Director - Clinical Research Data Management - NYU Langone Medical Center

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Director - Clinical ResearchData Management.

In this role, the successful Director for Research Data Management will manage the operations of DataCore, a resource that utilizes state-of-the-art technologies and informatics techniques to meet the clinical and translational research needs of a prestigious institution. Specifically, the Director will oversee the following:

• Institutional clinical trial data management support that adheres to regulatory and compliance requirements and the promotion of best-practice standard approaches
• The use of Real World Data to support observational, interventional and translational research
• Consultation with clinical researchers and biostatisticians to gather requirements related to the use of clinical data and to assist in developing project plans and grant proposals
• The Director will serve as a strategic liaison between Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT) and the NYULH clinical research community.
• The position will be responsible for all aspects of data management in the context of clinical research related projects conducted at, or on behalf of, NYULH.
• The Director will supervise managers and staff with expertise in clinical research data management.
• Collaboration with clinical investigators and study teams, multiple informatics groups, research administration management and staff, and IT management and staff will be required.
• The Director will oversee the data management of multiple simultaneous studies from original concept through final closeout. This will include defining scope and objectives, developing detailed work plans, schedules, estimates, resource plans, and status reports to users and management.
• The Director will work closely with other senior research and IT staff and faculty to oversee and grow a world-class resource in clinical research data management.
• The opportunity exists to make this position a faculty position, should an appropriately qualified individual be selected.

Job Responsibilities:

Planning and Policy: Setting Goals and Establishing Priorities:

1. Works on a day-to-day basis with the Senior Director, DataCore and Epic Analytics, sponsoring/oversight units, advisory bodies, MCIT leadership and management peers and investigators to define goals, articulate priorities and set standards, to identify opportunities for implementing major as well as subsidiary goals, to direct their realization, and to overcome impediments to their achievement.
2. Remains constantly aware of the status of DataCore activities in relation to goals and to performance benchmarks in all areas of center operations; identifies problems or inadequacies, proposes and implements solutions.
3. Works directly with Project Manager(s) and others to oversee goals and activities related to the support of data management in clinical and translational research.
4. On a daily basis seeks ways to expand capabilities of the Core, to improve service to faculty investigators and to take fullest advantage of the available resources of the institution.
5. Anticipates timelines, analyzes requirements to accomplish major and minor projects, organizes and delegates tasks to staff, follows through to completion.

Scientific Subproject Administration and Academic Training Activities:

1. Facilitates faculty participation through personal and written interaction and by responsiveness to faculty needs.
2. Oversees the guidance of faculty investigators through the clinical research data management process and advises on guidelines, protocols, procedures, forms, formats, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
3. Maintains working familiarity with key clinical and translational studies and related activities at NYULH, including organizing, tracking and maintaining data management pertaining to current studies.

Finance:

1. Responsible for overseeing the Core’s budget including justification, documentation, calculation, and projections.
2. Has primary responsibility for allocation of financial resources and for establishing and maintaining fiscal controls in accordance with funding agency regulations, sound accounting principles and budgetary limitations.
3. Guides faculty investigators in the development of data management plans; reviews accuracy and appropriateness of plans and informs advisory committee of same; assists faculty in data management plan preparation for external grant applications.
4. Has authority to purchase supplies, services and equipment; conducts detailed reviews, adjusts to cost, as necessary.
5. Prepares, analyses and presents regular fiscal, statistical and narrative reports as necessary.

Data Management Principles:

1. Maintains mastery of principles of good clinical research data management, guidelines and best practices and relevant regulations, interprets and applies these in the day-to-day conduct of Core business.
2. Maintains awareness of directions and trends and fosters development of new directions in translational research and data warehousing.

Personnel Management:

1. Devises recruitment strategies; screens and interviews candidates for managerial, professional, technical and clerical openings; interviews references, makes hiring recommendations.
2. Monitors job classifications to assure compensation equity; writes and/or updates position descriptions for center personnel so as to retain staff and maintain competitive recruiting status.
3. Performs periodic assessments of staffing patterns and recommends changes as needed; informs faculty, other supervisors and staff of personnel policies; provides input to principal investigators for evaluations of managerial and technical staff.
4. Hires, trains, assign tasks to, and complete performance evaluations for data management, technical and administrative personnel.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities:

• Serve as leader and liaison for clinical and translational researchers to information technology and vice versa
• Oversee data management for multiple research studies, projects, including hiring and managing staff and consultants, and managing the budget for DataCore.
• Manage a process for reviewing, prioritizing and assigning staff to requests that come to DataCore.
• Translate user needs and manage expectations within the NYULH Research Community
• Schedule and manage resources (systems and other) required to accomplish tasks
• Deliver requirements for clinical research data management systems to IT; contribute to the strategic plan for IT support of the NYULH research mission
• Deliver regular reporting on projects status to senior management and the DataCore Advisory Board
• Escalate issues and roadblocks as appropriate; recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems
• Be a strong advocate for clinical researchers and represent them from a collegial standpoint
• Serve as liaison between clinical researchers, Office of Science and Research and Medical Center Information Technology
• Contributes to the evaluation of vendors and products related to data management and information processing

Minimum Qualifications:

• To qualify you must have a Experience
• 8-10 years or more of experience in research center management activities and/or research-related activities.
• Experience/knowledge of research centers including grants, subcontracts, industry partnerships, alternative funding streams, technology transfer, and intellectual property rights, along with research faculty/staff interaction and management.
• Previous research center/research-based business administration experience including business development, team leadership, strategic planning, center/business start up, data management, budgeting, human capital management, project management, outstanding writing skills, and excellent managerial and executive capabilities.
• Previous experience in project conception, organization, oversight, and research collaboration.
• Excellent understanding of clinical research, including experience within the context of academic medicine
• Excellent understanding of best practices in clinical research data management
• Demonstrated understanding and use experience in clinical trials management
• Demonstrated executive project management skills and relevant experience with strong experience in the clinical research space
• Demonstrated knowledge of the use of clinical data extracted from electronic health records systems for research purposes
• Facility working within a highly distributed organization; matrix management
• Ability to plan tasks; communicate and manage timeframes; define success criteria, validate success, and escalate when necessary
• Superior analytic, oral and written communication skills; ability to develop and cogently express an argument; strong negotiating skills; excellent interpersonal skills; creative approach to problem-solving and the achievement of short and long term goals.

Additional Qualifications:
The position calls for strong and visionary leadership capabilities. The person must be decisive and innovative with very good communication skills and strong hands-on experience of conflict. Experience serving as an expert source of information, with a collaborative and flexible style. Ability to work under pressure, with demonstrated capacity to work in partnership with diverse groups while balancing the relative sensitivities are also essential skills for this role.

Preferred Qualifications:
Doctoral or Masters degree in relevant field is desirable

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

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