Manager, Clinical Data Research (Remote)

Stryker • Irvine, CA

1d • $77,700 - $193,400 • Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Clinical Data Research will oversee the end-to-end collection and processing of clinical trial data. Leads the data management team, enforces regulatory compliance and ensures databases are designed to deliver clean analysis-ready data sets for statistical analysis. This is a hands-on position supporting our mission to improve patient care through the delivery of high-quality clinical data and evidence generation.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a health, science, life sciences, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Clinical Data Management within the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related regulated industry.
• Industry experience in medical technology or pharmaceutical organizations.
• Experience leading clinical data management activities across multiple clinical studies.
• Hands-on experience with Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems and clinical database development.
• Experience with data cleaning, database lock activities, and delivery of analysis-ready datasets.
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP requirements and clinical data management best practices.
• Experience managing external vendors and integrating external clinical data sources.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading or mentoring Clinical Data Management teams.
• Knowledge of CDISC standards, including SDTM and related data structures.
• Experience supporting global clinical trials.
• Experience with Medidata Rave, Veeva Vault, Merative Zelta, or similar EDC platforms.
• Working knowledge of SAS, R, SQL, or other data analysis tools.
• Experience driving process improvement initiatives within Clinical Data Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Clinical Data Managers and Clinical Data Specialists, managing resource allocation and study workloads across multiple clinical programs.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, validation, and maintenance of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems, electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs), and edit check specifications.
• Drive data review, validation, and cleaning activities to ensure delivery of high-quality, analysis-ready datasets.
• Manage database build, maintenance, and lock activities, ensuring databases are completed accurately and within study timelines.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company procedures, including ICH-GCP and CDISC standards.
• Partner with Clinical Research, Biometrics, Safety, and Clinical Insights functions to define data requirements and resolve complex clinical data issues.
• Serve as the primary data management liaison for external vendors, including central laboratories, imaging vendors, and EDC providers, ensuring accurate external data integration.
• Identify and implement process improvements, leveraging lessons learned across studies to enhance efficiency, quality, and consistency.

Benefits

• Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
• Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.
• Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager