Manager, Clinical Monitoring

Join us in redefining what it means to work for a CRO.

When you work at Rho, it's more than just a job-you become part of the Rho Factor. We're a proud bunch of science nerds who love tackling big challenges together. We're not your typical CRO, and we're not trying to be. Here, curiosity is encouraged, fresh approaches are welcome, and collaboration is at the heart of everything we do.

Whether you're a data wizard, analytical genius, project mastermind, or any other role, you'll fit right into the equation of the Rho Factor. Expect plenty of geeky jokes, eccentric personalities, spontaneous brainstorms, and a supportive community where people genuinely care about their work-and each other.

You'll have the opportunity to experience a thriving company with real stability - financial, workforce, and corporate, which has created a safe environment to innovate and develop over a long and rewarding career.

We are currently hiring a Manager, Clinical Monitoring to join our team! As a Manager, Clinical Monitoring, you will have direct line management responsibilities of clinical monitors to ensure optimal performance, career development and retention of high performers. You'll also support the implementation of Rho's quality initiatives and business processes, achievement of management goals within the framework of Rho's core values, policies, and business practices.

Our Clinical Monitoring Team will tell you, joining Rho has been one of their best career moves in terms of contentment, financial rewards and career growth, which is why we have such stability in the group!

• Direct report / functional management responsibilities for CRAs; meet routinely (at least twice monthly) with employees to provide mentorship and support, as well as discuss development and performance
• Maintain retrospective and prospective vigilance of utilization, realization, availability to take on additional work and paid time off
• Support the assessment of clinical monitoring employee resources and employee resource projections to ensure that project teams meet client expectations and contractual obligations
• Report monthly on CRA staffing development progress, projections, gaps and potential needs, highlighting key areas of accomplishments, metrics and risks
• Support the CRA Field Assessment process and associated procedural documents
• Perform periodic monitoring field assessment visits of CRAs to assess GCP/ICH knowledge and compliance in practice and to ensure continued level of optimal performance. Supplement assessments by proactively seeking input from appropriate project managers and CTLs as to project-specific performance
• Provide dynamic mentorship in all aspects of clinical monitoring; serves as escalation point and technical expert for employees and clients as needed
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure customer satisfaction, high quality deliverables, and profitability for all clinical monitoring projects
• Determine level and type of clinical monitoring employee resources needed to meet corporate/client/project objectives
• Interface with staff across projects and functional areas, providing input and feedback to promote quality deliverables
• May participate in client presentations and/or bid defense meetings as required
• May participate in Sponsor and Regulatory Authority audits as requested by Quality Assurance (QA)
• Ensure staff fulfills their responsibilities in accordance with policies, procedures, SOPs, ICH-GCPs, and regulatory requirements
• Participate in quality efforts for continuous improvement by assuring quality metrics are in line with company, client and clinical operations objectives

• Bachelors Degree along with a Minimum of 4 years clinical monitoring/management experience and 2 years of experience managing clinical monitors, either via direct line management or functional/project management
• Functional understanding of people management, project staffing, and typical CRA team structures
• Exhibits clear understanding of the drug development process
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients
• Demonstrates effective decision-making skills
• Experience developing and mentoring staff
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities; ability to see patterns in issues, discount non-issues and prioritize to make progress
• Proactive and effective communicator
• Ability to identify issues within a project and lead the team to resolution
• Strategic thinker and active problem-solver
• Ability to bring order to situations that others may perceive as disjointed
• Ability to "get things done" in complex situations with minimal oversight
• Ability to travel up to 50%
• Experience within Rho's main areas of therapeutic focus, CNS, Pain, Immunology, and Respiratory

A few more things to know about us:

Benefits: Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees, which includes medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance and 401(k). All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave and bereavement leave.

Flexibility: We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.

As required by pay transparency laws in some states, Rho provides the range of starting compensation (annual salary or hourly rate) it reasonably expects to pay for a given role. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to role responsibilities and location as well as candidate skill set and level of experience. The range of starting pay for this role is $155,000 to $175,000 per year.

EOE. Veterans/Disabled