Apr 30, 2026
Full time
Digital Platform Lead - AI & Digital Health (Research Programme) Digital Platform Lead - AI & Digital Trials Platform Location: London Bridge (Hybrid, minimum 3-4 days on site, with regular presence in South East London) Contract: 3-year academic contract with renewal BioTalent has partnered with a major academic research programme to appoint a Digital Platform Lead into a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of digital health, AI, and large-scale clinical research. This is not a pure engineering role, and it's not a traditional academic post. It's about owning the delivery and direction of a complex digital platform that underpins a global research programme. The Opportunity You'll lead the development and evolution of a digital platform supporting large-scale, multi-modal data collection across wearable devices, mobile applications, and healthcare systems. The platform sits at the core of a global research initiative spanning tens of thousands of participants, enabling AI-driven insights, digital trials, and personalised health interventions. You'll work across research, clinical, and technical teams, translating scientific needs into scalable, real-world digital infrastructure. What You'll Be Doing Own the technical and strategic direction of the digital platform, ensuring alignment with research objectives Translate clinical and research requirements into clear technical roadmaps and delivery plans Oversee integration of external systems such as wearable devices and health data sources, ensuring interoperability and scalability Act as the primary point of contact for platform vendors, managing delivery, performance, and contracts Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across data science, software engineering, AI, and clinical research Ensure the platform supports advanced analytics and AI-driven insights across multimodal datasets Oversee data pipelines for real-time ingestion, storage, and analysis of wearable and clinical data Implement quality, risk, and contingency frameworks to ensure platform reliability and performance Track performance against KPIs, milestones, and programme objectives Act as the bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment What You're Not Doing You are not building the platform yourself, vendors handle the core engineering You are not owning data governance directly, this sits with a dedicated function This is about ownership, alignment, and delivery across a complex ecosystem. What They're Looking For PhD in digital health, AI, data science, or a closely related field within healthcare Strong experience leading or delivering digital health or data-driven platforms Experience working with multimodal data, ideally including wearable or real-world data Strong understanding of healthcare data standards such as FHIR or HL7 Experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments Ability to bridge research, clinical, and technical teams effectively Experience with cloud-based data platforms and large-scale data infrastructure Strong project and programme management capability Nice to have: Experience within academic or research-led environments Exposure to AI-driven healthcare applications Understanding of research ethics and regulatory environments Awareness of UX/UI considerations in digital health platforms Why This Role Own a platform at the centre of a globally significant research programme Work at the intersection of AI, digital health, and clinical research Influence how large-scale digital trials are designed and deliveredCollaborate with leading clinicians, researchers, and technical teams Long-term opportunity within a funded programme