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Ekta Patel

Somerset,NJ

Summary

Professional manager with significant expertise in overseeing complex projects and ensuring timely delivery. Skilled in strategic planning, budget management, and risk assessment with a strong focus on team collaboration to aid in fostering a result-driven environment. Experience in adapting to changing needs, known for reliability, strong leadership, and effective communication.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Medidata Solutions
04.2023 - Current
  • Managing 80+ multi-phase studies across multiple CRO's focusing on developing and maintained strong relationships with clients, by providing proactive communication, issue management, and delivery of products within scope and timelines
  • Manage project financials including forecasting, project budget, and invoicing through SalesConnect; providing continuous Rave EDC product support and management
  • Collaborated with technical development team to create processes that decrease timeframe of Rave product installations on over 100 databases from 1 month to 2 weeks
  • Lead internal and client meetings documenting minutes/action items; conduct appropriate follow-up; raise and track work requests across multiple departments

Associate Project Manager

Medidata Solutions
07.2021 - 03.2023
  • Onboard new employees on roles and responsibilities, providing support and guidance on best practices and new processes
  • Creation of start-up, maintenance and study closeout guidelines and training videos for new employees
  • Support the project manager in creating appropriate study start up documents to ensure project delivery needs are met, deliverables are tracked through project lifecycle to ensure documentation is up to date
  • Creating templates for issue and risk tracking and collaborate with the project manager and resources to ensure timely resolution; Creating guidelines and how to videos for new processes
  • Assure compliance with Medidata's standard project management methodologies and Medidata Quality Management System

Imaging Research Associate II

Clario (Bioclinica)
02.2019 - 07.2021
  • Team lead across multiple neurology studies in Phase I- III trials, specializing in Alzheimer's and Stroke studies; responsible for preparing study-related or essential study start-up documents
  • Improved client satisfaction through team collaboration and delegation of tasks, including direct site to site communication relating to study start up, study specific training, generate site/patient reports and queries
  • Assisted Clinical Scientists to verify MRI/PET/CT images for patient eligibility prior to distribution of reports to clinical sites and sponsors
  • Manage day to day IQC activities including phantom, baseline, interim, and end of study data submissions through Excel tracking; ensure data maintenance adheres to applicable SOPs, study protocol requirements, and ICH/GCP guidelines
  • Monitor and resolve data discrepancies generated from clinical data management reports

Education

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Southern New Hampshire University

Skills

  • JIRA
  • Microsoft Office
  • SalesForce / SalesConnect
  • Organizational skills
  • EMR
  • Trial Master File
  • ICH/GCP guidelines
  • Medical Terminology
  • Patient Advocacy
  • Zendesk
  • Rave EDC
  • Smartsheet
  • Project management
  • Project planning and development

Timeline

Project Manager

Medidata Solutions
04.2023 - Current

Associate Project Manager

Medidata Solutions
07.2021 - 03.2023

Imaging Research Associate II

Clario (Bioclinica)
02.2019 - 07.2021

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Southern New Hampshire University
Ekta Patel