Senior Manager, Clinical Affairs

Primary Function of Position

As a Senior Manager of Clinical Affairs this role is responsible for contributing to clinical strategies and overseeing study execution for emerging technologies across various specialties.  Clinical trials in this portfolio may be both in the US and global and include first-human-use and pivotal clinical trials targeted for regulatory submission.  This role will oversee and manages clinical protocols and other key study documents in support of regulatory submissions; manage clinical publications and evidence dissemination strategy oversee manage communications with clinical trial sites CROs KOLs and medical societies; grow develop and manage team to interface and support all clinical requirements of the company with the applicable guidelines and regulations; foresee challenges and develops critical concepts and methodologies to overcome those.  As a functional manager this role will also lead a team of clinical operations personnel such as clinical study managers and clinical research associates and play a key role in their development.

As a key cross-functional constituent this employee will work closely with functions across the organization Regulatory Affairs R&D Program Management Office (PMO) Clinical Research Engineering (CRE) Clinical Research Managers Global Access Value Economics (GAVE) Global Public Affairs (GPA)  Regulatory Compliance Training Legal and commercial functions to optimize clinical study strategies to meet business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Play a key role in the development of companys strategy for clinical studies to meet business goals and objectives. Collaborate  with  internal stakeholders and KOLs to develop and review study concepts protocol and study outlines and subsequently driving identified initiatives
• Acting as a key strategic partner to Regulatory Affairs to support regulatory approval of new products and contribute to clinical sections of regulatory submissions
• Responsible for managing resource and study budget to ensure clinical studies are conduced on schedule and within budget while ensuring high quality and compliance
• Build strong and sustaining relationship with investigational sites and investigators for ongoing and future studies
• Work closely with data management to provide guidance on development of  case report form (CRF) data cleaning to ensure collection of high quality data
• Work closely with Biostats in study design developing statistical analysis plan (SAP) analysis interpretation and synthesis in order to develop Clinical Study Report and / or support development of scientific publications
• Ensure compliance with corporate (e.g. SOPs) and regulatory requirements (e.g. GCP and US FDA regulations and guidelines) and responsible for  ongoing review of departmental procedures and process improvement initiatives
• Responsible for setting up effective goals that are meaningful to the department and impactful to the organizations
• Provide functional manager leadership to direct reports and provide ongoing guidance for the assigned team members in their internal / external communication and support direct reports in consistently achieving their goals and objectives
• Sets and hold individual and team accountable for high standard of competencies and overall performance
• Effectively distills complexity and provides clear and actionable direction and information help team prioritize solve complex problems that enable the team to make significant progress
• Develop talents build a highly capable and effective team of clinical study managers (CSM) and clinical research associates (CRA) to efficiently manage clinical studies

Qualifications :

Skill / Job Requirements

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and / or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer :   In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 743.13(b)) some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employeeswho are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note : the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note : typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and / or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Proofreading,Adobe Acrobat,FDA Regulations,Manufacturing & Controls,Biotechnology,Clinical Trials,Research & Development,GLP,cGMP,Product Development,Chemistry,Writing Skills

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1