Senior Clinical Programmer I

AstraZeneca•Durham, NC

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person. Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week . Our head office is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention. Introduction to Role: The Senior Clinical Programmer I is primarily responsible for activities related to programming, dashboard development and validation of data cleaning and review listings and sophisticated programs for ongoing clinical studies. This position requires high technical skills and adequate industry knowledge to independently perform programming tasks while using judgement about seeking mentorship in complex situations. Senior Clinical Programmer will contribute to multi-functional initiatives with High complexity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a professional environment.
Accomplished programming skills in SAS/Python/R/SQL/ SQL/Power BI/ SpotFire or other dashboard technologies
Intermediate knowledge of clinical development process
Good knowledge of industry standards
Ability to influence relevant partners.
Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, writing, communication skills, and ability to work within a multi-functional team
Ability to work in a distributed 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

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, life science or statistics
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

Responsibilities

design, development, implementation, and validation of sophisticated programs built 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, analyse and report clinical trial data ready for review by clinical study teams
Contribute to design, develop and implement High complex projects or initiatives that are part of 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 development of guidelines that enhances 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 protocols
Ensures high quality is built into own work 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 multi-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 catalogue 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 protocols