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Knowledge Management Coordinator, FTI Consulting - NY

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment.  With more than 3,800 professionals located in most major business centers around the world, we work closely with clients every day to anticipate, illuminate, and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring.  Our professionals are some of the most experienced leaders in their field and our workforce includes numerous PhDs, MBAs, CPAs, CFEs, JDs, and technologists with expertise across a broad range of industries.  Since our founding in 1982, clients have turned to us for high-stakes issues that require specialized expertise.  If you are interested in becoming part of a fast growing company and helping shape its future, read on

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:
As part of the Knowledge Management group, the coordinator will assist practice professionals with marketing related tasks, including creating presentations, developing qualification packages, administering client management data and campaigns and working on various advertising projects; manage proprietary databases; perform document review and data entry; research and analyze business topics, including corporate bankruptcy matters for the Corporate Finance practice. This is an entry-level position

Job Details

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment.  With more than 3,800 professionals located in most major business centers around the world, we work closely with clients every day to anticipate, illuminate, and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring.  Our professionals are some of the most experienced leaders in their field and our workforce includes numerous PhDs, MBAs, CPAs, CFEs, JDs, and technologists with expertise across a broad range of industries.  Since our founding in 1982, clients have turned to us for high-stakes issues that require specialized expertise.  If you are interested in becoming part of a fast growing company and helping shape its future, read on

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:
As part of the Knowledge Management group, the coordinator will assist practice professionals with marketing related tasks, including creating presentations, developing qualification packages, administering client management data and campaigns and working on various advertising projects; manage proprietary databases; perform document review and data entry; research and analyze business topics, including corporate bankruptcy matters for the Corporate Finance practice. This is an entry-level position

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Support and assist with practice development and marketing efforts, including tasks related to advertising, qualification / pitch materials, email campaigns, client relationship management and associated systems


• Perform document review, data entry and analyze data gathered


• Manage and maintain proprietary databases


• Organize information to facilitate effective data access and analysis


• Maintain supporting documentation for databases


• Conduct general fact finding using various research tools and resources, including Salesforce, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Debtwire and Pacer


• Create and proofread business development materials, including client service biographies and marketing content


• Complete ad hoc projects (e.g., review prospective research tools)


• Assist with preparation of presentations and quantitative exhibits for third parties, as necessary, on the findings or results of activities

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree


• Proficiency in Salesforce and Microsoft applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, MSWord and Access

The ideal candidate will have the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment and possess excellent organizational and project management skills.  Strong communication skills, including listening, verbal and written and a sense of urgency and attention to detail are required.  Exceptional proofreading skills are necessary.  This position requires decisiveness and exercising some independent judgment

POSITION CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt

FTI Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer

see
http://careers.hireahero.org/jobs/knowledge-management-coordinator-temporary-new-york-ny-54493176-d

Knowledge Center Internship (Summer 2013), Advertising Research Foundation - NY

The Advertising Research Foundation is an open forum where the best and the brightest from every avenue of advertising can gather to exchange ideas and research strategies.

Job Description:

The Summer Internship Program that has been developed will assign students to one of our senior staff. All students will work on business projects suitable for a resume summary.

ARF Summer Interns are given a unique opportunity to work very closely with senior staff; something that is not possible in many organizations. Interns are really able to hone their project management and organizational skills through a wide variety of tasks.

The ARF is host to many events and interns are often able to attend meetings and events. Our events are packed with industry leaders, thus creating an excellent networking opportunity for our interns.

ARF staff will provide overviews of their areas and explain the role and context of student assignments. Questions and discussion will be encouraged. Lunchtime presentations will be held to introduce students to different business experiences among ARF staff.

The Summer Internship Program will be a 12 week program, starting on May 27th and concluding on August 16th. Spring Interns will be asked to work 20 hours/week and will be compensated at an hourly rate.

Interested students should send their resumes to [email protected] along with a cover letter identifying the areas of the ARF with which they are interested in working.

The ARF Knowledge Center provides a variety of research services to help our members make better business decisions. Our mission is to organize ARF and industry knowledge and make it accessible and available to members 24x7. The Knowledge Center also provides assistance as needed to other departments in Membership, Marketing, Events, and Research.

This internship would be ideal for students pursuing a graduate level library science degree from an ALA accredited academic institution and who are interested in gaining real-life work experience in Special Libraries.

NOTES: Additional Salary Information: Paid at an hourly rate.

