Stryker Corporation

Clinical Research Data Associate Manager

Stryker Corporation • $110K — $183K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 6+ years of clinical data management experience in medical device, medical technology, or pharmaceutical industry
  • Proven leadership in data management for complex clinical studies
  • Experience with departmental initiatives and strategic planning
  • Advanced skills in CRF/eCRF design and clinical database development

Responsibilities

  • Lead clinical data management activities throughout the study lifecycle
  • Design and maintain clinical databases and data collection processes
  • Develop and execute data management plans ensuring data integrity and compliance
  • Monitor key study milestones and manage database readiness
  • Oversee data cleaning and issue resolution to ensure data accuracy
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support study execution and reporting
  • Generate data reports and provide training to promote data quality practices

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentoring
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Involvement in high-visibility clinical studies
  • Contribution to process improvements and departmental initiatives
Full Job Description
Work Flexibility: Remote

Clinical Research Data Associate Manager in our Peripheral Vascular business to serve as the clinical data management lead for complex, high-visibility clinical studies and programs. This role provides strategic oversight of data management activities across the study lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and regulatory-compliant clinical data. The Associate Data Manager is recognized as a subject matter expert in clinical data management and partners with cross-functional stakeholders to develop data collection strategies, drive operational excellence, manage vendors, and mitigate study risks. The position independently leads data management activities for multiple studies while contributing to departmental initiatives, process improvements, standards development, and mentoring junior team members.

What you will do
  • Lead clinical data management activities across the study lifecycle, including database planning, data review, query management, database freeze/lock readiness, study reporting, and study closeout activities.
  • Design, build, and maintain clinical databases, CRFs/eCRFs, workflows, edit checks, and data collection processes aligned with protocol requirements and study objectives.
  • Develop and execute data management plans, review strategies, timelines, and documentation to ensure data integrity, quality, compliance, and inspection readiness.
  • Establish and monitor key study milestones, including database go-live, interim analyses, database freezes, database lock, data transfers, and archival activities.
  • Lead data cleaning, review, and issue resolution activities by identifying trends, managing queries, investigating discrepancies, and implementing corrective actions to ensure accurate and reliable study data.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Clinical Operations, Clinical Insights, Safety, Biostatistics, Programming, and Regulatory Affairs, to support study execution, reporting, regulatory submissions, and data-driven decision making.
  • Support database validation, user acceptance testing (UAT), change control activities, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data management processes, standards, and system performance.
  • Generate data reports, metrics, dashboards, and study summaries; provide training, guidance, and oversight to study personnel and data management team members to promote consistent data quality practices.

What you need

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum of 6+ years of clinical data management experience supporting clinical trials in the medical device, medical technology, or pharmaceutical industry.
  • Experience leading or contributing to departmental initiatives, strategic planning efforts, or organizational improvement projects.
  • Demonstrated experience independently leading data management activities across multiple complex clinical studies.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading end-to-end clinical data management activities across multiple studies and throughout the study lifecycle.
  • Advanced experience with CRF/eCRF design, clinical database development, edit check specification, validation, and UAT.
  • Proficiency with SQL and/or other data review and reporting tools used to identify trends, data quality issues, and opportunities for process improvement.


United States of America Pay Ranges:
  • USN: $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual
  • US5: $115,600 - $192,600 USD Annual
  • US10: $121,100 - $201,700 USD Annual
  • US15: $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
  • US20: $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual
  • US30: $143,100 - $238,400 USD Annual
View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.

Travel Percentage: 10%

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