Verana Health, a digital health company that delivers quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights from an exclusive real-world data network, recently secured a $150 million Series E led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Novo Growth, the growth-stage investment arm of Novo Holdings. 

Existing Verana Health investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Casdin Capital, and Brook Byers also joined the round, as well as notable new investors, including the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, THVC, and Breyer Capital.

We are driven to create quality real-world data in ophthalmology, neurology and urology to accelerate quality insights across the drug lifecycle and within medical practices. Additionally, we are driven to advance the quality of care and quality of life for patients. DRIVE defines our internal purpose and is the galvanizing force that helps ground us in a shared corporate culture. DRIVE is: Diversity, Responsibility, Integrity, Voice-of-Customer and End-Results. Click here to read more about our culture and values.

Our headquarters are located in San Francisco and we have additional offices in Knoxville, TN and New York City with employees working remotely in AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MN, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT , VA, WA, Washington, D.C.All employees are required to have permanent residency in one of these states. Candidates who are willing to relocate are also encouraged to apply. 

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Senior Manager, Clinical Data

As Verana Health reinvents how research happens with data and technology in the healthcare space, we are growing our Data & Science team to solve complex real-world problems across multiple therapeutic areas, including urology, ophthalmology, and neurology. We are looking for a Senior Manager to oversee the Clinical Data group within the Data and Science Department. 

This role will report directly to the SVP, Data and Science. Direct experience working with ophthalmology, urology, and/or neurology clinical data is considered a plus. This role will oversee a team of clinical data abstractors as well as informatics.

Built on the values of continuous learning, cross-functional collaboration, and rigorous scientific research, the Data & Science team strives to improve patient care by innovating at the intersection of real world data, clinical context, and methodology with our partners to ensure all available data is being used to in the most efficient, data-driven way possible.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Verana Health is looking for a Senior Manager with a clinical background that has experience managing a team abstracting clinical data from unstructured electronic health records (EHR). 

• Develop standard operating procedures for the training of clinical data abstractors, for the abstraction of clinical data from unstructured EHR data, and for the entry of data interpreted by the clinical data abstractors 
• Develop and maintain manual abstraction guidelines collaboratively with the clinical and data teams 
• Recruit, train, and develop a highly skilled clinical data abstraction team 
• Oversee informatics in supporting Verana’s various product offerings
• Collaborate with the product and technology teams to develop, test, deploy, and scale a highly functional software and technology platform that will be used to assign, track, and facilitate the clinical data abstraction activities, including data entry 
• Develop standardized data entry forms/pages, data entry instructions, and logic check rules for flagging data entry errors in real time 
• Develop and implement a rigorous quality control and quality assurance plan for all clinical data abstraction activities to meet regulatory requirements 
• Collaborate with the medical teams to develop analytic plans for commercial projects and internally-driven scientific activities that focus upon curated data enabled by the clinical data abstraction activities 
• Contribute to development and refinement of Verana’s regulatory strategy focusing upon regulatory use cases for the curated datasets across our therapeutic areas

Basic Requirements:

• BS or MS in science, nursing, or another health care-related field 
• 4+ years of prior experience with clinical data abstraction activities from unstructured EHR data sources 
• Strong track record of overseeing and managing a team of clinical data abstractors 
• Demonstrated track record of developing successful relationships with cross functional teams including representatives from medical, product, technology, and quantitative sciences teams 
• Deep understanding of clinical and research applications of real world data sources, including electronic health records and administrative claims data 
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements for use cases for real world data applications, with a particular focus upon the expected documentation of steps and processes used to curate and transform raw EHR data into standardized, structured data elements 
• Ophthalmology, neurology, and/or urology experience preferred

Benefits:

• We provide 100% health, vision, and dental coverage for employees 
• 401K Match
• Flexible vacation plans 
• $700 learning and wellness annual stipend 
• $25/wk in Doordash credit 
• Headspace meditation app access

Final note:

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. Here at Verana, we know that diverse perspectives foster the innovation we need to be successful, and we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

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