Clinical Data Manager II — Hybrid (3 days on-site)

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) in Bethesda, MD seeks a Data Manager II to support the Uniformed Services University’s Surgical Critical Care Initiative and PMB.

The role focuses on data handling, dictionary design, and cross-site harmonization to enable reliable analyses. You will build SOPs, train site coordinators, and generate datasets and reports for biostatisticians, with a hybrid on-site schedule (3 days in the office).

Qualifications

• Knowledge of clinical databases, data upload, and statistical data set creation for data analysis.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with at least one other electronic data capture or clinical data system is a plus.
• Familiarity with Python and SQL is a plus.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a T1 Public Trust background check.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining data dictionaries/codebooks: permissible value sets, units, thresholds, required-field designations, variable definitions.
• Harmonizing variables across sites where the same concept is collected differently — including multi-select/checkbox fields.
• Managing change control: document additions, modifications, and deprecations with effective dates so prior analyses remain reproducible.
• Resolving harmonization conflicts across sites, escalating clinical questions to investigators for adjudication.
• Developing SOPs, data entry conventions, and training materials; train and support site coordinators under the supervision of the
• Assisting researchers in retrieving information from the databases and other multiple data sources.
• Providing data management and quality reports as requested. Working with the Development Team to provide ad hoc data sets for biostatisticians as required to ensure that research needs are being met.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Skills

Clinical databases

Relational databases

Communication skills

Electronic data capture

Python/SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) in Bethesda, MD seeks a Data Manager II to support the Uniformed Services University’s Surgical Critical Care Initiative and PMB.

The role focuses on data handling, dictionary design, and cross-site harmonization to enable reliable analyses. You will build SOPs, train site coordinators, and generate datasets and reports for biostatisticians, with a hybrid on-site schedule (3 days in the office).