Clinical Data Science Senior Technical Implementation Manager

Role Summary

As a Clinical Data Science (CDS) Senior Technical Implementation Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the CDS team's implementation of new technologies and innovations. This includes but is not limited to leveraging the CDW (Clinical Data Warehouse) platform as the primary tool for clinical trial data review, interpreting clinical programming needs from a data management and/or cross-functional perspective and translating those needs into actionable steps, and working with CDS leadership to increase awareness of these tools, innovations, and data review functionality. You will collaborate closely with CDS data managers and clinical programmers as well as members of other functional areas to create clear, detailed, and standardized specifications for displays/visualizations built in both the CDW and outside of CDW. In addition, you will serve as a member of the CDW Implementation Team to develop and deploy strategies, processes, and tools to successfully implement and adopt CDW at Ionis.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with data managers and functional area leads outside of CDS to convert data display/visualization requirements into clear, unambiguous specifications for the clinical programming team
• Work closely with clinical programmers to support the creation of data displays/visualizations that present clinical data in a clear, user-friendly manner
• Develop templates for data displays/visualizations to facilitate standardized programs and consistent outputs across clinical trials for deployment in CDW platform, if applicable.
• Liaise with data managers, clinical programmers, and non-CDS functional area leads to troubleshoot and resolve issues identified in data displays/visualizations
• Support data managers, clinical programmers, and non-CDS cross-functional teams in all aspects of CDW implementation, including display and listing development, UAT, and other tasks as needed
• Identify, develop, and/or deploy material for CDW awareness to CDS and non-CDS functions with a focus on platform education and increased adoption.
• Lead efforts to programmatically improve the efficiencies of CDS’s processes as they relate to data monitoring and cleaning
• Adhere to company and departmental policies and procedures

Skills

• Excellent analytical and proactive problem-solving skills
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to present information, processes cross-functionally
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's or Master's degree
• Required: Minimum of 5 years of direct Clinical Data Management experience or equivalent, including at least 2 years of Study Lead Data Manager responsibilities
• Required: Experience with Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems
• Required: Experience with receipt, import, processing of data from external data providers
• Preferred: Preferred experience with data visualization/analytical tools (i.e. elluminate, Spotfire, etc.) in clinical research environment
• Required: Experience with EDC/Clinical database build is a plus but not required
• Required: Working knowledge of clinical programming principles and practices