Biomarker Operations Manager

Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Kelly Science and Clinical FSP is seeking a Biomarker Operations Manager to support our pharmaceutical partner. The role sits in the Oncology Biomarker & Diagnostic Operations team, implementing and executing clinical sample collection, testing, and data delivery for oncology programs.

The position is based in Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA, and offers full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401K, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific field; MS/PhD desirable.
• 5+ years in clinical development or biomarker/diagnostics.
• Knowledge of ICH GCP, GLP; clinical drug development planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; global cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Drives the biomarker and diagnostic strategy for early and late-stage oncology programs.
• Develops biomarker and diagnostic plans, timelines, budgets, risk assessments, and quality metrics.
• Collaborates with procurement and scientific leads to finalize contracts and statements of work.
• Supports central lab setup and management across studies.
• Manages relationships with specialty testing vendors to meet timelines and specs.
• Coordinates data transfer processes with testing vendors and local labs.
• Prepares clinical documents such as protocols, study reports, and lab manuals.
• Identifies and implements innovative biomarker collection and processing methods.
• Presents biomarker plans, timelines, and metrics at team meetings.
• Evaluates new assays and technologies as required by programs.
• Manages relationships with internal and external partners to ensure timely deliverables.
• Participates in cross-functional study team meetings across clinical, translational research and diagnostics.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Biomarker/diagnostics knowledge

Clinical development understanding

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

MS/PhD in a related field (desirable)

Project management certification (desirable)

Tools

Clinical trial management systems (CTMS)

Lab information management systems (LIMS)

Job description

Kelly Science and Clinical FSP is currently seeking a Biomarker Operations Manager to support our pharmaceutical partner. This person will join our Kelly FSP (Functional Service Provider) division, a managed solution provider and business unit of Kelly Services, Inc. This role is full-time and is offering full benefit options. As a Kelly FSP employee you will be eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and a variety of other benefits to choose from. You will also be eligible for paid time off, including holiday, vacation, and sick/personal time.

This position is in Spring House, PA or Cambridge, MA

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Oncology Biomarker & Diagnostic Operations team. As a key contributor to the clinical biomarker and diagnostic strategy, this individual will be accountable for the implementation and execution of clinical sample collection, testing and data delivery activities for both early and late phase clinical programs in oncology. The successful candidate will have experience bridging both science and operations through cross-functional partnerships, strategic project planning and facilitating key biomarker and diagnostic execution discussions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drives the implementation and execution of the clinical biomarker and diagnostic strategy for clinical programs in early and late-stage oncology
• Creates and manages biomarker and diagnostic plan, timelines, budget, risk assessments and quality metrics during study startup, conduct and closeout
• Work effectively with procurement and scientific leads to execute contracts and statements of work to meet program deliverables
• Contributes to central lab setup and management throughout the course of a study
• Manages relationships with specialty testing vendors to ensure biomarker/diagnostic samples are processed, tested and data is reported to meet development timelines and specifications
• Works closely with data management to establish data collection and transfer processes with testing vendors and local labs
• Contributes to the preparation of clinical documents such as clinical protocol, clinical study reports, lab manuals, informed consent forms, sample management plan, early development plans and site training materials
• Works with scientific stakeholders to identify innovative bio sample collection and processing techniques and ensures methods are implemented appropriately across clinical sites to the highest of standards
• Develops presentations and shares biomarker plan, project timelines, sample tracking/testing metrics at regular team meetings
• May work with scientific stakeholders to evaluate and implement new assays and relevant technologies as required by the program
• Manages relationships with internal and external partners to ensure on-time and quality deliverables
• Participates in cross-functions study team meetings across clinical, translational research and diagnostics.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in a scientific/ life science discipline is required. Additional qualifications: e.g. MS, PhD and/or project management certification desirable.
• 5+ years of work experience in clinical development, and/or biomarker or diagnostics development and/or Pharmaceutical/biotech R&D
• Strong knowledge and understanding of clinical drug development strategic planning of clinical research, ICF, ICH GCP, GLP required
• Project management experience is preferred
• Knowledge of oncology drug development and/or biomarker/diagnostic development is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to effectively and collaboratively work on global cross-functional teams