Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology (Palliative Research Center)

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Posted Job Title

Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology (Palliative Research Center)

Job Profile Title

Associate Director E, Research

Job Description Summary

The Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center is seeking an Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology. The Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology is responsible for the execution of data management and database development activities for all PAIR Center clinical research including large multi-site RCTs, observational cohort studies, and comparative effectiveness trials. The Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology will ensure PAIR Center clinical research data are high-quality, scientifically sound, and reliable for use in all analyses, publications, and reporting.

Job Description

He or she will collaborate and meet frequently with internal and external stakeholders including faculty investigators, health system leadership, and clinical research staff to understand data needs of research studies. He or she will identify optimal data sources, develop and implement clear plans for data workflows, train research staff on data collection and management systems, monitor data for unexpected events, perform data quality checks, and process data from multiple sources to generate analytic data sets.

He or she will supervise a team of data managers, scientists, and analysts called the PAIR Center Data Core. They will be responsible for assigning Data Core staff to projects and assessing progress towards goals. He or she will maintain and communicate a prioritization plan for PAIR Center Data Core activities to ensure successful and timely completion of clinical research projects.

The Associate Director of Clinical Research Data Technology will oversee the PAIR Center’s implementation of the Penn Medicine’s Honest Broker Program. He or she will develop protocols and best practices for querying and working with electronic health record data. He or she will