What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Quality Project Manager position at Axle?
(ID: 2024-6419)
Axle Informatics is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations around the globe. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Benefits
Axle is seeking a highly ambitious, adaptable, structured, and detail-oriented Clinical Quality Project Manager to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), Office of Clinical Research Affairs (OCRA).
Technical Requirements
Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: careers@axleinfo.com
Disclaimer: The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individual’s assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.
Axle Informatics is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations around the globe. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
- Paid Time Off (Including Holidays)
- Employee Referral Bonus
- 401K Match
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
- Flexible Spending Accounts:
- Healthcare (FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
Axle is seeking a highly ambitious, adaptable, structured, and detail-oriented Clinical Quality Project Manager to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), Office of Clinical Research Affairs (OCRA).
Technical Requirements
- Provide quality management support for Division clinical research activities.
- Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and oversite of a clinical quality management system in NIAID – inclusive of document management, issue management, CAPA development, and quality assurance (QA) activities.
- Advance the writing of documents as part of the quality management system (SOPs, policies, audit reports, etc.), by both actively leading the development of documents and facilitating working groups to collaborate and write documents.
- Support the development and implementation of the Division’s electronic Quality Management System (eQMS).
- Stay current with changes to current industry standards and applicable regulations for quality in clinical research.
- Lead the oversight and management of quality assurance including investigator site audits, internal audits, and clinical vendors/CROs audits with guidance from management. This includes the development and/or review of tools including audit agendas, audit plans, audit reports, and CAPA's for internal & external audits.
- Participate in preparations for regulatory inspections, which may include reviewing inspection readiness plans, mock inspections, and risk-based management of program inspection quality events.
- Assist in resolving compliance issues at clinical sites, clinical vendors, and contracted research facilities; and provide assessment of the impact of any deficiencies.
- Review, track and/or trend routine quality data.
- Report adverse trends to management with proposed remediation plan.
- Coordinate the development of various QA related metric reports.
- Work with other groups in DMID that are funding, overseeing, and implementing clinical research to understand how clinical research is supported by DMID.
- Based on understanding of Division Operations, look for ways to standardize processes in order to improve quality and/or facilitate efficiency.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in clinical research or a related field.
- Experience in establishing and managing quality management systems for clinical research for IND sponsors (e.g. in pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, or government sponsors).
- Working knowledge of the quality management cycle and corrective Action/Prevention Action (CAPA) processes.
- Experience with US and international Good Clinical Practice (GCP), guidance documents, and industry best practice in all areas of a GxP environment.
- Knowledge of electronic clinical quality management systems such as Master Control is preferred.
- Experience in regulatory inspections from the US FDA or similar government regulatory authorities is preferred.
- Experience conducting or overseeing audits is preferred.
- Experience working at a clinical research site is preferred.
- Experience in the NIH or other government agency is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written; and across functions internally and external.
- Ability to organize, prioritize and deliver tasks & projects according to pre-defined deliverables.
- Ability to effectively build and maintain relationships with multiple departments and external entities (e.g., Investigator sites, clinical Vendors/CROs) in order to effectively solve problems.
- Excellent multi-tasking, analytical, organizational and teamwork skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot, identify root cause and systematically resolve problems.
- Ability to produce high-quality work on complex problems with cross-functional involvement.
- Proficient in Window based software to include Excel, Word.
Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: careers@axleinfo.com
Disclaimer: The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individual’s assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.