Requirements:

Under the supervision of a MLIS Librarian, perform a wide variety of library science-related duties to gain exposure to, and experience working in a Special Library:

• Provide professional reference services to members and staff. • Assist in implementing a digitization project of ARF historical documents. • Assist in maintaining and updating in-house databases, archives and catalogs. • Individual projects will be assigned to enhance learning.

Primary Skills:

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university - AND - current enrollment in a Master's of Library Science program accredited by American Library Association.

• Experience in database and online researching.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Proficiency in using computer, internet, and other electronic resources.

• Familiarity with the advertising, marketing, and/or research industries desirable.

See: http://careerhq.fita.org/jobs/5128079/knowledge-center-internship-summer-2013 (Source: Indeed.com)

 

National Knowledge Manager — US Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte - NY

 

 

Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting through nearly 30,000 people in more than 90 U.S. cities. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. "Deloitte" refers to the associated partnerships of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP) and affiliated entities. Deloitte is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.  For more information, please visit Deloitte's web site at www.deloitte.com/us.

The National Knowledge Management organization (NKM) is currently seeking a knowledge manager to support the U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions Services, which is an Integrated Market Offering (IMO) consisting of several practices and initiatives and encompassing multiple functions and areas of application.  This Manager (Level 5) position will design and execute a knowledge management plan for U.S. M&A Services and will coordinate and team with NKM and U.S. M&A to develop tools and processes that enable knowledge sharing across the various practices.  Preferred locations are New York City; Washington, DC; Boston; Chicago.

Roles and responsibilities include:  

• Understand objectives of U.S. M&A Services practices, and develop KM strategies to support those objectives, both near and longer-term.
• Represent the M&A IMO to the Service Innovation Group and within the NKM IMO team.
• Facilitate strategic growth, adoption, and success of Deloitte's U.S. M&A Services initiatives, communities, and collaboration through seeding of relevant communities and leveraging of collaborative sharing tools (e.g., team sites, blogs, discussion boards).
• Coordinate rollout of specialized global M&A qualifications system across U.S. M&A Services.
• Oversee M&A's internal web presence and work with M&A Internal Communications, Marketing, Learning, and Risk teams to make current content available.  Ensure that all internally-posted content aligns with brand and knowledge guidelines.
• Acquire and manage a broad array of internal knowledge content; perform knowledge assessment and identify and fill knowledge gaps by soliciting and collecting high value/quality content.
• Proactively identify and provide solutions to practitioner needs for select information in sales and marketing, client service, research and intelligence, and learning.

• Act as a source matter specialist in responding to practitioner requests for assistance, either by identifying content or making appropriate connections.  Work closely with M&A-aligned Deloitte Intelligence resources to ensure practitioner research and market intelligence requests are addressed, and when necessary, engage with M&A team to design applied and turn-key solutions.
• Fine-tune metrics strategy in order to provide ongoing, meaningful input to U.S. M&A Services Leadership and Communications teams as they seek to  promote awareness of available U.S. M&A Services and content
• Develop and leverage global relationships to improve content sharing and the integration of approaches.  Seek to coordinate activities with Global M&A KM counterparts to benefit and promote U.S. M&A Services content and initiatives.
• Manage and develop M&A/IMO-aligned India-based Knowledge Analysts

Qualifications

• 5-8 plus years of prior relevant experience that would ideally include experience in a professional services environment coupled with a background in financial services.  Prior mergers and acquisitions-related experience is required and additional experience in an investment banking. private equity or hedge fund environment is a plus
• Candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Library Sciences, Journalism and/or Communications
• Ideal candidate will be an experienced, creative, independent thinker who has excellent research, analytical, collaborative and strategic skills; critical thinking and proactive problem solving abilities, coupled with extremely strong verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills
• Awareness of and basic familiarity with available third-party research tools relevant to the M&A and Private Equity marketplace is required
• Candidate will have proven project management experience with ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, cross-functional stakeholders and remote teams
• Experience with electronic knowledge, repository management, intranets/portals, collaborative and social media tools, plus computer skills (Microsoft Office); SharePoint experience a plus 
• Candidate should also be adaptive and flexible as conditions change and have experience working as a change agent to influence others

 Deloitte is one of the leading professional services organizations in the United States, specializing in audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services with clients in more than 20 industries. We provide powerful business solutions to some of the world’s most well-known and respected companies, including more than 75 percent of the Fortune 100.

