Senior Clinical Trial Manager

Natera; United States; Remote; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Clinical Trial Manager to lead complex clinical trials from start to finish. This role demands expertise in managing timelines, costs, and quality metrics while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with various stakeholders, mentor junior staff, and drive project success in a dynamic environment. Join a dedicated team committed to advancing healthcare through innovative genetic testing solutions, where your contributions will directly impact patient care and outcomes. If you thrive in a challenging yet rewarding atmosphere, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

401k benefits

Free testing for employees and families

Pregnancy and baby bonding leave

Generous employee referral program

Qualifications

• 7+ years of clinical research experience in diagnostics or biotech.
• Experience managing complex clinical trials independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution of complex clinical studies ensuring timelines and budgets are met.
• Oversee vendor management and ensure compliance with study protocols.

Skills

Project Management

Clinical Trial Management

Vendor Management

Oncology Knowledge

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

PMP Certification

Job description

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Position Summary

The Senior Clinical Trial Manager (CTM) will be responsible for managing all aspects of clinical trials from start-up through close-out. The Sr. CTM should have experience in managing all aspects of the trials independently. The Sr CTM is expected to provide functional expertise to ensure that study timelines, costs and quality metrics are met and the study is conducted in compliance with the study protocol, SOPs, and applicable regulatory requirements. The Senior Clinical Trial is responsible for complex studies and has the experience, skills and knowledge to work independently.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage the execution and conduct of all aspects of very complex clinical studies to ensure that timelines, cost, and quality metrics are met.
• Drive selection of vendors/CROs and provide effective ongoing management to vendors/CROs working on the project to ensure compliance and execution of project deliverables within the approved budget, study timeline, and study protocol. Works closely with investigative site personnel, CROs, and other study vendors.
• Manage study contracting, budget, forecasting, accruals and payment process for all clinical trial vendors including investigational sites.
• Lead study-related activities such as protocol and informed consent preparation, investigator selection, study training material development and delivery, monitoring plans development and execution, CRFs design and completion, TMF maintenance, protocol amendment, lab manuals and clinical report preparation, as required.
• Lead and prepare content for internal study meetings and external study webinars.
• Responsible for the day to day management of the study/project and tracking to OKRs for key deliverables.
• Collaborate with Clinical Data Management group to ensure correct CRFs content is collected, prepare comprehensive completion guidelines, and design effective data listings and study reports.
• Oversee the clinical operations aspects of timely data cleaning, data analysis and the availability of results for data cuts and publications; participate in data reviews.
• Is adept at providing routine project status updates (internal to Natera) - May present information to external clients (e.g., Sponsors or KOLs).
• Train CROs, vendors, investigators and study coordinators on implementation of study protocol.
• Mentor junior staff. Serve as a resource for others within the company for clinical trials management expertise.
• Monitor and track clinical trial progress and provide status update to stakeholders.
• Partner with other groups (e.g., Research, Medical Affairs) to create a culture of mutual respect and focus on delivery of high-quality project results.
• External interactions (with clinical sites, vendors or collaborators) require ability to communicate complex concepts.
• Demonstrates potential to lead others through influence.
• Participates in developing courses of action that are high impact to Natera taking into consideration needs of stakeholders.
• Checks in with manager and executes solutions and work independently.
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and utilizes various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job.
• Employee must complete training or provide training records relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, Humans Subjects Protection, GCP, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required, PMP certification preferred.
• 7 + years of diagnostics, pharmaceutical or biotech-related/clinical research experience required.
• Oncology clinical trial experience is highly desired.
• Fully proficient in the management and execution of projects/trials/Labs/ including management of vendors and CROs.
• Significant experience leading every phase of the project lifecycle (e.g., start-up, conduct and close-out activities).
• Must be capable of independently interfacing with external sponsors and KOLs as a Natera subject matter expert.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters.
• Effectively presents information to external clients (e.g., Sponsors or KOLs).
• Performs assigned tasks and establishes timelines and priorities independently.
• Is adept at presenting project requirements and status updates to stakeholders inside and external to Natera.
• Exercises independent judgment in evaluating the criteria to achieve expected results.
• Solves a variety of complex problems in imaginative ways.
• Provides guidance and expertise to more junior team members.
• Critically observes processes and has the drive to initiate process improvements when warranted.
• Participates in developing courses of action that are high impact to Natera.
• Considers the impact of actions and decisions when representing Natera externally.
• Expertise and current training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Strong project management skills.

The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

Remote USA

$126,200—$157,750 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

What We Offer

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

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