Data Management Product Manager (4116)
University of California
Oakland

_**Position Summary:**_Looking for a challenging position
supporting research data management? Join the University of
California Curation Center's (UC3) DMPTool  (Data Management Planning Tool)
team as a product manager. DMPTool is an innovative UC3
service that helps researchers create quality data management
plans.

  
We are seeking an experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and
put it into practice with in-depth project management skills and knowledge of
the research process, data management, and data sharing to manage, promote,
and enhance the DMPTool. This is a two-year contract
position.

  
_**Department Summary:**_ The California Digital Library (CDL) fulfills its
mission to support libraries and scholars by providing over 20 award winning
services, addressing all stages of the research life cycle, from a systemwide
library catalog, to tools for managing data, to publishing faculty
scholarship. CDL collaborates with the ten University of
California campuses and external partners to develop strategies and
initiatives that support scholarship in the digital age.

  
_**Requirements:**_

▪ Bachelor's degree in related area and/or a minimum of two to three years of
data management, curation management including datasets, content description
and representation, metadata standards, and relevant workflows.

  
▪ Knowledge of and experience with data driven research and the emerging
importance of data management and sharing. Familiarity with
new data sharing policies required by funding agencies and journal publishers.

  
▪ Excellent project management skills and experience coordinating and
promoting services. Proven ability to research, collect and analyze
information to use in determining product options or alternatives.

  
▪ Demonstrated ability to engage with people in new settings as well as
excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

  
▪ Ability to lead, build consensus and promote the exchange of information
among project team, internal and external constituencies.

  
▪ Strong oral communication skills to effectively convey and explain
information to different audiences.

  
▪ Strong written communications skills to draft clear, concise documentation,
reports and specifications.

  
▪ Demonstrated understanding of the research data processes including data
collection, description, sharing, preservation, and management.

  
▪ Familiarity with basic user assessment techniques and demonstrated
experience working with academic communities and technology staff to build and
express use cases and functional requirements.

  
▪ Entrepreneurial attitude to developing services; self-motivated, with the
ability to set and attain goals effectively and the flexibility to adapt to
change.

  
▪ Experience with Microsoft Office required.

  
**Preferred:**  
  
▪ Experience with GitHub, Markdown, HTML, and coding languages (e.g., Ruby,
Python) are desirable.

  
**HOW TO APPLY:** If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to view the full job description and/or to apply, please visit [https://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57983](https://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57983)  
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