About the LHNCBC Deputy Director Position
The Deputy Director will be appointed into a position in the Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service (SBRBPAS). Candidates for this position must have outstanding and broad expertise in program administration, software development and deployment, and scientific computing as they relate to the fields of biomedical and clinical informatics. The position serves as a senior technical leader of NLM who collaborates across NLM, NIH, and the broader research community by providing expert advice and consultation on clinical and biomedical informatics.
The position oversees design and implementation of programs supporting NLM and NIH intramural research that provide development of methods to gain insights from large health databases while learning the strengths and weaknesses of datasets and improving them, when possible; development and evaluation of computer algorithms for automated text analysis; and, data science research in biomedical image and signal processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to support automated clinical decision-making. Candidates should be customer-focused, service oriented, and have experience in working in a biomedical research environment. Outstanding communication skills and a collaborative work style are critical.
This is a full-time leadership position located at NIH facilities at the Bethesda, Maryland area campus.
Aug 15, 2026