Associate Director, Data Analytics

Job Description
We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD clinical research services - thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.
PPD's Data Analytics group delivers a new approach to risk surveillance and centralized statistical monitoring, combining the power of statistical and analytical tools with expertise from operationally experienced staff to monitor and manage clinical study data. Data analytics staff explores study data holistically to pinpoint meaningful signals, resulting in more efficient and effective issue resolution and a proactive approach to risk detection. Using this data-driven approach, PPD can address study problems or site performance quickly, directing remediation activities where needed and positioning on-site monitoring activity in a targeted approach.

• Data errors, deviations
• Trends, outliers
• Unusual variation (or lack of variation)
• Potential data manipulation, fraud
• Other systematic errors or data integrity issues.

• Oversees execution of Data Analytics, Centralized Monitoring function and project level risk reporting.
• Plans and presents functional risk trends to functional departments.
• Drives development and implementation of standard analyses, analytic tools, risk indicators to support CMA function.
• Manages client relationships, represents DA function to clients.
• Serves as department representative to internal departments, initiative and special interest functional groups.
• Supports departmental growth by planning, implementing, overseeing administrative and organizational efforts (e.g. hiring, project finances, resourcing, etc.).
• Manages staff/ lower level management, which may include interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations. Approves courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports, requests for leave, and overtime.

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 10+ years) or equivalent and relevant combination of education, training, & experience. 5+ years of management responsibility.
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered enough for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

• Demonstrated industry and clinical-trial specific deep functional-specific knowledge
• Excellent coaching, mentoring and teaching skills; demonstrated expertise in leading and motivating teams
• Strong analytical skills with ability to extract meaning from data and apply to solve real-world problems
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Strong technical skills interacting with data handling, analysis and visualization tools
• Leadership level communication and presentation skills; ability to represent department to senior levels of management and cross-departmental forums