Senior Manager, Statistics and Data Management
Job summary
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Senior Manager, Statistics and Data Managementto Join our Clinical Trials Unit. This role offers an exciting opportunity to Lead a team in applying innovative statistical approaches. The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education, and leading-edge practice. We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground-breaking work ensuring our patients receive the very best and latest in cancer treatment and care. RM CTU is a UKCRC accredited clinical trials unit, with a wide-ranging portfolio of cancer research trials across multiple tumour groups. Our UKCRC accreditation indicates RM CTU as a centre of excellence with a strong track record of coordinating multi-centre trials, expert staff to develop studies, robust quality assurance systems and evidence of long-term viability of capacity for trial management. We would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
- To lead the statistical team so they can provide expert advice to investigators on complex clinical trial designs and novel and standard statistical methodologies, i.e. adaptive designs, dose-response model selection and analysis, Bayesian methods, biomarker studies.
- To promote the use of statistical concepts within research across the Trust.
- To ensure the statistical service delivered is efficient, effective, and compliant to all
applicable regulations.
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
In consultation with RM-CTU Strategy Committee, Head of Clinical Trial Management assist in the joint management of RM CTU, including its staff, systems, and processes.
Develop and implement a policy for the flexible deployment of staff to support trials activity in a way that matches skills to the RMs scientific needs in an optimal and dynamic manner whilst aiming to maximise the potential of individual staff members.
Develop and maintain sound/constructive collaborative relationships with senior RM personnel including Clinical Unit Research Leads and stakeholders, including industry and non-commercial sponsors.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
- First degree or equivalent in a subject with a statistical component.
- Higher Qualification in statistics and at least 3 years appropriate experience in applied statistics, in the role of medical statistician
Research Skills Experience
- Experience of clinical research in a senior role
- Conduct of research on human participants as a clinical or nonclinical scientist or in a technical role.
- Management within a research funding organisation.
- Management of NHS R&D activity
- Clinical research management in an academic unit or the pharmaceutical industry.
- Experience of working in an academic research environment.
- Proven project management experience in clinical trials, epidemiology, or public health setting
- Track record in providing expert advice and guidance on trials related issues.
- Clear understanding of and interest in cancer research and in particular clinical cancer research and the ability to communicate this effectively to others.
- Experience of managing Quality Assurance documentation and systems.
- Experience of ethics, regulatory and funding submissions, and reports.
- Excellent knowledge of the EU Clinical Trials Directive, Good Clinical Practice and Research Governance requirements together with the ability to disseminate the knowledge and information.
- Experience of high-level negotiations i.e. with pharmaceutical companies, sponsors, funding bodies and Chief Investigators.
- Ability to lead and develop scientific projects
- Ability to make scientific and logistical input into trial protocols.
- Project management/clinical trials experience gained in a number of multi centre, phase 1- III randomised clinical trials.
- Specialist knowledge/experience of international trial negotiation/set up.
- Experience of working in the cancer field
- Experience of preparing for regulatory/sponsor inspection.
- Manuscript preparation.
Management Skills / Experience
- Excellent relationship management skills.
- Proven track record of leadership qualities with experience of working at a senior level (i.e. management team or equivalent).
- Significant experience of successfully designing and implementing new ways of working, including new processes and systems.
- Proven track record of managing, directing, and supporting staff.
- Experience and ability to make effective and enthusiastic contributions to scientific, strategic and management meetings.
- Significant experience of strategic planning and management
- Experience of recruiting staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton
Sutton
SM2 5PT
https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden
- Company
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Sutton, United Kingdom SM2 5PT
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £64408.00 - £73961.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Sutton, United Kingdom SM2 5PT
- Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £64408.00 - £73961.00 a year
- Posted