed scientific university degree in Computer Science, Medical Informatics, Data Science, Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Law (especially Data Protection Law), or a comparable field

Experience

  • Professional experience in Trust Centers, Data Protection, Research Data Management, Biobanks, or comparable structures
  • In-depth knowledge of Data Protection Law (GDPR, national health data legislation)
  • Experience with pseudonymization and anonymization concepts involving sensitive personal health data
  • Ideally, leadership experience or experience in building new organizational units

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Must assume strategic and organizational responsibility for a newly established central service unit; Requires working in a highly sensitive, regulated environment; Responsibility for implementing statutory requirements, particularly the Health Data Use Act (GDNG).