We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it.
We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health.
You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.
PPD's Centralized Monitoring group delivers a new approach to risk surveillance and centralized statistical monitoring, combining the power of statistical and analytical tools with expertise from operationally experienced staff to monitor and manage clinical study data.
Centralized Monitoring staff explores study data holistically to pinpoint meaningful signals, resulting in more efficient and effective issue resolution and a proactive approach to risk detection.
Using this data-driven approach, PPD can address study problems or site performance quickly, directing remediation activities where needed and positioning on-site monitoring activity in a targeted approach.
Centralized Monitoring evaluates data within and across studies, sites, countries and regions.
Our analytic approach provides insight into:
- Data errors, deviations
- Trends, outliers
- Unusual variation (or lack of variation)
- Potential data manipulation, fraud
- Other systematic errors or data integrity issues.
As a Centralized Monitoring Analyst, you'll be supporting centralized statistical and risk surveillance activities on assigned trials.
At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team.
We offer continued career advancement opportunities, award winning training and benefits focused on the health and wellbeing of our employees.
Summarized Purpose:
Identifies and characterizes issues and trends in operational and patient clinical trial data using analytical or statistical tools.
Leverages operational experience and knowledge to evaluate issues and develop findings based on data analyzed to communicate issues and potential risks to project team members for follow-up action.
Essential Functions:
Reviews clinical trial data using a variety of tools and systems in alignment with the centralized monitoring plan with support from senior team members.
Characterizes and tracks the evidence of issues, signals and potential risks with support from senior team members.
Ensures results of reviews are appropriately documented per department procedures.
May participate in development of risk characterization and reporting.
Supports review set-up, including updating department database, pulling reports, etc.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years').
Prior experience in clinical monitoring, data management, biostatistics or related field in support of clinical trials is preferred.
In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong attention to detail and skill with numbers
Good analytical /problem-solving skills /judgment in decision making
Ability to work productively with direct supervision
Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with clinical data and client's proprietary data
Flexibility and adaptability
Ability to work in a team environment and independently
Good oral and written communication skills (English) with the ability to communicate with a variety of internal customers, including project team
Good computer skills, with knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the ability to learn and use interactive computer systems
Ability to extract pertinent information from standard study documentation, such as protocols, electronic study data systems with the ability to learn to identify trending of site/study data
Prioritization skills with ability to plan, monitor and manage workload fluidly in response to changing project demands
Satisfactory understanding of project protocol, project documentation including Centralized Monitoring
Plan and other functional plans
Broad working knowledge of the roles, functions and process of conducting clinical trials
Broad understanding of medical/therapeutic area knowledge and of medical terminology
Working Environment:
PPD values the health and wellbeing of our employees.
We support and encourage individuals to create a healthy and balanced environment where they can thrive.
Below is listed the working environment/requirements for this role:
Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible and reasonable manner.
Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical wo