At Deloitte, you can have a rewarding career on every level. In addition to challenging and meaningful work, you’ll have the chance to give back to your community, make a positive impact on the environment, participate in a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and find the support, coaching, and training it takes to advance your career. Our commitment to individual choice lets you customize aspects of your career path, your educational opportunities and your benefits. And our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business and your clients’ will be heard.

Visit www.deloitte.com/us/careers to learn more about our culture, benefits and opportunities.



About Deloitte

As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/ about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.
see: http://careers.deloitte.com/jobs/eng-US/details/j/E13NATSMGRAW016-CL5/national-knowledge-manager-us-mergers-acquisitions

Fact Checking Specialist, Catalyst - NY

Department:    Information Center    
Reports To:    Vice President & Chief Knowledge Officer

Summary of Responsibilities

Working with the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO), the Fact Checking Specialist will develop fact checking standards and processes; thoroughly research all facts, assertions, and sources in Catalyst content to verify accuracy; ensure that all citations are correct and consistent; communicate clearly with team members to ensure timely production; and work with content creators to implement any necessary changes. Catalyst has a reputation for rigor and a dedication to accuracy, and we are looking for someone to help maintain and improve on our high standards.

Essential Functions

• Develop and maintain cross-organizational fact checking processes and standards.
• Check accuracy of references, quotations, and facts in various Catalyst knowledge products.
• Maintain citation style standards. Train other staff members in fact checking.
• Work with researchers, content creators, editors, designers, and social media team on projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Keen attention to detail, including exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.
• Familiarity and experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods; knowledge of SPSS and NVivo is desirable.
• Basic understanding of a range of statistical techniques, including cross-tabs, regression analysis, etc.
• Experience using and analyzing governmental data.
• Ability to analyze and ensure accuracy of different types of visual depictions of data.
• Experience in managing research projects, including working collaboratively with other researchers, is highly desirable.
• Experience with using basic math.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate well with cross-functional and cross-departmental staff.
• Comfort with working independently and as part of a team to accomplish goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to take a leadership role in managing the work of colleagues and to train staff when needed.

Working Conditions

• Tight deadlines.
• Multiple priorities.
• Work with confidential issues and data.
• Collaborative work environment; must be a team player with strong people skills.
• Occasional work outside of normal office hours.
• Mission-driven, creative work environment at a nonprofit organization.

Education and Requirements

Master’s degree or higher in mathematics, statistics, psychology, economics, public policy, sociology, or a related social science field. Additional degree in journalism or library science a plus. Minimum 3 years of experience in fact checking and/or research involving data analysis, including the use of SPSS, Excel, and other software. Experience in project development and management.

Application Instructions

Please email your resume, cover letter, and salary history to [email protected] with “Fact Checking Specialist” in the subject line. The location of this position is flexible; please indicate the Catalyst office you would prefer to work from, or the city of your home office.

See: http://www.catalyst.org/fact-checking-specialist

 

Knowledge Management Consultant, Manpower - NJ

Provide knowledge management support for a research community adapting to a new method of collaboration in a Microsoft SharePoint environment. The consulting activities will include:

1 Providing support and training to the business users of Microsoft SharePoint.
2. Assisting in the design of upgrades to search and archive systems.
3. Assisting the Information Center staff with data analysis.

Requirements
• Strong end-user skills in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 including Search and Records Center
• Experience in troubleshooting end-user issues
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with teams, and motivation to provide responsive customer service.
• Experience in training end-users
• Ability to create macros in MS Office products
• Experience in Microsoft InfoPath 2010 is a plus
• Strong functional analysis skills and the ability to identify, define, and document key business requirements.
• Experience with database design
• Understanding of search index tuning and complex search queries
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows and Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer) and Adobe PDF.
• Basic understanding of chemical and chemical engineering terminology, especially related to the petrochemical process industry is a plus
• Ability to multitask and remain flexible as priorities change

$37 - $50 an hour

see http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=dXM2NzIwNC43OTE2OS4xNzYwQG1hbnBvd2VyZG9uYS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20&utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed

SharePoint/Knowledge Management Consultant - NJ

Our client, a Technical Information Center is seeking a SharePoint and Knowledge Management Consultant at its New Jersey facility.  The Technical Information Center provides integrated information services covering chemistry, physics, materials, biology, refining processes, occupational medicine, health, safety, and environmental to our clients research, engineering, and downstream manufacturing locations.
 
