Sr Clinical Data Programmer

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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 programmer or Sr Clinical Data Programmer

Reporting to                  : Manager

Type of Employment     : Full Time

Location                         : Chennai/TVM

Specific Skill set:

Candidate should have 1 to 4 experiences in Inform- Central designer / RAVE-Custom Function programmer.

Position Summary:

The Senior Clinical Data Programmer role is either part of the Clinical Data Management Systems (CDMS) group involved in clinical database build and maintenance or the Clinical Data Services (CDS) group involved in clinical data receipt, programming and delivery.

CDMS:

The Senior Clinical Data Programmer is responsible for supporting Clinical Data Programming Leads who serve as the lead on study specific database set-up and/or the Team Lead for the Clinical Data Programmers. This support consists of activities as related to building study databases such as programming of CRF design, database build, edit checks, advanced system custom programming, system reports and configuring other system features.

CDS:

The Senior Clinical Data Programmer is responsible for supporting Clinical Data Programming Leads who serve as the lead on study specific programming set-up and delivery. The Senior Clinical Data Programmer is responsible for specifying, developing, validating and executing programs and generation of clinical data deliverables. Additionally the Senior Clinical Data Programmer responsible for QC of less experienced programmer deliverables and assisting with project management

Responsibilities

CDMS:

·         *Participates in study specific database set-up within at least one CDMS system (i.e. Oracle RDC, Oracle Inform, Medidata Rave, DataTrak UX EDC, Oracle Clinical and CRF WorkManager)

·         *Reviews database specification documents created by study teams, such as CRF Specifications and Data Validation Specifications (DVS).

·         *Builds clinical study database CRF/database screens per CRF/database Specifications provided by Clinical Data Programming Leads.

·         *Creates/Programs edit checks, special actions and derivations as per a DVS.

·         *Works closely with centralized CDMS Validation Group to ensure all programming issues are resolved in a timely manner and study timelines are met

Requirements

CDMS:

·         Experience in Oracle RDC, Oracle Inform, Medidata Rave, DataTrak UX EDC, Oracle Clinical or CRF WorkManager required

·         Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and timelines.

·         Ability to perform assigned tasks with little supervision.

·         Ability to liaise professionally with team members.

·         Team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.

·         Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, applications and techniques.

·         Experience in the software development life cycle.

·         Knowledge of clinical database concepts.

CDS:

·         Demonstrated ability to produce programmed clinical data deliverables (CDS only).

·         Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and timelines.

·         Ability to perform assigned tasks with little supervision.

·         Ability to liaise professionally with team members.

·         Team player with strong verbal and written communication skills.

·         Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, applications and techniques.

·         Expert knowledge of the clinical data programming development life cycle.

·         Expert knowledge of clinical data programming concepts.

·         Knowledge of SQL programming desirable.

·         Advanced knowledge of SAS programming.

Education

Associate’s degree in information systems, science or related discipline or relevant experience required.

Benefit Working with ICON:

Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive salary and benefits package that includes an excellent pension scheme, private health care, and life assurance and staff recognition schemes. This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. 

PROCESS

Technical and competency selection:

When you spot an opportunity you’re interested in and submit an application, one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists will contact you to evaluate your suitability for this position, as well as for other openings within the business.

The evaluation will look at your technical skills and your competencies – for example, delivering excellence.

Interview

After this, we’ll let you know if we’ll be progressing with your application. If you have been successful at this stage, we will talk you through a telephone interview. This will then be followed by an interview with our Hiring Manager, either face to face or by tele-conference.

Offer

If you’re successful, we will notify you with details of the offer, talk you through our culture and values, answer any questions you may have – and above all, welcome you to the ICON team.