Rita Ramos

Data professional with 10+ years of experience working with complex data lifecycles, data quality, and multidisciplinary teams. Strong background in structuring, validating, and translating data into clear outputs to support decision-making.

Experience in working closely with stakeholders to understand needs, improve data processes, and ensure consistency and usability across datasets. Comfortable bridging technical analysis and business context through clear communication and structured reporting. Currently interested in roles that combine data, business analysis, and process improvement within corporate and technology environments.

Statistics Consultant & Data Analysis at Self-employed (2021-09 – Present)

• Provide expert support in dataset preparation, advanced statistical modelling, and data cleaning for professional and academic projects.
• Deliver technical mentorship in data analysis and R programming for MSc and PhD-level students

Project Manager & Pedagogic Director – Master's in Conservation Biology at Gorongosa National Park (2024-03 – Present)

• Directed the planning and delivery of a master's programme. Led programme logistics and financial control, maintaining full compliance with donor reporting and regulatory requirements
• Defined data collection standards and supported teams in adopting consistent processes, improving data quality and reporting reliability.
• Provided technical leadership and mentorship for research projects, ensuring rigorous data quality and statistical standards
• Managed a multidisciplinary team of 20 people and acted as the main point of contact between stakeholders, aligning needs, expectations, and project deliverables.

Project Assistant – Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Co-Management Programme at Fauna & Flora and Fundação Príncipe (2023-04 – 2024-01)

• Streamlined historical data architectures and maintained a database of 4+ years of monitoring data to ensure data quality and long-term reporting consistency.
• Analysed existing data processes and standardized data collection and reporting frameworks to improve consistency and usability.
• Gathered information from multiple stakeholders and produced structured reports to support decision-making and project tracking.

Doctoral Researcher (PhD) – Environmental Science at University of East Anglia (UK) & University of Porto (Portugal) (2020-01 – 2024-04)

• Designed and managed long-term data systems (11+ years dataset), ensuring data consistency and supporting structured analysis and reporting.
• Implemented rigorous validation and cleaning protocols for large spatial datasets using R and QGIS.
• Built environmental and predictive models by integrating large-scale spatial data and satellite imagery

Biologist – Birds & Power Lines Project at Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) (2017-03 – 2018-12)

• Managed GIS-based databases and established data collection standards to identify critical hotspots through spatial analysis
• Coordinated with corporate stakeholders, such as EDP, to define reporting standards and produce high-impact technical reports
• Organized national surveys and maintained data quality for large-scale biodiversity monitoring.

Ornithologist at Ecosativa (2017 – 2022)

Research Fellow at CIBIO (2019 – 2019)

Environmental Educator at Lisbon Zoo (2013 – 2018)

PhD in Environmental Science – University of East Anglia & Porto University (2020-01 – 2024-04)

Master's in Conservation Biology – Lisbon University (2014-09 – 2016-11)

Bachelor's in Biology (Terrestrial Environment) – Lisbon University (2011-09 – 2014-06)