Overview of Position
This consultant will provide knowledge management support for a research community adapting to a new method of collaboration in a Microsoft SharePoint environment.  The consulting activities will include:

1. Providing support and training to the business users of Microsoft SharePoint.
2. Assisting in the design of upgrades to search and archive systems.
3. Assisting the Information Center staff with data analysis.

 
Requirements

• Strong end-user skills in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 including Search and Records Center

• Experience in troubleshooting end-user issues

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with teams, and motivation to provide responsive customer service.

• Experience in training end-users

• Ability to create macros in MS Office products

• Experience in Microsoft InfoPath 2010 is a plus

• Strong functional analysis skills and the ability to identify, define, and document key business requirements.

• Experience with database design

• Understanding of search index tuning and complex search queries

• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows and Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer) and Adobe PDF.

• Basic understanding of chemical and chemical engineering terminology

• Ability to multitask and remain flexible as priorities change

 

Please send resumes, cover letter and references to:

Angela Dzikowski
Pro Libra Associates Inc
Email: [email protected]
800-262-0070 
Fax# 908-918-0277

Knowledge Manager — Deloitte U.S. Global Office/KM Services - NY

Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting through nearly 30,000 people in more than 90 U.S. cities. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte is dedicated to helping its clients and its people excel. "Deloitte" refers to the associated partnerships of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP and Deloitte Consulting LLP) and affiliated entities. Deloitte is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ("DTTL").  For more information, please visit Deloitte's web site at www.deloitte.com/us.

The Deloitte U.S. Firms work with DTTL and other member firms to drive global collaboration and provide value for our clients and our people. The U.S. Global Office (USGO) provides strategic and operational support for global activities of the U.S. firm.

The USGO is currently seeking a Knowledge Manager to serve them. This Manager (Level 5) position partners closely with USGO leadership and communications teams, as well as existing USGO-aligned knowledge management colleagues, to execute on a knowledge management plan in support of USGO's strategic initiatives.

In addition to supporting USGO, this position will have responsibilities related to support of one or more additional internal customers of U.S. Knowledge Management and will align with U.S. Knowledge Management's KM Services team.

Location is flexible; preferred cities include:  New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, or Philadelphia or other locations where Deloitte has a meaningful KM team presence and KM community.

Roles and responsibilities include: 

• Understand customer objectives and contribute to the creation of a longer-term KM strategy and action plan to support those objectives; collaborate with KM colleagues to bring innovative solutions and produce high-quality processes and deliverables
• Facilitate strategic growth, adoption, and success of customer initiatives by leveraging collaborative sharing tools (e.g., Yammer, team sites, blogs, discussion boards)
• Oversee the customer's knowledge sites as the centralized sources for information about the customer; ensure that content on the various Deloitte KM sites aligns with brand and knowledge guidelines
• Acquire and manage a broad array of internal knowledge content; perform knowledge assessment and identify and fill knowledge gaps by soliciting and collecting high value/quality content
• Establish a metrics strategy to provide ongoing, meaningful input to customer leadership as they seek to  promote awareness of their objectives and initiatives
• Leverage, manage, and develop Knowledge Analysts located in India

Qualifications:

• Ideal candidate will be an experienced, creative, independent thinker who has excellent analytical, collaborative, and negotiation skills, as well as critical thinking and proactive problem-solving abilities; extremely strong verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills; strong customer focus is essential
• Candidate will have proven project management experience with ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects, cross-functional stakeholders and remote teams
• Candidate should also be adaptive and flexible as conditions change, and have experience working as a change agent to influence others
• Experience with electronic knowledge, repository management, intranets/portals, collaborative and social media tools, and Microsoft Office; experience with SharePoint required
• Candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Business, Management Information Systems, Library Science, Journalism and/or Communications
• 5-8 years of prior relevant experience in a professional services environment is highly desired
• Candidate must have the potential to grow in order to meet the advancing requirements of the position
• Minimal travel

See http://careers.deloitte.com/jobs/eng-US/details/j/E13NATSMGRAW013-CL5/knowledge-manager-us-global-office/km-services

Knowledge Management Specialist (Agriculture and Rural Development) - possible telework

SALARY RANGE:	$74,872.00 to $97,333.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:	Monday, January 07, 2013 to Monday, January 14, 2013
SERIES & GRADE:	GS-1712-12
POSITION INFORMATION:	Full Time - Term NTE 13 months
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 12
DUTY LOCATIONS:	1 vacancy in the following location: Washington DC, DC United States
WHO MAY APPLY:	United States Citizens

 

Appointment Information: This is a TERM position, not to exceed 13 months.  This position may be extended up to a total of 4 years at the discretion of management without further competition.  Telework is available. 

