Senior Clinical Trial Manager

POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) will be responsible for managing all aspects of clinical trials from start-up through close-out. The Sr. CTM should have experience in managing all aspects of the trials independently. The Sr CTM is expected to provide functional expertise to ensure that study timelines, costs and quality metrics are met and the study is conducted in compliance with the study protocol, SOPs, and applicable regulatory requirements. The Senior Clinical Trial is responsible for complex studies and has the experience, skills and knowledge to work independently.   PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the execution and conduct of all aspects of very complex clinical studies to ensure that timelines, cost, and quality metrics are met
• Drive selection of vendors/CROs and provide effective ongoing management to vendors/CROs working on the project to ensure compliance and execution of project deliverables within the approved budget, study timeline, and study protocol. Works closely with investigative site personnel, CROs, and other study vendors
• Manage study contracting, budget, forecasting, accruals and payment process for all clinical trial vendors including investigational sites
• Lead study-related activities such as protocol and informed consent preparation, investigator selection, study training material development and delivery, monitoring plans development and execution, CRFs design and completion, TMF maintenance, protocol amendment, lab manuals and clinical report preparation, as required
• Lead and prepare content for internal study meetings and external study webinars
• Responsible for the day to day management of the study/project and tracking to OKRs for key deliverables
• Collaborate with Clinical Data Management group to ensure correct CRFs content is collected, prepare comprehensive completion guidelines, and design effective data listings and study reports
• Oversee the clinical operations aspects of timely data cleaning, data analysis and the availability of results for data cuts and publications; participate in data reviews
• Is adept at providing routine project status updates (internal to Natera) -May present information to external clients (e.g., Sponsors or KOLs)
• Train CROs, vendors, investigators and study coordinators on implementation of study protocol
• Mentor junior staff. Serve as a resource for others within the company for clinical trials management expertise
• Monitor and track clinical trial progress and provide status update to stakeholders
• Partner with other groups (e.g., Research, Medical Affairs) to create a culture of mutual respect and focus on delivery of high-quality project results
• External interactions (with clinical sites, vendors or collaborators) require ability to communicate complex concepts 
• Demonstrates potential to lead others through influence
• Participates in developing courses of action that are high impact to Natera taking into consideration needs of stakeholders
• Checks in with manager and executes solutions and work independently
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and utilizes various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.
• Employee must complete training or provide training records relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, Humans Subjects Protection, GCP, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned

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 QUALIFICATIONS:

●    Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required, PMP certification preferred
●    7 + years, of diagnostics, pharmaceutical or biotech-related/clinical research experience required
●    Oncology clinical trial experience is highly desired
●    Fully proficient in the management and execution of projects/trials/Labs/ including management of vendors and CROs
●    Significant experience leading every phase of the project lifecycle (e.g., start-up, conduct and close-out activities)
●    Must be capable of independently interfacing with external sponsors and KOLs as a Natera subject matter expert

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

●        Interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters

●        Effectively presents information to external clients (e.g., Sponsors or KOLs)

●        Performs assigned tasks and establishes timelines and priorities independently

●        Is adept at presenting project requirements and status updates to stakeholders inside and external to Natera<