Clinical Trial Manager (Full-time; Actively Recruiting)
Position Location: 951 Mariners Island Blvd., San Mateo, CA, 94404 and 180 John St., Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1X5
Position Reports To: President & CEO
Vasomune Therapeutics is a private clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of medications to harness the body’s ability to defend against illness by modifying cellular response to disease. The company’s lead drug candidate, AV-001, is being developed for hospitalized patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 disease and pathogen-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). AV-001 targets a key signaling molecule in the vasculature responsible for regulating the host vascular response to injury, maintaining vascular homeostasis and enhancing endothelial stability.
Position Description: The Clinical Trial Manager is accountable for the day-to-day operations of assigned clinical trials, including start-up, conduct and close-out activities. This position will perform required job duties with guidance to ensure trial timeline, cost and quality metrics are met, and the trial is conducted in compliance with the study protocol, SOPs and applicable regulatory requirements.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary contact for managing protocol execution, including oversight of the CRO, service providers and consultants that are involved in a clinical trial
- Coordination of cross-functional internal and external study team members (biostats, clinical pharmacology, data management, medical monitors) to ensure initiation and execution of the clinical study deliverables within approved budgets and timelines
- Establish study milestones and ensure accurate tracking and reporting of study metrics and timelines
- Ensure clinical trials are managed and executed in accordance with ICH GCP, regulations, the protocol and company-specific SOPs
- Assist in preparation and review of clinical documentation, such as protocols, informed consent forms, Investigator Brochure, Clinical Monitoring Plan, Project Plan, case report form, statistical analysis plan, clinical study reports and other study-level documents
- Ensure that the Trial Master File (TMF) is set up and maintained appropriately throughout the trial, including periodic reviews
- Participate and respond to Quality Assurance and regulatory authority inspection audits
- Responsible for and participates in service provider selection process as a part of outsourcing activities
- Responsible for the selection and study-specific training of CRO study staff, monitors, investigational sites and service providers
- In conjunction with legal group, facilitate the development of clinical trial agreements and other relevant documents
- Manage clinical trial budgets, providing ongoing financial reporting and projections
- Perform and manage data review process on an ongoing basis
- Negotiate and finalize site contracts and budgets
- Perform site visits, including oversight, site qualification, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits, as needed
- Plan and coordinate Investigator Meetings
- Engage in risk management and mitigation. including prioritization of competing tasks and issues to ensure program/study objectives are successfully accomplished
- Awareness of disease/treatment landscape, changing regulations and guidance with ability to assess the impact on clinical projects and make modifications as necessary
- Ability to creatively approach challenges and problem resolution to optimize the conduct of clinical trials
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience in core and technical aspects of initiating and managing phase 1-2 clinical trials
- Demonstrated experience in management of CROs and vendor selection
- Demonstrated willingness to be hands-on and perform tasks within tight turnaround times
- Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with developing leadership attributes
- Success working in a matrix environment
- Demonstrated experience in the application of US and Global Regulations and Guidance (SOPs, ICH-GCP, FDA-CFR, ethical standards)
- Experience in data collection, monitoring, cleaning and analysis throughout clinical development (phase 1-2)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), electronic TMF and electronic clinical technologies
- Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Able to build strong cooperative relationships with co-workers
- Author complex documentation with minimal supervision
- Possess a high degree of attention to detail
- Previous employment at a pharmaceutical or biotech company or CRO preferred
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree or higher in science, nursing, medical field or business management. An Associate’s Degree/RN or equivalent with relevant years of experience is acceptable
- Typically, an average of 6+ years in the pharmaceutical industry is required, including but not limited to 2 years in clinical trial management
Language skills:
- Superior written and spoken communication skills in English
- Ability to clearly communicate complex issues, observations and resolutions to management
Reasoning ability:
- Exercise judgment within broadly defined procedures and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining solutions
- Work on complex problems where the analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation and propose possible solutions
- Work with minimal supervision both independently and as part of a team
- Proactively foresee and solve problems while committing to a high level of service
Qualified candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to careers@vasomune.com.