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Data Manager II - Thrive Kansas Digital Mental Health Initiative
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What they do
A Data Manager manages databases and coordinates data collection and analysis for a company or organization. Develops procedures for documentation and data storage. Performs or manages data analysis for studies, projects and reports.
$137,086 / year median in Kansas
+7% projected growth
Job Description
Data Manager II
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Thrive Kansas Digital Mental Health Initiative Department:
SOM Wichita Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Position Title:
Data Manager II
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Thrive Kansas Digital Mental Health Initiative Job Family Group:
Professional Staff Job Description Summary:
The Data Manager for the Thrive Kansas Digital Mental Health Initiative leads multi hub data coordination and serves as the operational steward for platform generated utilization, symptom, and safety data. This role builds and maintains reliable data pipelines and validation processes, ensures secure transfers and governance, and supports dashboards and continuous quality improvement (CQI) cycles. The Data Manager partners with evaluation, implementation, and technical teams to deliver accurate, timely reporting and contributes to CMS facing deliverables in alignment with regulatory and program requirements. The Thrive Kansas Digital Mental Health Initiative is a grant funded, statewide, evidence-based digital therapeutic strategy designed to expand access to treatment for depression, substance use disorders (SUD) and other mental disorders in rural Kansas. The initiative deploys clinically validated computerized mental health interventions supported by community-based facilitation and integrated into rural primary care, behavioral health, and community settings. Job Responsibilities Multi-hub data coordination Platform-generated utilization, symptom, and safety data Data quality checks and validation Secure data transfers and governance Supporting dashboards and CQI cycles CMS-facing reporting support This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Work Environment Hybrid may be available
Required Qualifications Work Experience:
Nine (9) years of experience in data management, data engineering, or analytics operations supporting multi‑source datasets. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. Hands‑on experience with data quality frameworks, validation scripting (e.g., SQL, Python), and documentation.
Preferred Qualifications Education:
Bachelor's degree in data science, information systems, public health, statistics, computer science, or related field.
Work Experience:
Experience with health research or healthcare/public health, platform‑generated data, and safety/incident datasets. Familiarity with
HIPAA/PHI, IRB/DUA
processes, and CMS reporting structures. Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and workflow/orchestration (e.g., SQL jobs, Airflow). Exposure to data modeling, metadata management, and version control (e.g., Git). Experience supporting CQI, quality dashboards, or performance improvement initiatives. Experience with data transfer methods. Experience with access control. Experience with data governance practices. Experience with technical data translation. Experience with data governance. Experience with data quality engineering & validation. Experience with secure data transfer. Skills Communication Organization Collaboration Problem solving Detail oriented
Accountability Time Management Required Documents Resume/CV Cover Letter Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.
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Employee Type:
Regular Time Type:
Full time
Rate Type:
Salary Compensation Statement:
The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Pay Range:
$80,600.00
•$120,900.00 Minimum $80,600.00 Midpoint $100,800.00 Maximum $120,900.00
Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Wichita-KS/Data-Manager-II
•-Thrive-Kansas-Digital-Mental-Health-Initiative_JR009948 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number
JR009948.
Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.
About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Center's mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu .
Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information.
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Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Professional Development
- Other Retirement and Savings
- Health Insurance