Clinical Trials Manager- Late Phase Oncology

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.  
   

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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 Gilead and help create possible, together.  

This role will be based out of our Foster City, California or Parsippany, NJ location.

Job Summary: 

We are seeking a Clinical Trials Manager (CTM) to support the Oncology pipeline. The CTM drives end-to-end operational delivery of Phase II and III oncology trials, ensuring high-quality execution through strong cross-functional leadership and CRO/vendor oversight. This role serves as a key contributor for study execution and study management by coordinating with the internal teams and external partners (including CROs and vendors), and ensuring alignment across all stakeholders to achieve study objectives. The CTM applies strong project management, clinical, and regulatory expertise to proactively identify risks, implement solutions, and maintains study timelines to meet the study deliverables for the in-house and/or hybrid model clinical trials.  

Prior Oncology experience and prior CRO/Pharma/Biotech experience is required.  

Job Description/ Key responsibilities: 

• Coordinating and supervising all aspects of clinical study.  

• Assists Clinical Program Manager in the overall study management. 

• Provide input into study protocols, investigator brochures, case report forms, and informed consents, final study reports, oversee/author study plans, and presentations. 

• Maintains study timelines. including documentation and communications. 

• Contributes to development of study budget. 

• Contributes to development of RFPs and participate in selection of CROs/vendors. 

• May manage CROs/vendors or functional service providers. 

• May serve as the key operational contact for Gilead studies, providing oversight for the site evaluation, initiation, and close-out visits in addition to conducting oversight monitoring visits. 

• Provide oversight of study sites/region and review routine regulatory documents to ensure that CROs /vendors are in compliance with protocols, regulatory requirements, SOPs, and monitoring plans. 

• Ensures effectiveness of site budget/contract process. 

• May be asked to train CROs, vendors, investigators, and study coordinators on study requirements. 

• Coordinates review of data listings and preparation of interim/final clinical study reports and appendices, including resolving any data discrepancies. 

• Assists in determining the activities to support a project’s priorities within functional area. 

• Develop tools and processes that optimize project efficiencies and effectiveness. 

• Travel is required. 

• Excellent teamwork, communication, decision-making and organizational skills are required. 

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of FDA and/or EMEA Regulations, ICH Guidelines, and GCPs governing the conduct of clinical trials is desirable. 

• Must be able to generally understand, interpret, and explain protocol requirements to others. 

• Must be able to prioritize multiple tasks. 

• May serve as a resource for others within the company for clinical trials management expertise. 

• Under general supervision, is able to examine functional issues from an organizational perspective. 

• Must have general, functional expertise to support SOP development and implementation. 

Basic qualifications: 

• 5+ Years with BS/BA in a relevant scientific discipline. 

• 3+ Years with MS/MA in a relevant scientific discipline. 

People Leader Accountabilities:  

• Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams, modeling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way they manage their teams.  

• Develop Talent - understand the skills, experience, aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow, develop and realize their purpose.  

• Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals, purpose, and organizational objectives, and holding them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.