Project Associate, PCCTC Clinical Operations - Remote

Pay Range

$65,400.00-$101,300.00

Company Overview

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.

 

Vaccination for COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) is mandatory for all MSK staff. Staff are considered fully vaccinated upon completion of a primary vaccination series for COVID-19 (i.e., one dose of a single dose vaccine or a final dose of a multi-dose vaccine series). Exceptions from the COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) vaccine requirements are permitted for those who request and receive an approved medical, religious, or fully remote exemption.  Requests for exemption can take up to two weeks to review. Vaccination or an approved exemption is required to start work. 

 

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Job Description

The Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium (PCCTC) is currently hiring an experienced Project Associate (PA) to join our dynamic clinical research team. Join us today and help make a difference!

 

PCCTC is the nation’s world-class multicenter Clinical Research Organization specializing in groundbreaking prostate cancer research. We work together with distinguished investigators on a single mission: we design, implement and complete studies in prostate cancer, translating scientific discoveries to improved standards of care.

You Are:

• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• An effective communicator, capable of determining how best to reach different audiences and carrying out communications based on that understanding.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Adept at building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives and goals.
• Adept at problem-solving to ensure unforeseen issues are handled appropriately and resolved in a timely fashion.
• Effective at taking action to ensure projects stay on schedule and deliverables adhere to established timeframes and deadlines. Flexible and willing to experiment with new ways of working as demands shift.
• Comfortable leading and presenting during meetings, which may include internal project meetings, partner meetings, site initiation visits (SIVs), data and monitoring and/or safety review meetings, etc.

You Will:

• Manage complex multi-institutional clinical trials across a diverse research portfolio. This includes industry-sponsored studies as well as investigator-initiated trials (IITs). Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Associate ensures we provide the best-in-class support to our participating institutions and industry partners.
• Assist in running clinical trials including protocol and informed consent drafting, regulatory document drafting, etc.
• Communicate effectively and establish good working relationships with a diverse matrix of trial sites, investigators, pharmaceutical & biotechnology partners, and all other partners of the PCCTC (including Executive Leadership, Clinical Operations, Data Management, Data Science, Business Management, Budgets & Contracts, Medical Writing/Editorial, etc.).
• Sustain project workflows and timelines, ensuring deadlines and achievements are met.
• Maintain and audit comprehensive, GCP/FDA compliant, Trial Master Files (TMFs) for assigned projects. Manage regulatory approvals (ex. IRB), review and filing of documents.
• Synthesize clinical, regulatory, and other clinical trial information into concrete plans.
• Provide vital documentation in compliance with existing standard operating procedures, regulatory guidelines, etc.
• Assist in drafting and maintaining clinical trial con