Manager, Central Study Coordinators
Care Access Research
United States · Remote
Posted on Oct 21, 2024
What We Do
Care Access is a unique, multi-specialty network of research sites which operates as one connected team of physician investigators, nurse coordinators, and operations managers. Our goal is to engage every healthcare professional in clinical research and to make clinical trials a care option for every patient. By removing this bottleneck, Care Access is helping accelerate the approval and delivery of critical and life-saving therapies.
Who We Are
We care. Our people are the engines behind our mission: to revolutionize access to clinical trials for the benefit of patients everywhere. We care for one another, find new ideas to accelerate medicine, and seed a long-term impact for generations.
Position Overview
The Manager, Central Study Coordinators hires, develops, enables, and engages their team of Central Study Coordinators (CSCs) to ensure a high level of performance and an exceptional customer experience. The manager will provide day to day support to the CSCs to drive study results and help CSCs navigate the complexities of study operations. Responsibilities include collaborating with sponsor teams, Care Access leadership, and other teams as required to deliver study results. This role is responsible for determining the key priorities and goals in partnership with sponsor leadership and Care Access leadership, then translating these priorities into actionable goals and activities for their CSCs. Managers must ensure that the team has appropriate resources and expertise to deliver those goals. This is a managerial level role with the expectation that the manager has strong working knowledge of and experience in the clinical research industry.
What You'll Be Working On (Duties include but are not limited to):
- Understand and manage all aspects of the day-to-day work of a team of CSCs.
- Interview, hire, onboard, and train new CSCs into the team.
- Set clear and actionable goals for the team and support them to deliver to expectations.
- Review KPIs and provide coaching to CSCs to ensure they are meeting standard metrics.
- Facilitate team meetings.
- Balance workload and responsibilities within team as priorities and team structure change and evolve, assess team utilization regularly.
- Take corrective action and provide feedback when the performance of the team or individuals within the team do not meet expectations.
- Keep leadership updated with important updates regarding the team, performance, and other key information and escalations.
- Weekly presentation to Sponsor on team progress and performance.
- Serve as point of escalation for site-based issues.
- Develop partnerships with sites, clients, and other study teams to create an environment of collaboration and progress.
- Hold team accountable for conducting their work in accordance with GCP and provide guidance and training on GCP as needed.
- Proactively solve problems and identify opportunities for process improvement.
- Analyze and understand study protocols.
- Additional duties/responsibilities may be assigned as needed.
Physical and Travel Requirements
- This is a remote position with less than 10% travel requirements. Occasional planned travel may be required as part of the role.
What You Bring (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
- Leadership skills and a desire to manage people.
- Demonstrate professionalism in all situations and work effectively with a diverse group of individuals.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Teams, and Excel).
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability and willingness to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to learn to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
- Critical thinker and problem solver.
- Proficient in research terminology and basic medical terminology.
- Understand the overall clinical development paradigm and excellent working knowledge of government regulations, GCP, and ALCOA-C.
- Strong organization and time management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote environment.
- Proper home office set-up including a private space for participant communication and high-speed internet (at minimum: 100MB up and 15 MB down, 5 GHz router).
Certifications/Licenses, Education, and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a science related field or the equivalent experience
- At least seven years of relevant clinical research experience, or at least five years of relevant clinical research experience with at least one year in a role within Central Clinical Services
- At least two years of experience leading teams
- Fluency in English, fluency Spanish is a bonus.
Benefits (US Full-Time Employees Only)
- PTO/vacation days, sick days, holidays.
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision Insurance. 75% for dependents
- HSA plan
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life Insurance
- Culture of growth and equality
- 401k retirement plan
Diversity & Inclusion
We serve patients and researchers from diverse cultures and communities around the world. We are stronger and better when we build a team representing the people we aim to support. We maintain an inclusive culture where people from a broad range of backgrounds feel valued and respected as they contribute to our mission. We value diversity and believe that unique contributions drive our success. At Care Access, every day, we are advancing medical breakthroughs. We’re uniting standard patient care with cutting-edge treatments and research. Our work brings life-changing therapies to those in need and paves the way for newer and greater treatments to reach the world. We’re proud to advance these breakthroughs and work with the big players while engaging with the best physicians and caring for patients.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Care Access is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.
Employment Statement
Care Access complies with all employment laws and regulations with respect to its employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, and pay equity and wages. Care Access does not engage in any unfair or forced labor practice and does not tolerate, under any circumstances, the use of any form of forced or involuntary labor, child labor, or human trafficking. This extends to suppliers, partners, or other third parties with whom Care Access does business. Care Access values and promotes the protection of human rights everywhere.
