Team Lead Data Curation Unit | Team Lead Position “Data Curation Unit” in Helmholtz Imaging

Job Summary

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is seeking a dynamic Team Lead to head the newly established Data Curation Unit (DCU) within the Helmholtz Imaging initiative. In this pivotal role, you will manage a multidisciplinary team of machine learning and image analysis experts to co-develop and implement a unified data curation framework across multiple prestigious research sites. Your day-to-day will involve coordinating cross-center support activities, overseeing the development of structured workflows for image data formation, and formalizing best practices for data annotation and quality control. This position is uniquely attractive as it sits at the intersection of high-level scientific research and AI infrastructure, offering the chance to shape the standards for reproducible, AI-ready imaging datasets in one of Europe’s largest cancer research environments. You will promote open science and software sustainability while working with cutting-edge computing resources and a global scientific network.