[Hiring] Clinical Database Programming Process Lead @TFS HealthScience

Role Description

As part of our CDS Group Management (Operations) team, you will be working alongside passionate and innovative professionals to ensure our customers achieve their goals. The Clinical Database Programming Process Lead is responsible for the ongoing ownership, strategy, and development of a consistent, scalable, and high-quality clinical database programming capability across TFS.

The role combines:

• Enterprise subject matter expertise and capability ownership
• Governance, quality, and continuous improvement leadership
• Senior technical and operational support across Business Units for complex issues, strategic priorities, and agreed capacity gaps

Business Units retain accountability for study delivery and local resource management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ relevant experience in database programming, clinical systems, or clinical data operations within a CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or clinical research environment, including experience operating at Principal Database Programmer, Senior Principal Database Programmer, DBP SME, Capability Lead, or equivalent level.
• Significant direct technical knowledge and experience of clinical database build, validation, edit checks, data transfer programming, database lock, and EDC study set-up processes.
• Experience with one or more major EDC/CDMS platforms, with ability to work across multiple systems.
• Strong understanding of GxP expectations relevant to clinical systems, database programming, validation, testing, documentation, and inspection readiness.
• Experience supporting audits, inspections, CAPAs, or quality improvement actions.
• Demonstrable experience developing or improving SOPs, Work Instructions, templates, standards, training materials, or process documentation.
• Experience leading technical training, mentoring, or coaching to database programming staff.
• Ability to work across multiple Business Units and stakeholder groups without direct line authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and practical risk-based decision-making skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with ability to translate technical DBP issues into practical business recommendations.
• Ability to manage an ongoing portfolio of capability, governance, improvement, and operational-support priorities.

Requirements

• Experience supporting EDC platform change, system migration, standards library development, or process transformation.
• Experience working in a mid-sized CRO and decentralized cross-BU operating model.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits
• Opportunity for personal and professional growth in a rewarding environment

Company Description

Our journey began over 30 years ago in Sweden, in the city of Lund. As a full-service, global Contract Research Organization (CRO), we build solution-driven teams working towards a healthier future. Bringing together over 600 professionals, TFS delivers tailored clinical research services in more than 50 countries with flexible clinical development and strategic resourcing solutions across key therapeutic areas including Dermatology, Neuroscience, Oncology, and Ophthalmology.

Our core values of Trust, Quality, Passion, Flexibility, and Sustainability are our guiding light serving as the framework for decision-making at all levels of the organization. They assist us in attracting and retaining valuable talent who share our sentiments, resulting in high employee engagement and satisfaction. By aligning on these fundamental values, we cultivate a unified force, geared towards innovation and excellence. This collective effort propels us towards our shared goal and fosters a culture of mutual respect and collaboration.

Together we make a difference.