Clinical Research Data Associate Manager

Stryker Corporation; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in the United States is hiring a Clinical Research Data Associate Manager in Peripheral Vascular to oversee clinical data management across studies, ensuring high-quality, regulatory-compliant data.

You will lead database design, DM plans, and collaboration with Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, and Regulatory Affairs, mentoring junior staff and driving standards and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 6+ years of clinical data management experience in medical device, medical technology, or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience leading data management activities across multiple complex clinical studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead data management across the study lifecycle including database planning and data review.
• Design and maintain CRFs/eCRFs and data collection processes aligned with protocol requirements.
• Develop and execute data management plans, reviews, and documentation for quality and compliance.
• Establish and monitor milestones like database go-live, freezes, and archival activities.
• Lead data cleaning, review, and issue resolution to ensure accurate study data.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, Regulatory Affairs, and others to support study execution.
• Support DM validation, UAT, change control, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate dashboards and study summaries; train staff to promote data quality practices.

Skills

Clinical data management

SQL

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Work Flexibility: Remote Stryker is hiring an Clinical Research Data Associate Manager in our Peripheral Vascular business to serve as the clinical data management lead for complex, high-visibility clinical studies and programs. This role provides strategic oversight of data management activities across the study lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and regulatory-compliant clinical data. The Associate Data Manager is recognized as a subject matter expert in clinical data management and partners with cross-functional stakeholders to develop data collection strategies, drive operational excellence, manage vendors, and mitigate study risks. The position independently leads data management activities for multiple studies while contributing to departmental initiatives, process improvements, standards development, and mentoring junior team members.

What you will do

• Lead clinical data management activities across the study lifecycle, including database planning, data review, query management, database freeze/lock readiness, study reporting, and study closeout activities.
• Design, build, and maintain clinical databases, CRFs/eCRFs, workflows, edit checks, and data collection processes aligned with protocol requirements and study objectives.
• Develop and execute data management plans, review strategies, timelines, and documentation to ensure data integrity, quality, compliance, and inspection readiness.
• Establish and monitor key study milestones, including database go-live, interim analyses, database freezes, database lock, data transfers, and archival activities.
• Lead data cleaning, review, and issue resolution activities by identifying trends, managing queries, investigating discrepancies, and implementing corrective actions to ensure accurate and reliable study data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Clinical Operations, Clinical Insights, Safety, Biostatistics, Programming, and Regulatory Affairs, to support study execution, reporting, regulatory submissions, and data-driven decision making.
• Support database validation, user acceptance testing (UAT), change control activities, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data management processes, standards, and system performance.
• Generate data reports, metrics, dashboards, and study summaries; provide training, guidance, and oversight to study personnel and data management team members to promote consistent data quality practices.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 6+ years of clinical data management experience supporting clinical trials in the medical device, medical technology, or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience leading or contributing to departmental initiatives, strategic planning efforts, or organizational improvement projects.
• Demonstrated experience independently leading data management activities across multiple complex clinical studies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading end-to-end clinical data management activities across multiple studies and throughout the study lifecycle.
• Advanced experience with CRF/eCRF design, clinical database development, edit check specification, validation, and UAT.
• Proficiency with SQL and/or other data review and reporting tools used to identify trends, data quality issues, and opportunities for process improvement.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual
• US5: $115,600 - $192,600 USD Annual
• US10: $121,100 - $201,700 USD Annual
• US15: $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
• US20: $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual
• US30: $143,100 - $238,400 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Work Flexibility: Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.