Career Overview
Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
Also Known As
- Clinical Data Management Director (CDM Director)
- Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager)
- Clinical Data Manager
- Data Management Manager
Alternate Job Titles
- Abstractor
- Analyst
- Application Analyst
- Application Coordinator
- Clinical Applications Director
- Clinical Biostatistics Director
- Clinical Data Abstractor
- Clinical Data Analyst
- Clinical Data Coordinator
- Clinical Data Management Director (CDM Director)
- Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager)
- Clinical Data Manager
- Clinical Informatics Manager
- Clinical Statistics Manager
- Clinical Trials Data Coordinator
What You'll Do
In this role, your typical responsibilities include:
- Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
- Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
- Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
- Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
- Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
- Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
- Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
Knowledge You'll Use
You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
Essential Skills
Success in this career requires strong skills in:
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
Key Abilities
This career requires key abilities in:
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Near Vision
- Problem Sensitivity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Speech Recognition
Work Style
People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cautiousness
- Intellectual Curiosity
What Matters in This Career
This career tends to satisfy these work values:
- Achievement
- Support
- Recognition
- Independence
- Working Conditions
Education & Preparation
Typical Education: Bachelor's Degree
Related Work Experience Needed: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
On-the-Job Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Education Details: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Experience Required: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Technology You'll Use
Popular Technologies & Software
- C#
- C++
- Epic Systems
- Extensible markup language XML
- Go
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
Tools & Equipment
- Handheld computers
- Laptop computers
- Smartphones
Work Environment
- Spend Time Sitting
- Telephone Conversations
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team
Salary & Job Market
Wages reported for the broader Data Scientists occupational group (BLS 2024), which includes Clinical Data Managers.
| Salary Percentile | Annual Wage |
|---|---|
| Entry-Level (10th percentile) | $63,650 |
| Median | $112,590 |
| Top Earners (90th percentile) | $194,410 |
Workers Employed Nationally: 233,440
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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.