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**POSITION TITLE**: Senior Manager, Data Management**REPORTS TO**: Director/Associate Director, Data Management or Designee**BASIC FUNCTIONS**:Manager Data Management position is to oversee data management staff to ensure adequate staffing of projects as well as adequate training of staff.
**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:- Data Management Oversight for Projects/Program:- Reviews Metric reports for overall departmental performance- Reviews staffing projections for DM activities for studies- Implements process or system improvements for global implementation- Discusses roadblocks with PM & data operations management for completing study objectives in a timely manner- Reviews project budgets and staffing projections for data management 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, change control process, database lock, etc.
)- 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 data management 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 documents, edit check specifications, data review plan, etc