Director, Quality Control and Quality Assurance - Clinical Research
City of Hope
Job posting number: #7298717 (Ref:10028870)
Posted: January 18, 2025
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Director, Quality Control and Quality Assurance - Clinical Research (Remote)
Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Under the supervision of the Executive Director, System Clinical Research Quality Assurance Program, the Director of Clinical Research Quality Control and Quality Assurance leads the Quality Assurance and Quality Control team for the COH research enterprise. This role ensures clinical data quality, regulatory compliance, and integrity of research documentation while collaborating with key oversight committees and system leaders. The Director proactively manages compliance requirements, stays updated on regulatory guidelines, and implements effective administrative processes to maintain excellence in clinical trial management.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Provide leadership and oversight to QA and QC teams, ensuring effective training and fostering educational growth.
- Retain and develop high-quality managers skilled in regulatory compliance, data quality, and documentation best practices.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to maintain strong relationships and support clinical teams in risk identification and mitigation.
- Ensure cutting-edge quality control processes align with industry best practices and Federal regulations, implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Design and maintain quality assurance monitoring plans, providing performance metrics and ensuring inspection readiness across clinical teams.
- Represent the organization at national conferences, and participate in regulatory site visits and audits, leading corrective actions when needed.
Your qualifications should include:
- Bachelor’s Health Care Administration, Clinical Research or related field.
- Seven years progressively responsible experience related to quality control/quality assurance, auditing, monitoring, or conduct of clinical trials.
- Minimum of five years of experience related to the management and conduct of oncology clinical trials in an academic setting required.
- Experience in coordinating and managing the efforts of personnel who work in the clinical trials arena.
- Working knowledge of policies and procedures that govern clinical research, including but not limited to FDA and DHHS regulations, Good Clinical Practices, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grants (NCI CCSG) requirements and City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center programs and processes.
- Experience working with FDA investigations.
City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $61.23 - $102.25 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.