Ora, Inc.

POSITION TITLE: Clinical Project Manager

DEPARTMENT: Posterior Segment

Ora Values the Daily Practice of …

Prioritizing Kindness * Operational Excellence * Cultivating Joy * Scientific Rigor

At Ora, we are building the future of ophthalmic clinical research. As the world’s leading full-service ophthalmic drug and device development firm, we guide our clients across all phases of clinical research to efficiently bring new products and therapies to market. Over the past forty years, our expert teams have helped earn more than fifty new product approvals. Today, our team continues to expand across the globe, with over 350 employees across the US, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

The Role:

Ora’s Clinical Project Managers (CPM) are critical in driving clinical ophthalmic projects forward utilizing best practices in order to ensure budgets, timelines, and clinical trial requirements are being met on behalf of the sponsor. This role will work independently to manage cross functional project teams. CPM’s have active involvement in each assigned project in order to meet milestones, resolve issues and/ or conflicts in addition to frequent interactions with the study team including but not limited to clinical trial associates, monitoring, clinical research coordinators, investigators and senior management. They are responsible for creating project plans and provide weekly budget and progress reviews for each study in addition to preparing high-quality reports.

What You’ll Do:

• Manages cross functional project teams derived from the groups within clinical development to deliver a high-quality clinical trial(s) in compliance with all regulations and SOPs.
• Works with functional areas on initiating, planning, executing, controlling, closing and resourcing clinical trial projects. The CPM acts as an operational nexus or focal point for interdepartmental and intradepartmental groups (e.g. stats, data management, safety, manufacturing, regulatory, vendors), coordinating these different groups in a matrix environment to drive and complete clinical programs.
• Reviews protocol, source documents and CRFs and tracks them to completion.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining project timelines for each project and uses these timelines to track and manage a project’s progress.
• Responsible for creating Project Plans (Roles and Responsibility Tables and Communication Plans) and weekly project budget and progress reviews for each study.
• Reviews study metrics for performance and quality with the team and management.
• Prepares high-quality reports (financial, project, etc.) for management on program status and issues.
• Ensures review of clinical electronic Trial Master File (eTMF) for completeness.
• Manages and coordinates all vendors involved in the clinical trials (e.g. central labs, IVRS, reading centers).
• May represent Ora at professional meetings or seminars.
• Participates in preparing new study budgets, proposal documents and participating in bid defenses.
• Active role in department and company-wide process improvement initiatives.
• Responsibilities may differ slightly from the above based on specific needs of the business.
• Clear and sustained demonstration of the Ora Clinical’s Values of prioritizing kindness, operational excellence, cultivating joy and scientific rigor.
• Travel of up to 15% is required (mainly domestic, overnight).

What We Look For:

• Experience needed for the Role:
• Bachelor's degree in Life Science with at least 5 years of clinical trial experience. Years of experience may be considered in lieu or education.
• Minimum of 1 year of clinical project management experience
• Additional Skills & Attributes:
• Ophthalmology experience preferred.
• Understanding of multi-center drug and/or device trials.
• Experience with Veeva TMF and CTMS systems.
• Competencies and Personal Traits:
• Attention to Detail: Ability to analyze data to drive successful solutions to complex problems.
• Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Ability to lead with a positive mindset and empathy.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Willingness and desire to learn new things and dig deeper than the surface.
• Innovative Mindset: Forward thinking, creative and open to testing, making mistakes and trying again.
• Organization and Goal Setting: Ability to set goals, develop structure and maintain a focused approach to critical path work.
• Resolve Conflicts: Practice radical candor in your communication and participate in active listening to help the other person feel heard and understood.
• Seek Meaning and Purpose and a Desire to be Part of Something Bigger than Yourself: Crave being part of a team that works together under shared values to achieve significant positive impact in the wider world.

What We Offer:

• Well Being: Offering comprehensive healthcare options in Medical, Dental and Vision beginning day 1.
• Flexible PTO & Unlimited Sick Time: Providing you the freedom to unwind and recharge when you need to in addition to 14 company paid holidays. 
• Financial: Competitive salaries along with a 401K plan through Fidelity with company match.
• Family Support Care: Adoption and fertility assistance provided along with offering 16 weeks paid Parental Leave.
• Company Paid Life & Disability Insurance: Offering peace of mind to help you and your family feel secure.
• Remote & Wellness Reimbursement: We'll reimburse you to support your remote workspace and wellness purchases.
• Employee Assistance Program: No matter what issues you're facing, New Directions is here to help you and your family.
• Career Development Opportunities: Continued opportunities to grow and develop your career journey. 
• Global Team: Opportunities to work with colleagues across the globe.
• Impact: A chance to research new ophthalmic therapies that will impact patients across the globe.

Benefit Eligibility: Full-time employees of Ora working a minimum of 30 hours per week. Our per diem workforce is eligible for Medical and Dental coverage once they have hit 6 months of service and work an average of 30 hours per week.

Our mission is to weave together people, processes, and technology to support innovation in ophthalmology around the world. We believe our business should be a force for good — to improve, heal, and change how we see. As a global company, our vibrant community and culture are nurtured by our core values: Prioritizing kindness, cultivating joy, operational excellence, and scientific rigor. Through our commitment to these values, we have built an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters respect, accountability, and a fulfilling work-life balance for every team member.

We know a diverse workforce adds to our collective value and strength as an organization. People of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, disabled candidates and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Ora is proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equal employment opportunity and fair, equitable compensation regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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