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Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
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Therapeutic Area Expertise
Roles And Responsibilities
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Rohini Dwarkanath

Stutensee

Summary

Accomplished Clinical Data Management Professional with 15+ years of experience in a managerial role, supporting global pharmaceutical customers. Demonstrated expertise in program and project management, financial oversight, forecasting, and timeline management. Proficient in organizational and business strategy, process optimization, team leadership, and mentoring. Successfully managed clinical trials from study setup to closeout, spanning Phase I to Phase III, consistently delivering high-quality data management solutions. Proven track record of maintaining strong client and stakeholder engagement.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Principal Program/Project lead Clinical Data Science

ICON
01.2022 - Current
  • Program lead, for Data Management; sponsor, vendor and internal point of contact
  • Provide directions for development of specifications, implementation, testing of eCRF edit checks and data review, overview listings and development of the data management plan and study specific procedures (SSP)
  • Ensure standard metrics and status reporting are set up and maintained on study
  • Report program health to Director and Senior Director
  • Lead DM team ensuring they are audit ready Functional Knowledge

Associate Data Team Lead

IQVIA
11.2020 - 12.2021
  • Primary contact for customer on data management deliverables.
  • Cross functional collaboration: regular team huddles with Data Operations Coordinator and/or team members to discuss study status, identify risks, plan mitigation strategies, and ensure quality deliverables.
  • Creation of Data Management Plan, assist in resolving data issues, root cause analysis and remedial action.

Associate Manager

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 01.2015
  • Team Management of the Clinical Data Managers and team leads.
  • Identifies non-conformity of the work procedures and recommends and/or implement the necessary corrective and preventive actions.
  • Overall performance of all the studies that the client partnership manages.
  • Participated in senior management meetings for Service Level Agreements, defining KPIs, Risk Indicators.
  • Invoicing of the CRFs processed monthly.
  • Root Cause analysis, RACI, process improvement projects.
  • People Management: Handling team and performance management. training and certification of the new hires.

Team Leader

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
12.2009 - 12.2012
  • Team handling, Performance management of clinical data validation associates.
  • Resource tracking, Task allocation, Monitoring, status reporting to management team.
  • Training plan, mentoring, project guidelines, process optimization.
  • Managed team size of 15 clinical data associates.

Clinical Data Validation Associate

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
11.2006 - 11.2009
  • Maintaining clinical data security and confidentiality of the client data
  • On time delivery adhering to quality standards
  • Ensure the completeness and validity of the clinical trial data that has gone through data entry
  • Review and resolve data discrepancies identified by the system or through manual checks as identified in the data editing guidelines
  • Performed validation & assisted with database QC and all data cleaning activities for all on-going and start-up studies with little supervision
  • Propose data clarification forms to clinical trial sites
  • Interacting with the on-shore resources regarding data quality issues
  • Suggested various study improvement process

Education

Master of Science - Microbiology

The Oxford College of Science
Bengaluru, Karnataka
07.2006

Certification

  • CDM professional Development Certificate Program, The CRA Training Institute, Houston, Texas, USA, 12/19
  • IELTS, British Council, India, India, 08/17

Languages

German
English
Hindi
Kannada

Therapeutic Area Expertise

  • Neuropsychiatry: Bi-polar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
  • Central Nervous System: Pain Management
  • Cardiovascular: Hypertension
  • Respiratory Disorders: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)
  • Gastroenterology: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Blood Disorders: Hemophilia

Roles And Responsibilities

Led programs in Respiratory Disorders, Central Nervous System, Neuropsychiatry, and Pain Management studies, managing a team of 30 data managers and overseeing a budget of $5 million. Actively participated in Sponsor and Internal Audits. Represented Data Management team in RFP meetings., Spearheaded strategic planning, process definition, and timeline execution with effective monitoring of timelines and budgets to ensure high-quality deliverables., Change request management, timeline negotiations, risk management discussions., Collaborated closely with cross-functional stakeholders to define KPIs, KRIs, and vendor processes. Coordinated with SDTM, Medical, and Clinical teams to ensure smooth and seamless data delivery. Standardized the Query Writing and Handling processes, leading to a 50% reduction in re-queries across both EDC and vendor data., Led a project focused on optimizing processes to enhance data quality, increasing Quality Index from 98% to 99.5%, surpassing the sponsor's target of 99%., Contributed as a core team member to the capability development initiative, driving improvements across functions such as data validation, medical coding, and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Timeline

Principal Program/Project lead Clinical Data Science

ICON
01.2022 - Current

Associate Data Team Lead

IQVIA
11.2020 - 12.2021

Associate Manager

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 01.2015

Team Leader

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
12.2009 - 12.2012

Clinical Data Validation Associate

Accenture India Pvt Ltd
11.2006 - 11.2009

Master of Science - Microbiology

The Oxford College of Science
Rohini Dwarkanath