Data Visualization & Visitor Agreement Specialist

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory•Princeton, NJ

4d•$67,100 - $107,100•Remote

About The Position

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), managed by Princeton University for the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking a full-time Data Visualization and Visitor Agreement Specialist. This role supports the Publications and Data Management (P&DM) and Strategic Engagement and Applications Development (SEAD) Offices. The P&DM Office focuses on providing researchers with resources for scholarly research and open science, while the SEAD Office manages non-federal contracting, partnerships, and intellectual property. The selected individual will contribute to developing data-driven tools for workflow improvement, provide expertise in open science to ensure compliance with federal requirements, and establish efficient workflows for visitor agreements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is minimally required.
Knowledge of and experience with Tableau (Desktop and Server) for developing visual dashboards, including advanced features such as dashboard integration through drill-downs, calculations, database joining, automated job execution for extracts, data processing workflows with Prep Builder, and identity and access management.
Experience developing and using metadata schemas to represent complex or unique information.
Understanding of data, metadata, and different data types.
Ability to problem solve technical issues with Tableau or other tools.
Managing copyright agreements and policies in an open science research environment while meeting federal public access requirements.
Evaluating scientific and technical information products for compliance with federal mandates and directives.
Describing and redescribing STIs following established schema(s).
Handling publication metadata and use of Princeton Library databases.
Managing visitor agreements and policies to support a National Laboratory research environment while meeting federal and site access requirements.
Developing reports.
Editing websites.
Experience with Google Workspaces (Sheets, Forms, Mail, Spaces), Microsoft Excel.
Experience with Python or similar programming language.
Strong communication skills.
Detailed oriented.

Nice To Haves

Master’s in Library Information Science or a Scientific, Technical, Engineering, or Mathematics field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development of Lab-wide and department-specific visual dashboards for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other performance metrics.
Meet with internal and external stakeholders to understand needs from dashboards.
Work with data maintainers of KPIs and performance metrics to ensure quality assurance of data.
Assist, define, establish, and recommend metadata schemas that optimize data-driven learning and implementation.
Assist data maintainers with improving/refining processes/workflows for data ingestion through Google Sheets or similar tools.
Assist PPPL staff with accessing Tableau services, including permission settings for Tableau dashboards and data.
Assist with identifying and in some cases implementing User Experience/Interface improvements.
Assist in identifying new ways to comprehend information for data-driven outcomes.
Assist in communicating with Princeton Center for Data Analytics and Reporting (CeDAR) with Tableau server needs and issues.
Assist in issue management and prioritization from stakeholders.
Inform the Product Owner (Publications and Data Management Division Manager) for Tableau with progress, setbacks, bugs, and feature improvements.
Develop and maintain guidance documentation on best practices for using Tableau for Liaison and stakeholders.
Develop and maintain guidance documentation on specific dashboards.
Other duties as assigned.
Stakeholder Coordination: Acts as the primary liaison between SEAD and the User and Visiting Collaborator Office (UVCO) to track agreement status and approvals and field inquiries from the research staff related to Visiting Collaborator Agreements.
Visual Compliance Screening and Research Security: Executes Restricted Party Screening modules for institutional agreements and coordinates with Research Security Office to resolve any identified flags for debarred parties or foreign entity concerns.
Agreement Processing & Execution: Prepares and routes Visiting Collaborator Agreements to individual Visiting Collaborators and their employers for negotiation and execution based on UVC Request Forms.
Records Audit & Maintenance: Ensures all executed agreements are stored in the database and updated or terminated when necessary.
Researches, documents, prepares, and maintains a comprehensive "Lab Capabilities" portfolio that highlights unique facilities, capabilities, expertise, and equipment that is available for partnerships with for outside partners.
Manages the integration and regular updating of PPPL’s profiles on the DOE’s Lab Partnering Service to increase the visibility of lab technologies.
Manages development of a software and data storefront to increase visibility and availability of laboratory developed IP.
Manages and updates the SEAD internal database to ensure accurate tracking of partnerships, intellectual property, and historical agreement data. Connects these databases to lab-wide visualization efforts.
Executes ad-hoc projects as they arise, such as supporting DOE-funded Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) programs.
Review STI products for copyright clearance and classification level.
Collect and submit metadata and appropriate documents for federal reporting.
Analyze data and generate reports for STI requirement compliance.
Engage with researchers/engineers to maintain their scholarly portfolios through ORCID and Scopus.
Assist with management of outstanding research datasets.
Assist with guiding researchers with data research submissions.
Develop and help maintain training materials for dissemination.
Maintain internally facing STI website(s).
Correspond with the research community.
Track impact factor indicators for journals/publishers.
Respond to data calls.
Review of public access reports.