Staff Researcher, Clinical Research

Lab Summary:

Our mission is to empower people to live healthier lives by leveraging our wearables smartphones medical devices AI and health services. We research develop and commercialize innovative digital health products and solutions by bringing together the full capabilities of our team including product strategy and management clinical expertise partnerships UI/UX design usability research clinical research and validation software development AI / Gen AI and regulatory submissions. Millions of Samsung users lives around the world have been touched by our products including the Samsung HeartWise for cardiac rehabilitation and the Samsung ECG Monitor App. Samsungs unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on Digital Health and AI / Gen AI provides exciting technical challenges and rewarding career experience. Join us!

Position Summary:

As a Staff Researcher you will be conducting physiology studies including organizing and executing human data collections toward the development verification and validation of externally and internally developed devices prototypes and/or algorithms. In addition to leading clinical studies for the Digital Health Team candidate will be involved in data management data analysis and clinical documentation. You will also author and maintain associated records and documentation for these studies.

Position Responsibilities:

• Designs and leads execution of product-critical physiological studies according to good laboratory practice following applicable health and safety principles and practices
• Provide Support to Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) during planning and execution of clinical studies
• Project management managing vendor relationships and ensuring study timelines are maintained
• Reviews and negotiates clinical study budgets
• Develops and trains on junior associates on laboratory best practices and procedures for efficient cohesive and high-quality datasets
• Creates and maintains appropriate study and human subject documentation/records
• Authors or oversees SOPs safety monitoring and regulatory documents
• Maintains eTMF conducts SIVs monitoring visits and close out visits
• Familiar with submissions
• Decentralized clinical trial experience
• Performs clinical data analysis and provides statistical inferences as needed
• Operates maintains and trains others on physiological data collection laboratory equipment
• Work closely with IRB for clinical study planning including Informed Consent protocols etc.

Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors or Masters (advanced degree preferred) in related field or equivalent combination of education training and experience
• 6 years of clinical data collection and analysis/clinical research experience in industry (e.g. medical device SaMD pharma)
• Familiar with IRB study approval GCP FDA and HIPAA requirements
• Experience with statistical software
• Experience with clinical trial documentation SOPs and safety monitoring

Special Attributes:

• Advanced degree (MD PhD)
• Worked with clinical studies involving wearables
• Experience with Matlab
• Prior experiencing working for a Sponsor CRO or clinical study site

Additional Information

Disclosure of Trade Secrets

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Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone and frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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