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**POSITION TITLE**: Associate Director, Data Management**REPORTS TO**: Director Data Management or Designee**BASIC FUNCTIONS**:Associate Director Data Management position is to direct data management staff to ensure consistency, while ensuring adequate staffing of projects and provide for staff training opportunities.
**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:- Data Operations Oversight for Projects/Program:- Reviews Metric reports for overall departmental performance- Consolidates staffing projections for DM activities for studies- Implements process or system improvements for global implementation- Discusses roadblocks with PM & management for completing study objectives in a timely manner- Reviews project budgets and staffing projections for data operation activities- Provides training and guidance for DM staff and DM Leads- Supervises department staff:- Responsible for the hiring, promotion, transfer and release of staff- Reviews team member activities to ensure departmental processes are followed- Writes and distributes performance reviews to staff members- Assigns DM Leads to projects, and team members to DM leads/Principals- Trains team members on specific departmental processes (Trial design document creation, Edit Check creation, CCB process, coding, database lock, etc.
)- Develops, implements, and maintains performance metrics and measures of capacity- Approves timesheets for direct reports- Ensures training is documented effectively- Oversees staff adherence to corporate policies- Publicizes Data Management:- Presents to clients and other interested individuals about Data Operations (New Hire Orientation, Kick-off meetings, bid defense, corporate lessons learned, etc.
)- Reviews budgets and proposal texts for data management activities.- Creates and Maintains Documentation for departmental standards:- SOPs and/or WPs- Creates or Modifies Templates for the Data Management Plan, CRF Completion Guidelines, Trial Design Document, edit specifications, reconciliation guidelines, report specifications, etc.
**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:- Ability to lead departmental team members- Ability to collaborate with management and answer questions related to general DM concerns- Ability to maintain positive and open relations with corporate peers- Ability to facilitate team meetings and take meeting minutes- Good working knowledge of clinical trials data processing concepts- Ability to create DM study documents (CRF guidelines, trial design document, edit check specifications, data review plan, etc