 

This position is located in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Programs, Office of International Research Programs (OIRP). The incumbent is responsible for facilitating knowledge sharing and learning related to agriculture and rural development and managing sharing activities for the Bureau for Food Security (BFS), U.S. Agency for International Development.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by an ANACI (Secret) background
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service

 

        DUTIES:

• Serves on the Bureau for Food Security (BFS) Knowledge Management (KM) team and facilitates knowledge sharing and learning involving technical knowledge related to agriculture and rural development. 
• Coordinates with BFS partners and implementers around issues of KM which involves meeting with outside stakeholders, USAID missions, other US Government agencies, and other organizations about their KM needs and activities. 
• Provides guidance about good practice on webinars, social media use, and knowledge sharing and learning practices. 
• Promotes improved knowledge sharing and learning through the development of information seminars and providing hands-on examples of knowledge management as a tool for supporting agriculture and good security initiatives.
• Prepares analytical documents, including research reports, briefing materials, and other program-related documents. 
• Manages, monitors, and evaluates BFS KM activities by analyzing stakeholder evaluations, web statistics on BFS websites, and other forms of feedback.

      QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled.  The specialized experience requirements for this position are: 

1. Skill in using webinars, social media, distance learning, and other technology-assisted tools to design, implement, and conduct knowledge sharing and learning activities.
2. Skill in the development of instructional materials and training documents on a variety of agriculture, food security, and rural development topics.
3. Skill in using web based project management tools to manage and evaluate knowledge sharing and learning activities.
4. Ability to coordinate and collaborate with technical and professional personnel to discuss and resolve knowledge management issues.

Applicants must address the specialized experience requirements in their resume (or application documents).  Applications that do not reflect the specialized experience requirements will not be deemed qualified.

 See: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/334964200

Knowledge Management Specialist, Matlen Silver Group - PA

The Knowledge Management Specialist assists in the sustainability of search and taxonomy capabilities as well as maintenance of the Medical Literature Repository in the support of key Knowledge Management initiatives.

Major Responsibilities

• Conducting quality control activities for the Medical Literature Repository, including but not limited to proofreading, editing, and duplicate detection
• Assists in ensuring that the taxonomies being leveraged are up to date, accurate, and working effectively through ongoing taxonomy maintenance
• Assists in ensuring that dictionaries being leveraged are up to date and accurate.
• Conducts frequent testing of the search capability and manages processes for addressing results of testing.
• Interacts with internal support groups as well as third-party vendors to ensure timely responses to issues and issue resolution.
• Monitors the medical literature to identify additions to the Medical Literature Repository as well as to the taxonomy

Requirements

• Familiarity with the taxonomy functionality and capabilities
• Comfortable working in a highly technical environment
• Ability and desire to learn new applications and technologies
• Facility with PC technologies, including Microsoft Office
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good writing, listening, interviewing, and communications skills
• Library, Information Science, or Computer Science background

Preferences

• Life Sciences or other scientific background
• Experience with searching biomedical literature databases, e.g., OVID, PubMed
• Experience working with taxonomy management tools
• Familiarity with content management systems, including SharePoint, Documentum, and/or Siebel

 

Heather Maturin

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.

Phone: (908) 393-8640

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://www.matlensilver.com

 

See: http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=101&dockey=xml/d/a/da742b028b295bb14a94303a58235b3d@endecaindex&c=1&source=20&CMPID=AG_IN_PD_JS_AV_OG_RC_&utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=Aggregator&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Advocacy_Ongoing&rx_source=Indeed&rx_campaign=Indeed0

 

Manager Metadata Curation, Sanofi - NJ

Company Overview

Sanofi, a diversified global healthcare leader, discovers, develops, and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. We work to prevent and treat the diseases that we know of today, as well as those we may face tomorrow. With nearly 100,000 dedicated professionals in more than 100 countries, Sanofi is devoted to advancing healthcare around the world. Sanofi US, with headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, along with our vaccines division, Sanofi Pasteur, employs more than 11,400 professionals throughout the country.

Sanofi US is dedicated to the ideal that each of us can impact results and play a role in improving the health and well-being of people everywhere. Our extensive research and development efforts address key health care challenges in cardiology, oncology, and internal medicine, as well as metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders and vaccines.

At Sanofi, we work for what really matters: health.

