Company Overview

At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), we’re not only changing the way we treat cancer, but also the way the world thinks about it. By working together and pushing forward with innovation and discovery, we’re driving excellence and improving outcomes.
 
For the 28th year, MSK has been named a top hospital for cancer by U.S. News & World Report. We are proud to be on Becker’s Healthcare list as one of the 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare in 2018, as well as one of Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Best Place to Work for 2018. We’re treating cancer, one patient at a time. Join us and make a difference every day.

Job Description

Are you interested in playing a key role in integrating optimal protocol activation functioning for clinical research?

At MSK, we’re running one of the largest clinical trials programs for cancer in the country, and at any time we are conducting hundreds of clinical trials to improve cancer care. Our Protocol Activation Core was created in January 2018. We are a centralized team handling protocol activation, protocol review and Human Research Protection for all clinical trials at MSK. We are seeking a Protocol Activation Data Analyst to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will lead protocol activation initiatives to analyze related data, design and build reports and reporting tools, and other end-user information portals or resources.

You Will:

• With some supervision, meets with hospital leadership and/or project sponsors and stakeholders to understand business need and context for data requirements
• Consults and understands business needs and transforms business questions into data-driven, analytical questions to clarify, quantify, or further support business needs
• Gathers information and data from disparate teams, groups, sources, and systems to obtain necessary details to support the Team's initiatives.
• Independently queries, manages, and performs quality assurance on data related to analyses.
• Identifies and documents anomalies and discrepancies in data or data relationships found during analysis.
• Creates presentations, reports, dashboards, and other communication tools to keep institutional leaders and stakeholders abreast of project status or to support their work product.
• Reviews operational and financial processes to supplement and contextualize data analyses.
• Presents results of analysis performed to a wide variety of differing audiences, translating technical and detailed data into action plans and/or recommendations
• Works collaboratively with other data analysts, project managers, and process engineers, reviewing work and contemplating ideas.
• Manages cross functional relationships to navigate disparate and complex data sets.
• Initiates and maintains continual dialogue with internal stakeholders regarding project scope/details, directions, tasks, timeline – ensuring all parties are on the same page.
• Provides clear, concise, and comprehensive verbal and written communication to internal MSKCC stakeholders including senior leadership, administrative management, physician leaders and staff.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of management, hospital administration and creates executive level dashboards to simplify conclusions around complex data sets.

You Are:

• Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• A good decision-maker, with proven success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Able to work effectively in an environment notable for complex, sometimes contradictory information.
• Action-oriented and eager to embrace new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• An effective communicator, capable of determining how best to reach different audiences and executing communications based on that understanding.
• Able to operate effectively, even when things are not clear or the way forward is not obvious.
• Flexible in your approach and demeanor in order to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances.

You Have:

• A Bachelor's degree (preferred), with 2-4 years of clinical research experience
• Experience using a scripting language (e.g. R, Python, Stata) to create reproducible analyses required. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, four years of job-related work experience can be accepted.
• Master’s degree preferred plus 2+ years of experience using SQL to query large relational databases #LI-POST

Closing

MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.  

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