Principal Programmer

Description

• Plans and participates in programming/QC activities for multiple studies or across an indication including submission activities.
• Contributes to standards within a therapeutic area in accordance with the Asset Data Strategy.
• Leads the eCRF Development process.
• Plans and manages the eCRF Development and Post Go Live timelines. Provides Technical expertise to internal/external customers in support of clinical study data.
• Provides consultancy with regard to study specific technical activities and issues, ie, analysis of existing business technology issues and development of plans for capability improvement through increased efficiency or effectiveness.
• Provides Technical consultancy to R&D strategic initiatives and contributes to plans for capability improvement through increased efficiency or effectiveness.

• Leads small non-clinical projects within department and with experience in grade, major projects (clinical or non-clinical), across the wider Programming Community.
• May lead the development of standards- Includes -omics, biomarker, and in-licensed compounds and input into industry standards.
• Able to motivate staff within functional or cross-functional team - may represent the Programming community externally (eg FDA teleconferences).
• Be able to resource effectively to meet team milestones, enable prompt decision-making for the projects and to build credibility and presence with customers.
• Influences and adds value (eg data visualization) at study team and functional team level to enable decision-making. Utilizes other disciplines outside of the programming area to solve complex problems; proactively identifies technical programming problems; define criteria for assessing alternative solutions & determine the optimal approach; make decisions in face of unusual and conflicting information.
• Identifies recurring problems and initiates process improvement. Proactively identify, assess and resolve the impact of decisions/actions from other groups. Appreciation of future direction/wider objectives (project or business).

• Leverages relationships to address Project/Study issues.
• Delivers all communication with clarity, impact and passion and tailored to the audience. Makes complex ideas simple.
• Applies effective verbal and written communications skills at project level and external (eg Commercial, Regulatory).
• May present at project level and externally; applies skills at any level with experience in grade.
• Provides broader level knowledge and expertise (eg, UNIX Scripting, computing environments, Data Capture, tools integration, Data Extraction); provides technical advice to other teams/departments.
• Provides advice on technical issues outside of community (eg Global Software Applications, Impact of new software and systems).
• Takes an initiative (a clearly interconnected set of activities) designed to raise the value added to customers. Bachelors Degree/Masters Degree or equivalent with proven applicable experience.
• Expertise in SAS. Understanding of regulatory process.
• Ability to generate/implement ideas/solutions to cross functional strategy (eg, outsourcing strategies). Anticipate process and software challenges. Expertise in SAS, SQL and/or other Scripting and programming languages; Relational Database Design.