Central Review Manager (Senior)

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Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Join Us as a Senior Central Review Manager – Make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years. As part of our expert team, you’ll have the opportunity to ensure operational excellence that makes a real difference in organizational performance. As a Senior Central Review Manager, you will perform centralized report review and approval of PSA, SI, ME, and CO reports on assigned projects in accordance with procedural documents and guidelines. You will provide training to new Central Review Managers (CRMs) and may act as the lead report reviewer on allocated projects, serving as the central liaison between the CRM team and Clinical Leads (CLs) or Project Leads (PLs). What You’ll Do: • Performs review of clinical monitoring visit reports for allocated projects ensuring consistency across protocols and/or regions and escalates any protocol, site, and/or CRA issues or trends noted during the report review process to CL. • Liaises with clinical monitoring staff for prompt trip report review submission and approval as per the stipulated timelines of CRG and/or the Sponsor. Plays an active role on the project team to help ensure compliance with monitoring visit report expectations. • Reviews and customizes the Monitoring Report Templates for allocated projects. • Evaluates PI oversight (e.g., protocol adherence), subject safety and study processes in order to assess site’s ability to conduct study, as ascertained from information noted in monitoring visit reports and associated electronic data systems. • Attends applicable internal Project meetings. • Provides input of forecast estimates for report review activities. • Provides trial MER status tracking and progress update reports to CL/CRA as required. • Contributes to company, client, and federal/local regulatory requirements/audit responses as needed. • Provides training and mentoring to new CRMs • May act as lead report reviewer on allocated projects acting as key liaison between teams. • May perform support activities to the team as agreed on allocated projects. Education and Experience Requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree in a science-related field or relevant/equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. • Prior clinical research experience with a minimum of 4 years on site clinical monitoring or minimum 5+ years report review experience. 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: • Excellent therapeutic area knowledge and understanding of medical terminology by virtue of past training of a CRA and prior visit report reviewer experience • Ability to attain and maintain a working knowledge of FDA and/or local country regulation and guidelines, ICH GCPs and PPD procedural documents • Ability to successfully complete PPD’s Clinical Foundation Training Program (CFP) • Highly effective oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with project team members • Excellent organizational and time management skills • Ability to work in a team or independently or as home based, as required • Ability to write clinical monitoring visit reports, review or approve them and interpret the information captured in clinical monitoring visit reports • Ability to extract pertinent information from protocols, electronic study data systems, CTMS, dashboards and assess risk at site level through interpretation of all these data • Excellent English language and grammar skills • Ability to mentor junior team members, as needed • Excellent Leadership skills Why Join Us? When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference. Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.