Senior Manager, Clinical Monitoring

Crinetics is a pharmaceutical company based in San Diego, California that develops much-needed therapies for people with rare endocrine diseases. We were founded by a dedicated team of scientists with the simple belief that better therapies developed from rigorous innovation can lead to better lives. Our work continues to make a real difference in the lives of patients. We have a prolific discovery engine and robust pipeline across preclinical and clinical development. We are driven by science with a patient-centric and team-oriented culture. This is an exciting time to join Crinetics as we shape our organization into the world’s premier fully integrated endocrine company from discovery to patients. Come join our team as we transform the lives of others.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager, Clinical Monitoring supports global and regional Clinical Trial Operations (CTO) and Clinical Monitoring management in the conduct and oversight of clinical site management and monitoring activities performed by Crinetics or an outsourcing partner. The Sr. Manager will manage Clinical Research Associates (CRA) and lead the development of processes, procedures, and tools/templates related to monitoring and site management activities.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

These may include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement strategy for in-house, regional monitoring activities on assigned studies, applying a risk-based approach when indicated.
• Lead monitoring activities on assigned studies.  This can include review of protocols, CRFs and completion guidelines, study manuals and other related documents.
• Author or review Clinical Monitoring Plan in collaboration with CTO and ensure CRA compliance to current plan.
• Manage the CRA monitoring visit schedule for each assigned study ensuring visit frequency and scheduled time on site aligns with risk-based indicators and site metrics.
• Review and finalize visit reports for regional CRAs managed by Crinetics according to study timelines. Follow up with CRAs regarding outstanding trip reports and follow-up letters.
• Track status of action items and queries.
• Develop, maintain, and/or act on metrics related to CRA performance or site status.
• Support CRAs and CTO with the implementation of site corrective actions related to issues identified during monitoring activities.
• Track and report to study team and leaders on compliance, trends, and metrics related to monitoring and site management.
• Support TMF set-up, maintenance, ongoing quality review, and final reconciliation of study documents as needed.
• Develop and manage the monitoring oversight strategy, including risk-based approaches, to assess the quality and compliance of CRO or FSP partners on assigned studies.
• Manage conduct of monitoring oversight visits (MOVs) with CRO CRAs to assess compliance to the protocol and Clinical Monitoring Plan and document results of the visit. May perform MOVs as needed.
• Conduct or oversee review of monitoring visit reports from CRO CRAs and escalate monitoring trends or findings to the CTM and Clinical Monitoring management.
• Mentors and provides leadership and direction to the CRA team members on study related questions from start-up through closure.
• Provide management and/or oversight of assigned Crinetics and FSP CRAs responsible for Clinical Monitoring activities.
• Conduct monitoring assessment or FSP oversight visits with assigned CRAs to ensure quality monitoring performance; use findings from visit to direct additional support, training, or performance management.
• Ensure adequate resourcing for assigned CRAs to Crinetics studies; work with CTO to plan for CRA re-assignment or acquisition of additional resources.
• Conduct annual performance assessment activities including appraisals, salary recommendations, and promotion justifications for Crinetics employees.
• Lead or participate in interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and orientation processes for Crinetics or FSP CRAs. 
• Conduct or arrange training for Crinetics or FSP CRAs, on SOPs, WIs, ICH-GCP, local regulations, and other role-specific training.  Ensures all training gaps are identified and resolved for assigned team.
• Responsible for team administrative oversight such as expense reports, travel approvals, and time-off requests.
• Escalates any performance, resourcing, training, or study-related issues or impacts on deliverables, as appropriate, to the Senior Director, Clinical Project Management and Centralized Services. 
• Support CRAs, study team, and Quality with responses to audits or inspections.
• Manage Clinical Monitoring staff at the Sr. CRA level and below, generally with a management tree of up to 7 employees or FSP resources.
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