Job Description

Job Summary:
The Standards Coordination Lead is responsible for the management of the Integrated Clinical Data Standards (ICDS). Responsibilities include accountability of the Clinical Standards Core Team, management of IDCS change requests, and prioritization of therapeutic standards development. He/she will establish and provide leadership to cross-functional working groups.

The incumbent defines and ensures the completion of the ICDS clinical services according to service level agreements with the highest quality. Industry standards (CDISC, BRIDG, ICH & HL7) and internal clinical content applied throughout the information lifecycle will be a primary focus.

He/she drives development of clinical standards and processes supporting the evolution of industry standards, harmonization of standard-related activities across internal organizations and implements of new technology in support of Sanofi's standards infrastructure.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
Simplify the Integrated Clinical Data Standards library for use by the cross-functional platform for conduct and reporting of clinical trials.

• Manage formal ICDS proposals including the review, impact analysis and response to any change requests
• Escalate risks to the Clinical Standards Core Team
• Maintain the formal proposal database
• Develop and track metrics to continuously monitor the use of standards and improve the standard definitions.
  
  Chair the Clinical Standards Core Team to report standards activities, resolves open issues and foster endorsement of high risk requests.
  
  Define and manage a services model to support the Integrated Clinical Data Standards including cycle of requests, impact analysis and response to user requests for creation or change of ICDS components.
  
  Promote the adoption of Sanofi standards and standards projects including training, system application and continuous improvement.
  
  Define and agree on a Data Standardization Plan and process for regulatory submission and review.
  
  Negotiate standards adoption with Sanofi partners and alliances to integration harmonized standards modeling including the governance of existing standards and the addition of new standards.
  
  Manage a communication plan for standard updates and evolution.
  
  Create and maintain standard operating procedures and guidance documents related to standard module implementation.
  
  Influence the development of external standards by actively participating in conferences and/or working groups linked to the definition of Industry Standards such as CDISC, CFAST, HL7 or other initiatives.
  
  Key Internal/External Relationships:
  all groups of Technology and Information Management
  Key External Relationships: including but not limited to Trial Operations, Medical Operations, CEP, Q&CI, GPE, PK, Biostatistics, entrepreneurial units (BU/TSU/DPU), R&D IS
  
  Decision Making Authority:
  1. Identify non-standard compliance related issues and implement corrective action plan.
  2. Identify, define and implement standards development and quality process improvement measures
  3. Escalate risks to the Domain Manager or Clinical Standards Core Team as appropriate
  
  

Requirements:
Formal Education & Experience Required:

• Formal degree in a relevant scientific/health-related field
• Minimum of 8-10 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with a minimum of 8 years experience in clinical and quality operations-related roles (e.g., direct study management, monitoring, auditing)
• Experience working within a global team/ environment to produce operational reference standards to meet regulatory requirements across regions
  
  Knowledge & Skills:
• Strong knowledge and experience of current regulatory requirements impacting clinical operations and clinical data standards.
• Strong knowledge of clinical information systems and information modeling.
• Knowledge Industry standards (CDISC CDASH, CDISC SDTM, CDISC Controlled Terminology, BRIDG, HL7 RIM), practices, regulations and guidelines relevant to international clinical development.
• High degree of personal accountability and commitment
• Ability to independently prioritize assignments and provide timelines for project completion to working group members, monitor process, progress and results.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with project teams, departmental associates, internal and external partners
• Able to independently provide expert level of guidance to associates on questions relating to information standard components and relevant regulations.
• Ability to recognize issues that may require escalation to senior management levels.
• Expertise in meeting management, with strong group facilitation skills to lead effective cross-location and cross-functional meetings, web meetings, and teleconferences through discussions on complex and potentially controversial topics.
• Ability to multi-task, handling a wide range of small, medium, and long-term assignments in parallel and dealing with urgent issues as they arise
• Anticipates problems, issues, and delays; works proactively and takes the initiative for any corrective measures.
• Excellent written and verbal skills
  
  Knowledge & Skills Desirable but Not Essential:
• Knowledge of data modeling tools and techniques
• Understanding and experience with relevant terminologies (WHO, MedDRA, SNOMED CT, etc.) and ISO Data Types is desirable.
• Understanding and experience with XML for exchange of metadata (CDISC ODM or HL7 messaging).

See: http://jobview.monster.com/Manager-Metadata-Curation-Job-Bridgewater-NJ-116822023.aspx (monster.com)