The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar's dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.

The Wistar Institute is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). All candidates must share our commitment to DEI. The Wistar Institute is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, mentoring, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic/research community.

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Data and System Manager to support the Biomedical Research Support Core through data management and other core activities. Responsibilities include:

Data Management

• Provides data quality management activities for ongoing clinical trials, including the preparation of periodic data quality reports and study monitoring reports.
• Interacts with statistical teams for data QA/QC, querying, extractions, database closes etc.
• Interacts with Software Developers and vendors to develop study-specific CDETweb implementations, eCRFs and applications.
• Supports Wistar scientists and collaborators in any additional data-related activity (e.g. ad-hoc queries, data transfer, etc.).

Other Support

• Manages accounts and users for our bespoke EDMS.
• Processes payments and billing related to BRS Core activities.
• Designs and implements marketing and visibility projects.
• Supports other Core activities such as Tissue Microarrays design and ordering, Blood donor registry support, etc.

Education:  Bachelor's degree with work experience in data management or Master's degree in Statistics, Data Sciences, Public Health, Epidemiology or similar discipline preferred.

Experience (required):  Proficiency with Excel, PowerQuery M, Dax, PowerBi/Tableau/Looker Studio or similar business intelligence platforms; 1+ year of demonstrated project management experience, including project setup, milestone definitions, and deliverables (e.g. reports, scientific publications, presentations, white papers, etc.); OR working experience with implementation of HIPAA and other healthcare-related regulatory frameworks as applied to data management; OR working experience with electronic data management systems in the field of healthcare and/or biomedical research.

Experience (preferred): working knowledge of statistical packages such as SAS/JMP, R, Stata, GIS or similar; working experience in data management using Python, SQL, M, Dax, or other relevant software packages; and experience working with software developers, software vendors and statistical analysis groups.

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.

For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at www.wistar.org.

It is the policy of the Institute to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, citizenship, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), pregnancy, caregiver status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or on the basis of genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.