Senior Clinical Programmer I

Job Title: Senior Clinical Programmer I

Career Level - D1

Introduction to role

As a Senior Clinical Programmer I, you will be at the forefront of programming, dashboard development, and validation of data cleaning and review listings for ongoing clinical studies. This role demands high technical skills and industry knowledge to independently perform programming tasks while exercising judgment in complex situations. You will also contribute to cross-functional initiatives with high complexity, driving innovation and excellence in clinical programming.

Accountabilities

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the design, development, implementation, and validation of complex programs created in SAS/Python/R or dashboard applications such as PowerBI/Spotfire.
- Works towards the design, development, implementation, and validation of PowerBI dashboard applications
- Programs independently with efficiency and quality to process, analyze, and report clinical trial data ready for review by clinical study teams
- Contribute to design, develop and implement high-complexity projects or initiatives that are part of the clinical programming roadmap
- Contribute to defining and building vital processes and tools to perform clinical programming activities for both global and study-level analytical solutions
- Contributes to the development of best practices that enhance quality, efficiency, timelines, and effectiveness within the function
- Provide technical expertise, cross-training, and support as required to ensure the availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users
- Lead all aspects of completion of documentation associated with programming tasks to ensure activities and processes performed are conducted per standard operating procedures, guidelines, and best practices
- Ensures high quality is built into own deliverables and quality delivered by other programmers
- Identifies and communicates risk within assigned studies and/or projects
- Collaborates with various teams including data management, development operations, clinical, biometrics, and other relevant cross-functional teams supporting clinical trials to deliver end-user reporting needs
- Develop and maintain data visualization tools including requirements gathering, data provisioning, and building dashboards as needed
- Create and maintain a catalog of reports to aid data cleaning and reporting activities
- Provide technical expertise, cross-training, and support as required to ensure the availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users
- Oversee completion of documentation associated with programming tasks to ensure activities and processes performed are conducted per standard operating procedures, guidelines, and best practices

Essential Skills/Experience

- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, life science or statistics
- Accomplished programming skills in SAS/Python/R/SQL/Power BI/SpotFire or other dashboard technologies
- Intermediate knowledge of clinical development process
- Good knowledge of industry standards
- Ability to influence relevant stakeholders
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, writing, communication skills, and ability to work within a cross-functional team
- Ability to work in a global team environment
- Technical expertise with data capture, data models, data mining, and visualization techniques
- Prior experience and understanding of EDC systems like Medidata Rave / Inform / Veeva and Data Platforms like Saama/Entimice, SAS LSAF etc.

Desirable Skills/Experience

- Excellent collaborative skills and the ability to manage complexity and change in a dynamic environment
- Broad knowledge of FDA regulations and GCP/ICH guidelines as related to clinical programming processes
- Experience in producing analytical dashboards with Power BI, Spotfire or other Business Intelligence tools
- Knowledge on MicroStrategy

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Join us on our journey to create the future of medicine as we work towards our ambition to become a healthcare provider beyond medicines. A place to be truly patient-centric, we use technologies to better understand diseases, develop new medicines and support patients with all aspects of their disease. It means new ways of working, new technologies and new ways to interact with patients. Be part of making the entire Research & Development cycle digitally-enabled: improving clinical trials and data collection, digital therapeutics for rapid diagnostics, wearables, machine learning and visual analytics for informed decision-making, integrated data to improve patient outcomes, and insights to inform the next generation of products. Be empowered to act; here you can explore and disrupt whilst working on the cutting-edge. It takes a can-do, positive and resilient mindset, often overcoming setbacks as we evolve and innovate at the same time. If you thrive on adapting your skills and learning from failures, then this is the place for you. Research & Development is at the heart of AstraZeneca. Take our pipeline to the next level using the latest technologies and backed by our ethos to follow the science. Help lead a changing industry as we work at the forefront and partner across the healthcare ecosystem.

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