Data Manager I - Cancer Center

Department:

SOM KC Cancer Center Clinical Trials

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Clinical Research

Position Title:

Data Manager I - Cancer Center

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

The Data Manager works with the Clinical Trial Organization (CTO) and The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) staff and is responsible for maintaining and expanding various databases for KUCC, including membership, publications, funding, grant submissions, clinical research, and clinical trial accruals. This position will mine, gather, organize, analyze, and present data required for annual reports.

The Data Manager is housed in the Research System Department in the KUCC, CTO and reports to the Research Systems Director.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center is the region's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center where patients gain access to the most promising therapies, cutting-edge clinical trials and world class research.

*This position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule after 6 months. Incumbent will work remotely and on campus based on a set departmental schedule based on management approval and must reside in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.*

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined:

• Collect, manage, and organize complex enterprise-level data sets for KUCC so that they can be used to create required annual reports, grant submissions, and KUCC member publications.

• Produce professional-quality project artifacts for the NCI-Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) utilizing a process that is easily reproducible for future use.

• Following CCSG guidelines for updating the KUCC funding report (NCI-Data Table 2), gather and organize patient registry data for (NCI-Data Table 3), and clinical research data for (NCI-Data Table 4).

• Update and maintain KU Cancer Center member publications and biosketches database according to NIH and NCI reporting standards by partnering with investigators and program leaders to produce accurate reports.

• Provide KUCC administration with accurate membership, publication, and funding information through routine and ad-hoc reports to support stakeholder needs.

• Database management and administration.

• Fulfill standard and ad hoc data requests.

• Develop a high-level understanding of key KUCC business processes, workflows, and information flows.

• Manage public access compliance.

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, data science or equivalent.

Work Experience:

• Experience writing SQL queries and working with SQL Server Management Studio.

• Experience running and building SQL reports.

• Experience in Redcap or similar survey tools.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel or Power BI.

• Experience in Enterprise/ Institution-wide Systems Administration and Database Administration.

• Experience working with IT development projects following a systems development lifecycle.

• Prior experience deploying, administering, extracting, formatting/compiling, analyzing, and reporting out surveys.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education:

• Degree in a discipline with a significant analytical component.

Work Experience:

• Experience as a Data Analyst in health care, research and/or education.

• Experience working with Databases and managing databases.

• Experience in publication crawler and data integration between systems.

Skills:

• Organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Verbal and written communication skills.

• Interpersonal skills.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV AND Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Rate Type:

Salary

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above. 

Pay Range:

$65,000.00 - $99,000.00

Minimum

$65,000.00

Midpoint

$82,000.00

Maximum

$99,000.00