Job Description

Job Description:

Our Biomarker Operations team is seeking a Senior Scientist in Biomarker Policy to manage biomarker samples and ensure compliant utilization of clinical participant biospecimens to answer scientific questions across our company's pipeline.

In this important role, you will work collaboratively to ensure compliance of the protocol language and informed consent process, including, but not limited to clinical biomarkers, future use, and genetic sample collection and disposition. Your work will also focus on biomarker specimen management and compliance, ensuring appropriate planning and execution of specimen transfers, destructions, and study close-out activities. These activities will follow internal policies and standard operating procedures to ensure compliant specimen handling. The position will partner closely with our company's biomarker operations roles, clinical teams, vendors, and several other company departments.

Major activities and responsibilities:

• Ensure Operation teams are executing biomarker research within Biomarker Policy requirements, maintaining compliant usage of consented samples

• Liaise with scientists, vendor management and project managers on efficient execution of biomarker research and continuous process improvement

• Provide oversight of contractors responsible for consent and specimen management for biomarker specimens collected in clinical trials

• Support Global Clinical Development processes

• Utilize internal specimen inventory management systems to support activities including compliant oversight of clinical specimens for future use requests, destructions, returns for on-going care, and specimen consolidation/transfers

• Support the development and implementation of job aids and other process documents

• Point of contact for biomarker clinical specimen management related questions and issues from both internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BA/BS in a scientific or technological field of study

Required Experience and Skills:

• For BA/BS: 5 years related experience

• For MS/MA or higher degree: 3 years related experience

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Sample Management experience, preferably with clinical trial specimens

• Informed consent authoring and/or review experience within a relevant biopharmaceutics industry

• Familiarity with clinical trial execution including drug discovery, early and late stage development

• Strong data and information system experience including Win10 tools

• Desire to work in a collaborative environment, excels at communication, presentation, and organizational skills

• Proven ability to simultaneously balance diverse activities for multiple projects.

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail

• Strong project planning, problem solving and decision-making skills

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

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Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

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Requisition ID:R324709