Director, Clinical Ontology at Oura

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Director, Clinical Ontology at Oura. At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. . Our values. guide how we show up for each other and our community every day.. We are looking for a Director, Clinical Ontology to play a key role in shaping Oura’s future products and services.. What you will do:. . Lead the design, development, and governance of Oura’s clinical ontology, encompassing physiological, behavioral, and contextual data domains.. . Collaborate across Science, Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure the ontology supports scalable data architecture, AI/ML models, and clinical-grade analytics.. . Define and manage controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, and standard terminologies (e.g., SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD) to support cross-platform data integration.. . Serve as the primary authority on semantic data modeling, contributing to data dictionaries, metadata standards, and ontological consistency across Oura’s product suite.. . Define and manage ontology mappings between Oura and third-party health ecosystems, including EHRs, public health datasets, and research partners.. . Lead and grow a small team of ontology specialists and data architects.. . Stay current with emerging standards and technologies in health informatics and semantic web.. . Drive adoption of best practices in ontology lifecycle management, version control, and change governance.. . This is a remote US role.. We would love to have you on our team if you have:. . Deep knowledge of biomedical ontologies and standards (e.g., HL7 FHIR, SNOMED CT, UMLS, etc.).. . Master’s or PhD in biomedical informatics, computer science, information science, or a related field.. . 7+ years of experience in ontology development, semantic data modeling, or health informatics.. . Experience engineering and supporting ontology solutions from the ground up, including close collaboration with full stack engineering teams and familiarity with engineering processes such as Agile, etc.. . Experience in consumer health, wearables, digital biomarkers, or remote patient monitoring strongly preferred.. . Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and translate complex health concepts into structured data frameworks, including working with clinical domain experts to inform ontology data curation.. . Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.. . Company Location: United States.