Senior Clinical Project Manager

 

MISSION

Mirum Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases. We are passionate about advancing scientific discoveries to become important medicines for rare disease patients. We are collaborative, creative, and experienced professionals and we’re looking to augment our team with other individuals who embody our values: care, be real, get it done, and have fun, seriously.

 

POSITION SUMMARY

The role will be responsible for the overall management and coordination of operational activities involved in the planning, conduct and completion of clinical trials including the management of deliverables, adherence to budget, and ongoing risk mitigation. Manages selected CROs and leads cross-functional project teams (clinical monitoring, data management, biostatistics, medical writing, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, and clinical QA) to ensure the project is completed on time, within budget, and with high quality.

JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

General:

• Drive the planning, development, and execution of timelines while identifying and tracking the team’s critical path.
• Facilitate the project team kick-off meeting by identifying key stakeholders and resources.
• Execute and control project activities, including scope, schedule, budget, and risk associated with each assigned project and report performance to senior management.
• Establish communication plans for information distribution to team members.
• Manage project/program meetings.
• Conduct project/program reviews at significant milestones or gates to evaluate successes as compared to baseline estimates.
• Integrate understanding of constraints across and within projects and recommend alternatives.
• Identify and track key study metrics in order to identify/anticipate issues (early) and conduct root-cause investigations for issue resolution and/or escalation (as needed).

Clinical:

• Assist the scientific staff in developing and reviewing protocols, investigator brochures, informed consent forms, clinical study reports and other scientific documents.
• Assist with regulatory submission preparations.
• Author/Oversee the development of plans and execution of those plans related to project management, site monitoring, safety management, data management and biostatistics.
• Identify, evaluate, and select external vendors (central lab, CROs, consultants/contractors).
• Train and manage CROs and other clinical vendor activities to ensure the quality meets Mirum and regulatory requirements.
• Perform periodic visits to sites and/or CROs to assess the progress of studies/protocol compliance. Develops/reviews and approves study plans.
• Develop contracts for and perform ongoing management of vendors to ensure deliverables and performance adhere to contract.
• Oversee the identification, selection, and proper initiation of sites.
• Develop patient recruitment strategies to ensure enrollment goals are achieved
• Oversee development of CRFs, and clinical databases, support development of safety databases, and shell Tables, Figures and Listings.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct investigator meetings.
• Contribute to planning, coordination and conduct of Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) meetings.
• With Medical and Safety, assess trends in data including adverse events, protocol violations, etc.
• Oversee timely database freeze and database lock. Participate in data review meetings.
• Oversee maintenance of the Trial Master File for each project and oversee the archival process.
• Ensure adherence to SOPs, GCP and ICH regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the life sciences or related field required. Additional coursework or certifications in clinical trial planning and operations desired.
• At least 5 years experience as a global clinical project manager.
• Experience in rare disease preferred.
• Experience working in a fully outsourced model.
• Experience in small, fast-paced biotech is a plus.
• Experience coordinating interdepartmental activities and efforts to meet protocol and program goals.
• Expert and extensive knowledge of CRO / vendor management and global protocol operations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have a demonstrated working knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines, and regulations.
• Proficiency in resource planning and financial management (clinical trial budgeting) required.
• Ability to deal with multiple priorities with aggressive timelines.
• Strong