Job Title:
Manager, Clinical Adjudication Operations

Job Requisition ID:
1581

Posting Start Date:
6/2/26

At Daiichi Sankyo, we are united by a single purpose, to improve lives around the world through innovative medicines. With a legacy of innovation since 1899, a presence in more than 30 countries, and more than 19,000 employees, we are advancing breakthrough therapies in oncology, cardiovascular disease, rare diseases, and immune disorders. Guided by our 2030 vision to "be an innovative global healthcare company contributing to the sustainable development of society", we are shaping a healthier, more hopeful future for patients, their families, and society.

Job Summary

The incumbent will be a highly competent, self-motivated individual who can support clinical research studies in all phases. The individual should possess good judgment with well-developed critical thinking and super attention to detail skills.

Required to perform tasks for projects according to timelines for the designated workflows, which may have multiple studies overlapping in the timeframe. Primary responsibility for clinical review to assure data completeness, consistency, logic and medical accuracy, patient safety and protocol compliance. Have general knowledge of clinical review of case content that includes source documents, such as procedure reports, hospitalization summaries, narratives, CIOMS, and AE coding. Provide clinical support in project meetings; Support study close out activities. Assists with the clinical aspects of charter development; be aware of the MedDRA preferred terms listings for the protocol's indication.

Responsibilities

Adjudication / Endpoint Workstream Planning and Execution

Ensures optimal program productivity and efficiencies.

Become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with the process currently in use; be able to describe to study teams and other key departments how their study will interact with the adjudication vendor;

Describe the expectation and importance of adjudication between the vendor to the CRO;

Become an active “extended team member” to multiple studies at the same time; Being extremely organized to discuss with studies at different timepoints.

Working with senior management, biostats and safety physicians when prioritization of deliverables are requested.

Preparing meaningful metrics and reports for senior leadership, as well as study teams to make them aware of urgency and/ or details; Provide updates to internal teams; reporting on critical project status, risks, escalations and achievements.

Triage, resolve or escalate study issues to the Study Manager, Global Team Lead and CSPV.

Read, understand and adhere to Daiichi Sankyo GSOPs related to Adjudication and Independent Review Committees.

Contributes to Adjudication Operations team by exploring new opportunities to add value and repeat the key processes consistently.

Adjudication Committee

Provide clinical administrative support to the committee. This may include preparing meeting agendas, and training materials to be used for new members.

Collect documents from the members, related to general regulatory processes, i.e. CVs, financial disclosures, professional journals, etc.

May review and oversee AC members payments requests.

Adjudication Documentation

Provide oversight of the creation and filing of Charters, Plans, Site Manuals, Quick Reference guides; Provide insight to which documents are translated for global use, Reconcile the Adjudication documents in the TMF by compound and protocol. Identify and resolve issues with the reconciliation.

Support analysis of study site ILD adjudication metrics reports to identify potential areas of concern, trends, missing eDC pages, issues with image uploading; bring to the attention of the Study Team / CRO; offer solutions

Track study site start-up recruitment, enrollment, expansion into additional countries and use of replacement sites; be aware of study’s milestones and timelines.

Participate in ILD Adjudication training at Investigator Meetings, Site Initiations, global CRA trainings; make recommendations for better communication with sites and coordinators;

Analyze reports from the electronic adjudication system, searching for outstanding query ranges; discrepancies in dates or adverse event terms.

Qualifications

Education Qualifications

Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree with 5+ years relevant experience is required

Experience Qualifications

Knowledge of ICH/GCP and regulatory guidelines/directives preferred

Knowledge of Adjudication process and working with adjudication committees and/or Independent Review Committees preferred

Travel Requirements

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. Position that may require occasional travel (global).

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary Range:
USD$127,280.00 - USD$190,920.00

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