Team Lead Position «Data Curation Unit» in Helmholtz Imaging

The successful candidate will lead a dedicated support and research team and manage the data curation support activities across HI. Responsibilities include: Managing and mentoring a multidisciplinary team of machine learning and image analysis experts Coordinating DCU activities across partner sites and aligning them with HI strategy Co-developing and implementing a holistic data curation framework together with DCU members at partner sites (MDC, DESY, UFZ) Overseeing and supporting the team with tasks such as: Development of structured workflows for image data formation, quality assessment, and annotation management Systematic investigation and formalization of repetitive and undocumented data curation practices Development and recommendation of tools for data annotation, metadata structuring, and quality control Supporting researchers in adapting heterogeneous datasets into a unified internal curation framework Designing feedback mechanisms between data curation and downstream image analysis (including AI-based pipelines) Providing training formats, guidelines, and consultation for researchers across experience levels and data scales Promoting open science, software

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