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Clinical Data Manager

Owns the data pipeline from eCRF to clean, locked dataset.

Also known as: CDM · Clinical Data Specialist

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Salary band (US)
$95k–$145k
Salary band (UK)
£50k–£85k
Typical YoE
3–7 years

What the role is

Clinical Data Managers design the eCRF, write edit checks, manage queries, run UAT on EDC builds, and drive database lock at study end. The role is increasingly programming-adjacent — SAS, R, and SQL fluency separates a senior CDM from a coordinator.

A typical day

  • Review and resolve 40+ data queries with sites
  • UAT on a mid-study EDC amendment
  • Reconciliation of SAE data between safety database and EDC
  • Build a listing for the medical reviewer
  • Lock prep checklist for an interim analysis

Required skills

EDC build (Medidata Rave, Veeva)CDISC SDTMSAS / R basicsData review listingsQuery management

Certifications that matter

Career ladder

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Data Coordinator
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Clinical Data Manager
Next
Lead CDM → Data Operations Lead

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