Director, Clinical Ontology - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• 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.

Requirements

• Proven experience in clinical ontology development and management.
• Strong background in data science and analytics.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies.
• Familiarity with health informatics standards.
• Leadership experience in managing teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Work in a supportive and inclusive culture.
• Opportunity to shape innovative health products.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Access to health and wellness resources.