United States - California - Santa Monica, United States of America
Hybrid
We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we're not finished yet.
Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join us as a Senior Data Management Associate. In this role you will work closely with the Biostatistics, Programming, and Clinical Operations teams. This role will be a hands-on resource, reporting to the Senior Manager, Clinical Data Management.
The Senior Data Management Associate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of clinical data management studies from start-up to close-out for Kite’s clinical development programs. The Senior Data Management Associate will also work with Clinical Operations, Safety, and Regulatory as necessary. In this role you follow data management processes and understand the downstream implications of deviations from processes.
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):
Works collaboratively with Clinical and Statistical Programming, Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, and others to meet project deliverables and timelines for clinical data collection, quality checking, and reporting.
Handle multiple studies that are complex in scope and volume.
Lead studies(s)/projects without supervision oversight.
Ensures completeness, accuracy and consistency of clinical data and data structure.
Leads the preparation and design of eCRF’s.
Reviews study protocols and leads and/or assists in the planning and implementation of the data management portions of clinical studies.
Interact with site coordinators, investigators, and field clinical staff in collecting data and resolving queries to meet the protocol requirements in a timely manner.
Utilizes reports to track study progress and ensure timeliness and quality expectations are met.
Prepare and manage data management timelines to ensure goals of teams are met
Proficient in web-based Electronic Data Capture (such as Medidata Rave and other clinical data management systems)
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills are required.
Ability to clearly describe critical technical CDM aspects to non-CDM staff
Provide CDM expertise for external vendor data coordination, collection, and cleaning to efficiently ensure high quality data
Manage CDM deliverables in coordination with internal and external cross functional teams.
Review clinical data on an ongoing basis to ensure quality data
Assisting in the implementation of routine clinical data management processes with vendors including data entry, data quality checking, data transfer, and reporting.
Create and/or support Data Transfer Plans and other pertinent External Data documentation
Manage and coordinate external data deliverables.
Review, query management, report delivery to study teams, study timeline and database snapshot coordination for analysis including Safety Review
Team Flexible to changing priorities, detail-oriented, works well under pressure and able to take on unfamiliar tasks.
Ensures adherence to standard business processes within CDM systems to ensure compliance to regulatory bodies.
May participate in the design and implementation of clinical data management process.
Serves as a point of contact for study management team.
Demonstrates meeting facilitation/presentation skills.
Demonstrates ability to appropriately delegate tasks to applicable staff members.
Demonstrated ability to identify issues, as well as communicate and escalate project level issues including processes, timelines, resourcing, performance, etc.
Basic Qualifications
High School diploma and 9+ years of experience in Data Management -OR-
BS/BA in life science or related discipline and 5+ years of experience in Data Management -OR-
MS/MA in life sciences or related discipline and 3+ years of experience in Data Management
PHD in life sciences or related discipline and 2+ years of experience in Data Management
Preferred Qualifications
CDM oncology experience and knowledge of hematological cancers / cell therapy.
Scientific background and experience with lab data handling
Demonstrated knowledge of FDA, EMA, ICH guidelines and regulations covering clinical trials, statistics, and data management.
Experience in managing clinical data management deliverables for regulatory submission.
Ability to problem solve. Exceptional people/project leadership skills.
Familiarity with industry wide thesauri/dictionaries such as MedDRA and WHODD.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.
Kite Pharma is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact ApplicantAccommodations@gilead.com for assistance.
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Kite Pharma will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law.
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