Director, Data Coordinating and Analysis Center - (Hybrid)

Location

Bethesda, MD | United States

Job description

Job Title: Director, Data Coordinating and Analysis Center (Hybrid)

Location: Remote, requiring a candidate local to Bethesda, Maryland area 

Type : Direct Hire



Overview
Our client is a global nonprofit research organization. They are looking to hire a Director of Data Coordinating and Analysis focusing on global infectious Diseases. The ideal candidate for this role will have at least 10 years of related and relevant experience. If you are interested in being a part of some ground-breaking research with a great organization. Please Apply! 



Responsibilities  

• Directs and leads all activities of the Global ID Data Coordinating and Analysis, supervising a team that includes clinical data management specialists, programmers, and data analysts. 
• Assigns research protocols and delegates related responsibilities to DCA staff, ensuring that all DCA staff are aware of their accountabilities, responsibilities, and deliverables. 
• Develops and maintains an excellent working relationship with Global ID scientific staff,  collaborators, and other organizations. 
• Maintains a team of professionals with sufficient expertise to execute the DCA mission through identification of personnel needs, recruitment and retention of highly-qualified staff, and provision of performance evaluation feedback. 
• Evaluates and acquires tools to optimize data collection and analysis as needed.
• Monitors the accuracy and completeness of data included in Global ID research databases and develops systems to enhance the integrity of these data.
• Provides relevant program status reports to the institution, regulatory agencies, funders, and other entities.
• Designs and implements statistical analyses in consultation with Global ID investigators and collaborators. 
• Contributes to the preparation of scientific papers for presentation and local and national meetings and for publication in medical and scientific periodicals.
• Adheres to a strict confidentiality policy concerning all documents, data, and information maintained within DCA. 
• Develops computing infrastructure plans in accordance with long- and short-term program objectives; directs systems evaluations; plans, installs, tests, and coordinates the corresponding systems/software changes.
• Oversees the development and management of a relational database (big data warehouse) to harmonize data and specimen tracking across multiple studies.
• Forecasts budgetary needs and monitors expenditures against contract, departmental, and project-specific budgets.

• Doctoral Degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics, or related field
• More than 10 years experience required
• Thorough knowledge of data management and biostatistical methods.
• Proficiency in data analyses using statistical tools such as SAS, Stata, and GraphPad Prism
• Awareness of data quality issues
• Experience in the analysis of clinical cohort and clinical trial data
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to lead and direct staff to meet mission requirements
• Familiarity with medical science and clinical research
• Ideally with experience in HIV and other infectious disease research
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to use sound judgment in solving problems
• Ability to learn new systems necessary for job completion
• Ability to make effective presentations and publish scientific research
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

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