Job Description

**Overview**

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a **Clinical Data Manager** in our **National Center** office. Location of the selected candidate is flexible if location allows for cost effective and efficient travel.

This position will be part of our Health Care by Food (HCxF) Food Is Medicine research initiative. This multiyear initiative is conducting the research designed to provide evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Food Is Medicine interventions (such as medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions) to prevent, manage, and treat cardiovascular disease.

***This is a full time, grant funded, benefits eligible opportunity. Current funding is available through 6/30/2028***

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing an accessible clinical trial database design by analyzing data inquiry needs, ensuring security of information and organizing layout for the best user interface and access by scientists and researchers. We would be looking for you to be able to integrate data from different sources (clinical, claims, patient-reported survey data, food vendors). The Database Designer is responsible for building and ensuring adherence to data management and data access policies, standards, and procedures.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

**Responsibilities**

+ Identify, establish, and recommend data mapping and design to standardize and harmonize large clinical datasets (including real world data) from multiple American Heart Association clinical trials, research studies and registries as well as other large external datasets.

+ Design, document and help develop user interface, data integration, definitions, and data dictionaries.

+ Collaborate with subject matter experts in clinical data and research, and external entities such as Amazon Web Services and EMR instances such as EPIC.

+ Assist in developing SQL database, query requirements, data management protocols; Establish customized data dashboard for large clinical datasets in AWS or other cloud-based server environment.

+ May develop and document through presentations of the overall project design for publication or scientific meetings.

+ Set up requirements on data format and labeling, meta-data generation such as code book, Case Report Forms, Surveys, EHR queries and other data project documentation process.

+ Develop and implement guidelines to manage data storage.

+ Design and follow data security best practices in data storage, transferring, sharing and reporting that is HIPAA compliant

+ Plan for Data Disposition and help develop a plan for subsequent public access. Ability to implement data de-identification techniques and tools.

+ Develop guidelines for presentation to individual research teams for Data Analytics workflow including data intake and handoff. Refine guidelines following discussion with individual project teams. Perform auditing services to ensure consistency and compliance.

+ Provide or facilitate training on use of claims and/or clinical trial data as needed through group webinars made available to all project teams.

+ Create visual and tabular (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, or statistical software such as SAS, R, Pyton or STATA) representations of data. Design customized templates featuring purpose-build statistical applications or tools to drive decision-making.

+ Maintain general awareness of importance of cardiovascular research advances through reading science literature, establishing and maintaining professional consultation contacts, attending meetings, monitoring legislation, and attending to inquiries from public and professionals.

**Want to help get your resume to the top? Take a look at the experience we require:**

**Qualifications**

+ Bachelors Degree or higher - Information Technology Database Design, Applied Math, Computational Science, Health Informatics, Economics, Statistics or related technical field or equivalent work experience. Master degree is preferred.

+ Minimum of three (3) years of experience with database design, development, data mapping, statistical reporting, Electronic Health Data wrangling, Claims data analysis or related area.

+ Minimum of two (2) years of experience with real world clinical data including claims data processing, clinical data management and regulatory requirements for use of data.

+ In-depth knowledge of cloud-based architecture and health-focused data server management/configuration; AWS or other clouds-based health data server background preferred.

+ Proficient in R, SAS, and/or Python, Jupyter Notebooks, SQL.

+ Highly effective organizational skills, communication skills, time management, responsibility, and motivation.

+ Must be able to travel overnight approx. 10% of the time.

**Here are some of the preferred skills/experiences we are looking for:**

+ Master/PhD in Computer or Data Science, Health Economics, Health informatics, Public Health or (Bio)Statistics preferred

**Compensation & Benefits**

Expected pay range will be $85,000- $93,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

+ **Compensation** Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. Thats why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.

+ **Performance and Recognition** You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.

+ **Benefits** We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.

+ **Professional Development ** You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Associations national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.

+ **Work-Life Harmonization ** The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.

+ **Tuition Assistance** - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Associations 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

**At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.**

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**Posted Date** _2 months ago_ _(9/12/2024 10:59 AM)_

**_Requisition ID_** _2024-14183_

**_Job Category_** _Health Strategies_

**_Position Type_** _Full Time_

American Heart Association

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