Manager, Clinical Data Management

Description

Manager, Clinical Data Management

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures project launch, conduct, and closeout activities are performed according to the Customer's and the Company's contractual agreement. Ensures that all project-related data management tasks are completed in accordance with internal and customer quality standards, Syneos Health SOPs, and all pertinent industry/regulatory guidelines and legal requirements from commencement to closure of a project. Ensures project documentation is filed on an ongoing basis and the TMF is maintained in an inspection ready state
• Manages multiple projects ranging in size and complexity from single service studies, to multiple global projects within a program, with interaction from supervisor as required  May serve as the sponsor liaison

• May proactively manage the scope, budget, and resource for their assigned projects under the guidance of an Associate Director/Director. Manages the financial aspects of the assigned projects, including ensuring projects maintain the correct level of gross profit, and changes in scope are applied as necessary. Ensures that customers are invoiced in a timely manner.

• Identify data management project issues and alert Manager (Senior Department Management) with a view to remedial action. May serve as point of escalation for individual projects.

• Ensure effective communication between departments and with Sponsor to ensure a high level of client satisfaction through successful execution of projects.
• May review Protocol, Data Management Plan, CRF and Edit Check Specifications to ensure consistency across documentation
• Ensures a review of relevant project Data Management study files for currency and accuracy, including development of a corrective action plan for quality issues or non-compliance.
• Line Management and functional support of assigned staff. Interview, onboard and train new staff as appropriate. Oversee professional development of direct reports by setting goals, conducting performance reviews, evaluating and monitoring training needs, creating development plans, mentoring, and coaching.
• Mentors staff in general team leadership skills, project management skills, internal Company processes, and for project specific tasks.
• Manage the resources / workload of assigned team and projects, assigns tasks to team members, manage billable and non-billable time, and subsequently monitors productivity / utilization, timeliness, and quality.
• Maintains and evaluates project progress. May work with PDMs to prepare for and attend Project Review Meetings
• May participate in Sponsor or regulatory audits
• May represent Clinical Data Management at Business Development and Sponsor-related meetings with support from the Associate Director/Director.
• May perform training for data management staff to internal and external audiences as required
• Maintains departmental resourcing tracking tools
• May lead or participate in process improvement/departmental strategic initiatives to support the Business. This may include the development of departmental technologies, SOPs, processes and procedures
• Maintains proficiency in Data Management systems and processes through regular training
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

The position is responsible for line managing, developing and being accountable for the Clinical Data Processing, Clinical Coders, Clinical Data Associate or Project Data Managers in their assigned team; and for meeting assigned operational targets including but not limited to quality, performance, utilization, retention and training.