Clinical Study Data Lead - East Hanover
$119,700–$222,300 year
HybridEast Hanover, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Lead clinical data management activities across multiple assigned trials, ensuring high-quality, timely, and compliant data outputs. Define and drive trial-level data strategies aligned with program objectives, standards, and regulatory expectations. Oversee end-to-end data management from collection and database design through cleaning, review, and lock readiness. Represent Clinical Data Management in trial and data quality forums, influencing decisions and resolving data topics with clarity. Identify and manage data risks, dependencies, and cross-trial issues through proactive mitigation and root cause analysis. Reinforce Quality by Design and audit readiness across assigned trials while sharing insights to strengthen continuous improvement. This role offers a single point of accountability for end-to-end strategy and delivery, combining operational execution with data-driven decision-making to support protocol development, database locks, and Health Authority submissions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in life sciences, computer science, or a related field
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is beneficial
- Proven experience managing clinical trial data and driving clinical data strategy and execution across multiple studies and delivering to deadlines
- Ideally a minimum of 5-8 years' experience in clinical data management
- Strong knowledge of clinical trial methodology, good clinical practice (GCP), and medical terminology
- Advanced ability to analyze and interpret data and apply critical thinking, and make data driven decisions
- Demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills in cross-functional, global team environments
- Ability to identify risks, solve complex problems, and implement effective data management solutions
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to influence stakeholders across functions and organizations
- Experience mentoring colleagues and sharing knowledge to support team and project success
- Hybrid working expectation of 12 days a month onsite
- Location: East Hanover, New Jersey
- Novartis cannot sponsor Visas for this location
Desired Qualifications
- Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is beneficial
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