Senior Associate, Central Monitor, Data Surveillance

Pfizer; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Pfizer is seeking a Senior Associate, Central Monitor to ensure data completeness and integrity in a clinical trial database under RBM. The role involves developing RBM systems, defining KRIs, processing data for signal and action management, and troubleshooting database issues.

Hybrid work location with global study team collaboration. You will implement quality control steps, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with ICH GCP, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience with Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) systems and KRIs.

Responsibilities

• Implement global RBM strategies, processes, and standards for studies.
• Set up and test study-level RBM systems and KRIs.
• Review study outputs for signal and action management and coordinate with study teams.
• Define issue resolution for findings and ensure timely action.
• Produce and maintain QC documentation for RBM activities.
• Ensure RBM aligns with ICH GCP, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Clinical Data Scientist to mitigate signals and release RBM systems.

Tools

RBM System

Job description

The Senior Associate, Central Monitor is responsible for ensuring the completeness, quality and integrity of the subject data in the clinical trial database under Risk Based Monitoring (RBM) mode. The areas of activity include but are not limited to: developing Risk-Based Monitoring system for applicable studies, ensuring key risk indicators (KRIs) properly defined and set up in the system to support the study, processing and reviewing study data in the system for the signal and action management, follow up for the issue resolution. The Senior Associate, Central Monitor ensures risk based monitoring activities comply with regulations, applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Processes at all times and is familiar with supported systems (RBM system, etc.) and able to troubleshoot and provide rapid response for all database issues. The Senior Associate, Central Monitor ensures quality oversight/control steps implemented in the central monitor activities and may be required to perform tasks as CM Program Oversight Lead. The Senior Associate, Central Monitor works with the global study team to meet the study objectives.

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

• - Implement global strategies, initiatives, processes, and standards to ensure consistent, efficient, and quality processes to meet quality, timelines and deliverables.
• - Provide technical expertise to set up and test study level Risk-based Monitoring system
• - Review study level system outputs to process for the signal and action management - Plan and execute communication plans methods to ensure customer satisfaction and enable improvements to be implemented during the course of a study.
• - Able to resolve conflicts, influence and communicate with key stakeholders and customers.
• - Implement quality oversight/control steps implemented in the central monitor activities.
• - Review protocols to ensure the set-up, review and reporting requirements can be met and are standardized.
• - Provide technical oversight, guidance and coordination for all the central monitor activities.
• - Set up and test RBM system at study level to ensure system quality.
• - Define key risk indicators (KRIs) in study system, and ensure consistency between the standard level and the study level.
• - Set up dictionary for data quality assessment DQA in study system
• - Ensure RBM system align with the protocol and adhere to ICH GCP, SOPs, corporate standards and regulatory requirements.
• - Work with Study Team to define the issue resolution for the reviewing findings as signal and action.
• - Develop, implement and maintain Quality Control related documentations for RBM related activities to ensure data completeness and accuracy.
• - Perform central monitoring activities including review system outputs, propose suggestion for signal and action management, and follow up with study team for the action resolution.
• - Work with Clinical Data Scientist to ensure all signal and actions are properly mitigated and RBM systems properly released.
• - Ensure lessons learnt during the course of the study are documented and shared with other central monitors/ study teams to facilitate cross-study learning.

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