Sr Manager, Clinical Trial Planner & Data Steward
Job Description
We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we're not finished yet.
Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.
Job Description
Job Description
Clinical Trial Planner & Data Steward is a key position focused on delivering technical system support and ensuring robust data governance for planning and reporting across the development portfolio. This role is integral to the successful execution of development programs through the technical maintenance of planning and portfolio reporting tools, assurance of data integrity, and coordination with cross-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of technical expertise, analytical capability, systems proficiency, and organizational effectiveness. This position reports to the Senior Director of Data Systems & Reporting and can sit in Parsippany, NJ or one of the following CA sites: Foster City, El Segundo, Oceanside, Thousand Oaks.
Responsibilities:
Provide support for advanced portfolio planning within Planisware, including the creation of scenario-based plans, development of new project and study plans, and ensuring data is complete, accurate, and reliable to support portfolio decisions.
Provides cross-functional Planisware system related support, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
Monitoring data quality within Kite systems, dashboards, and reports used for portfolio planning and resource forecasting
Ensure dashboards and reports use the same metrics and definitions across functions.
Provide Planisware training to new and existing Kite users.
Develop, maintain, and update G.Plan support materials, process documentation, and user training resources
Support Planisware user acceptance testing, system upgrades, releases, and sprint activities to ensure stable and effective application performance
Oversees user access, security permissions, and use of sensitive business data.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and Eight Years’ Experience
OR
Masters' Degree and Six Years’ Experience
OR
Ph.D.
Preferred Qualifications
Planisware experience (3+ years) providing system support and/or maintaining clinical trial plans
Knowledge of the end-to-end pharmaceutical R&D process, including preclinical through post-marketing. (Cell therapy/Oncology preferred)
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Experience in technical planning, project coordination, portfolio support, or R&D operations.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work on several complex projects while exercising critical thinking with minimal
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, and organizational skills are essential in this collaborative work environment
Demonstrates leadership skills, self-motivation, and comfortable in a fast-paced dynamic company environment with the ability to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
Strong computer skills, proficient using MS Office suite (outlook, word, excel, power point, teams), Sharepoint and other organizational tools
Technical experience using Planisware, OnePager, Spotfire, Tableau, Power Bi and/or other business intelligence tools
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma.
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