Clinical Data Programming Lead

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ICON is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. We specialize in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support Clinical Development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies.

We started as a team of 5 members in 1990 & today we are ranking at top 4 worldwide based on revenue of 2015. Currently we have 12200+ employees across the globe. ICON is a $1.575bn company having its presence across 89 offices in 37 countries.

Job Title : Clinical Data Programming Lead

Type of Employment     : Full Time

Location : ICON PLC, Chennai
• Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values which center around our commitment to People, Clients and Performance. 
• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs. 

CDMS: 
• Serves as the lead on study specific database design within the CDMS system (i.e. Oracle RDC, Oracle Inform, Medidata Rave, DataTrak UX EDC, Oracle Clinical and CRF WorkManager) , leading clinical database programming activities on multiple studies of simple to moderately complex design and expert in all areas for relevant CDMS. · 
• Reviews database specification documents created by study teams, such as CRF Specifications and Data Validation Specifications (DVS). 
• Builds clinical study database CRF screens per CRF Specifications provided by project team. 
• Creates/Programs edit checks, special actions/functions , custom programs and derivations as per a DVS. 
• Plans and schedules edit check test script writing, edit check programming and edit check validation with the centralized CDMS Testing group and centralized CDMS Programming group. 
Manages timelines for edit check process, ensures issues are addressed in a timely manner to meet timelines and produces edit check validation packages for delivery to the study teams to file in the Trial Master File. 
• Completes study database updates as specified per Change Request documents and procedures. Performs an Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment of the proposed changes 
• Configures study specific data interfaces such as IVRS, labs, and CTMS. 
• Serves on project teams to coordinate and lead CDMS activities for clinical database programming projects. Attends meetings, participates in discussions , uses an analytical approach to problem solving, focuses on deliverables , and provides constructive criticism. Keeps those responsible for project management informed of any issues that might impact project target dates, scope or budget and escalates potential problems effectively and in a timely manner. Balances multiple task assignments and communicates needs to supervisor to obtain needed resources . 
• Trouble-shoots and solves study building issues and/or system integration issues (such as IVRS failures, CTMS issues), and/or change request issues using the appropriate applications. 
• Creates advanced CDMS custom programs as per DVS, as required. 
• Ensures high quality deliverables by providing review of study-level/program -level I multi- study core deliveries for accuracy . 
• Attends sponsor audits and assists with in-progress audits, including presenting the CDMS process and procedures and presenting the validation documentation produced by the CDMS group. 
• To participate and contribute towards internal user group meetings to share knowledge and providing latest updates/features. Participate in Data Management department initiatives . 
• Plan for the study execution in detail thereby providing clarity on all aspects of the setup progress (Round 1 programming date, testing dates, UAT dates) 
• To act as a brid e between the Clinical Data Pro rammers and Validation within CDMS. Addressing technical clarifications and providing guidance as needed. 
• Maintaining all necessary study documentation for the CRF build and edit checks. A Svrnbol of Excellence  
• Keeps up-to-date with all software developments and release notes of assigned primary CDMS system. Research and self-training is required to ensure that CDMS knowledge, particularly in relation to system functionality , is current. 
• Ensures all queries to the CDMS group are responded to in a timely manner, particularly when trouble-shooting an issue or answering a system functionality question. 
Ensures that queries that cannot be resolved are routed to the correct SME and the issue is pursued until resolved. 
• Contributes to training materials on a process, system or technology level. Works with ICON University and Management on delivery of training courses, instructor-led and on-the-job. 
• Ensures programming processes are compliant with applicable SOPs. • Ability to retrieve raw datasets . 
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as required. 
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CDS: 
• Serves as the clinical data delivery lead on multiple study specific programming setup, leading clinical data programming activities on multiple studies of simple to moderately complex design, with competent clinical data delivery experience and knowledge. 
• * Annotate CRFs in accordance with CDISC published or sponsor specific guidelines with appropriate metadata to reflect case report tabulation (CRT) data sets. 
• * Reviews specification documents created by study teams, such as data transformation specifications and programming specifications . 
• * Quality assures programming outputs and support validation activities per the formal, documented QC process. 
• * Plans and works with the clinical programming group to schedule specification, programming, validation and ongoing delivery activities. 
Manages timelines for programming setup process, ensures issues are addressed in a timely manner to meet timelines and produces clinical data delivery validation packages for delivery to the study teams to file in the Trial Master File. 
• * Co-ordinates and manages study database updates and out of scope impacts as specified per Change Request documents and procedures. Performs an Impact Analysis and Risk Assessment of the proposed changes. 
• * Serves on project teams to coordinate and lead development activities for multiple clinical data programming projects. Attends meetings, participates in discussions, uses an analytical approach to problem solving, focuses on deliverables, and provides constructive criticism. Keeps those responsible for project management informed of any issues that might impact project target dates, scope or budget and escalates potential problems effectively and in a timely manner. Balances multiple task assignments and communicates needs to supervisor to obtain needed resources. 
• Trouble-shoots and solves study data delivery issues and/or external data integration issues and/or change request issues using the appropriate applications. 
• Ensures high quality deliverables by providing senior review of study-level/program-level/multi-study core deliveries for accuracy . 
• Attends sponsor audits and assists with in-progress audits, including presenting the Clinical Data Delivery process and procedures and pretending the validation documentation produced by the Clinical Data Services Group. • To participate and contribute towards internal user group meetings to share knowledge and providing latest updates/features . Participates in Data Management department initiatives. A Symbol of Excellence