Principal Specialist, Clinical Data Mgmt

Who We Are

At Neurocrine Biosciences, we pride ourselves on a strong, inclusive, and positive culture based on our shared purpose and values. We are passionate about our people as we are about our purpose — to relieve suffering for people with great needs.

Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company s diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington s disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, endometriosis
* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders because you deserve brave science.

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* in collaboration with Abb Vie)

Leads, performs, and oversees data management activities for assigned clinical studies for both in-house and outsourced clinical trial data; evaluates, develops, and implements data management processes, procedures, and tools to ensure business requirements are met; collaborates within Biometrics and with Medical, DSPV, Regulatory, QC, and other internal customers to ensure high quality data in support of regulatory submissions, safety reporting, and publications.

• Leads, performs, and oversees data management activities for clinical studies and/or clinical programs
• Experience leading and supporting First-In-Human (FIH) clinical studies, including early protocol review, eCRF and database design, and alignment with dose-escalation and safety objectives
• Hands-on management of data management activities for FIH studies, with emphasis on rapid data cleaning, near real-time safety data review, and support for frequent interim analyses
• Close collaboration with Clinical Operations, Safety, and Biostatistics teams to support timely decision-making and governance in FIH studies
• Performs hands-on clinical data management tasks to support clinical studies, including, but not limited to: reviewing study protocols, designing eCRFs, performing and coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT), documenting edit check specifications, QC’ing external data transfers, performing data quality checks/discrepancy review, and ensuring database lock activities are completed
• Participate in, review, and lead development of policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), processes, and associated documents for data management; provide input on SOPs and processes in which data management is involved
• Promote/advocate data management at inter- and intradepartmental meetings
• Provide technical expertise to staff within Data Management, Biometrics, and other NBI departments; develop and execute training, including project-specific training, as necessary
• Assist with responding to questions and findings from QA audits; ensure responses to Corrective Action Forms (CAFs) are closed out appropriately
• Actively research current industry trends and share information with appropriate individuals at NBI
• Recommend improvements to existing data management practices and procedures, including identifying, recommending, and implementing solutions for technology issues
• Assist in the development of standardized documents within data management (both within and across projects/programs), including electronic case report forms and edit checks
• Oversee screening, selection, validation, and implementation of data management software purchases and upgrades
• Participate in selecting outsourcing vendors and review data management sections of proposals, including scope of work; monitor budgets as appropriate
• Coordinate data management timelines for individual projects and well as clinical programs, including database lock, DSMB meetings, data review meetings, and monitoring CRO performance of data management tasks to ensure that timelines are met and that any resource issues are identified and resolved
• Monitor in-house resources of assigned projects and identify potential deficiencies; work with supervisor to develop and implement a plan to overcome any obstacles
• Ensure that appropriate quality control checks and audit procedures are implemented according to department SOPs
• Run data review listings, issue queries, code Medical History and AE data using MedDRA dictionary and code Concomitant Medications using WHO Drug dictionary
• Collaborate with database programmer to ensure NBI database standards, including…