- 1 Year contract opportunity - W2 (No C2C)
- Compensation: $70 - $76/hr
- 100% Remote
Intuitive Surgical, in cooperation with our recruitment partner Raise, are hiring. At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. As a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), we have been expanding our innovations through technology to help make a difference in the world. For 25 years, human ingenuity has guided our journey to help solve some of healthcare’s most complex challenges.
Join us in making big leaps forward for healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let’s help to advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Primary Function of Position:
The purpose of this job function is to serve as a Scientific Research Program Manager (SRPM) in the Digital Business Unit to support research projects, within the United States and across the world, to demonstrate the performance and impact of Intuitive Surgical’s Digital products and services. This role has responsibility to oversee initiation, progress, and conduct of evidence-generation studies to include those conducted by internal scientific teams as well as Intuitive-sponsored studies and studies done in collaboration with external research partners. The SRPM serves as a contact to all parties involved in projects, internal and external.
This position will report to the Vice President and Scientific Medical Officer, Digital.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Manage and execute a portfolio of internal and external collaborative research studies and evidence-generation activities for Intuitive Surgical’s Digital products and services, with or without the assistance of research coordinator(s)
- Be responsible for the management of the research studies including project development, budgeting, investigator selection, analysis of potential participant recruitment, preparation of study related documents (e.g., protocols, case report forms, informed consents, research agreements), and management of Institutional Review Board and / or Ethics Committee submissions with follow through to ensure a successful outcome
- Work with data management professionals and statisticians as needed for assigned projects
- Maintain study documentation (e.g., correspondence, documentation required by the U.S Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), deviations, budget information)
- Plan and manage the project timelines to ensure research studies are conducted in a timely manner and within the project budget
- Proactively anticipate and communicate concerns, issues, and delays in the project and develops risk assessment and contingency plans
- Prepare project status updates and power point presentations for reporting to internal and external stakeholders for assigned projects
- Prepare reports in support of external and internal steering or advisory committees as needed
- Manage publication development, submission, and response to peer review for related to research studies
- Ensure compliance with corporate (e.g., SOP's) and regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP and US and international guidelines)
- Ensure audit readiness of research projects to relevant regulatory and legal standards
- Management of Contract Research Organization (CRO) or independent research service providers (e.g., identification of suitable partner(s), development of contracts or statements of work, and management of stakeholders to ensure project success)
- Facilitate participation in meetings and reporting with adherence with Intuitive Surgical policies
- Review and develop internal processes (e.g., SOPs)
- Build, nurture, and maintain relationships with external research partners and stakeholders, which may include but are not limited to surgeon key opinion leaders, operating room staff, hospital and health system administrative and technology leaders, surgical and scientific professional society leaders, and healthcare technology industry partners
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in life sciences, medicine, medical sciences, engineering, or computer/data science (required); graduate degree (preferred)
- Experience working in the healthcare technology industry in a clinical affairs or scientific research function with evidence of full project management responsibility for at least three years (required)
- Five years of experience in the management of research, with experience in clinical research management in both academic/hospital and industry settings (preferred)
- Knowledge of applicable clinical research and medical device regulations and guidelines including GCP, ISO-14155, MEDDEV, MDR and Data protection rules (required)
- Protocol and CRF development experience (required)
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities (required)
- Ability to manage a minimum of three to five research projects across different surgical disciplines and/or products (required)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong negotiation abilities (required)
- Ability to work independently and across teams whilst keeping open communication with key stakeholders (required)
- Strong numerical and literary analytical skills with the ability to assess data and literature
- Experience reviewing data sets to evaluate data quality
- Experience with studies of health information technologies including artificial intelligence is an advantage
- Ability to manage CROs or external consultants
- Ability to manage research coordinators or other research staff in the execution of research studies
- Experience of publishing research (own or in industry capacity) is an advantage
- Excellent problem-solving skills and initiative
- English language required, a second language is an advantage
- Comfortable in a hospital/surgical environment
- Ability to travel from 25% up to 50% of the time
Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Intuitive through our direct sourcing partner, Raise who manages Intuitive’s Contractor Talent Community. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by Raise and will not be an employee of Intuitive.
Work with an Award Winning Employer:
- Best Places to Work, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice, 2019 (#12 of 100), 2020 (#7 of 100)
- America’s Best Midsized Employers, Forbes, 2019 (#149 of 500)
- Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare, Becker’s Hospital Review, 2019
- Top CEOs, Glassdoor, 2019 (#9 of 100)
Raise and Intuitive are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
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