Clinical Programmer II

Job Title -Clinical Programmer II

Career Level - C

Introduction to role

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of clinical programming? As a Clinical Programmer II, you will support activities related to programming, dashboard development, and validation of data cleaning and review listings for ongoing clinical studies with medium to high complexity. You will act as a key contributor in cross-functional initiatives, working under the general direction of an experienced programmer. Join us and be part of a team that pushes the boundaries of science to change the practice of medicine and transform the lives of patients living with cancer.

Accountabilities

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the design, development, implementation, and validation of programs created in SAS/Python/R/SQL or dashboard applications such as PowerBI/Spotfire/MicroStrategy, to process, analyze, and report clinical trial data for review by clinical study teams.
• Design, develop, implement, and validate PowerBI dashboard applications.
• Program independently with efficiency and quality to process, analyze, and report clinical trial data for review by clinical study teams.
• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of medium to high complexity projects that are part of the clinical programming roadmap.
• Collaborate 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, design, data provisioning, building dashboards, leading validation/testing activities, and providing training.
• Build and maintain a catalogue of reports to aid data cleaning activities.
• Work within established frameworks and ensure high quality is built into own deliverables.
• Work independently for well-defined scope of work.
• Under guidance, create a catalogue of reports to aid data cleaning activities with moderate to medium scope and complexity.
• Automate manual checks and reconciliation.
• Program edit checks for TPV data to ensure quality.
• Create tools and repositories to minimize data errors at source for collection of lab reference ranges.
• Program operational reports such as missing pages, open/closed queries, PI signature, audit trail reports, and detect errors at subject level.
• Create reports to measure metrics that can help assess data cleaning status.
• Create visualizations and dashboards to identify discrepancies in EDC and TPV data.
• Maintain created catalogue of reports and perform any updates based on ongoing changes to requirements.
• Provide support as required to ensure availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users.
• Responsible for completion of documentation associated with programming tasks (e.g., peer review, report specifications) in compliance with applicable SOPs.
• Proactively keep lead programmers updated on progress of deliveries.
• Contribute to implementation of cross-functional projects that are part of the clinical programming roadmap.

Essential Skills/Experience

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, life science or statistics
- Good programming skills and prior experience in SAS/Python/R/SQL/Power BI/ SpotFire and other dashboard technologies
- Basic knowledge of clinical development process
- Good dashboard development skill in PowerBI / Spotfire
- Basic knowledge on data capture, data models, data mining
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a global team environment
- Good analytical skills and high attention to detail

Desirable Skills/Experience

- Knowledge of industry standards
- Basic knowledge of FDA regulations and GCP/ICH guidelines as related to clinical programming processes
- Prior experience and understanding of EDC systems like Medidata Rave / Inform / Veeva/ Saama/ Entimice, SAS LSAF etc
- Knowledge on MicroStrategy

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