[Hiring] Principal Clinical Programmer @Syneos Health Careers

Role Description

Serves as lead Clinical Programmer to manage and support all functional tasks and project deliverables from single study assignments to large programs of studies. Manages multiple project timelines and deliverables whilst leading less experienced programmers. Designs, writes, validates, and maintains software to meet specifications. Specifies, develops, and validates applications supporting data capture and processing. As senior technical subject matter expert, supports clinical programming and Data Management staff for Electronic Data Capture (EDC), reporting, and processing tools. Proactively monitors internally and externally hosted applications for performance and/or system errors. Supports projects and applications externally. Manages external application vendor issues, integrations, and implementations. May have supervisory responsibility and/or oversight for a team of lead clinical programmers within a program.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in Rave Programming, Custom Functions Programming (Moderate to Complex) with a minimum of 2+ years in CF.
• Overall 10+ years of experience is required.
• Must have Migration exposure, Publish Check, PPC, TSDV, Study Build programming, SDBE Rave certification mandatory.
• Preferred Veeva CDMS experience.

Requirements

• Provides application administration and technical support as the subject matter expert on all core business packages, including but not limited to: Medidata, Rave, Oracle OC/RDC, Oracle Inform, SAS, and supplemental packages.
• Generates and maintains all required documentation including the development of specifications, coding, and validation efforts in support of annotated Case Report Forms (CRFs).
• Monitors applications proactively for workflow alerts, system errors, performance issues, and troubleshoot programming deliverable defects.
• Performs system integrations activities, application updates, and user acceptance testing.
• Serves on project teams to coordinate and lead development activities for clinical programming projects.
• Ensures high-quality deliverables by providing senior review of 'program level'/multi-study core deliveries for accuracy.
• Reviews and provides input on study budgets, manages project level metrics, progress, and status for large programs of studies from key sponsors.
• Provides leadership, mentorship, training, guidance, and support to other department members based upon expertise in specific skill sets.
• Attends Quick Start Camps (QSCs) in the lead Clinical Programmer role for assigned studies.
• Manages project resources, proactively alerting management of delivery and resourcing needs.
• Assists with management of application vendors and serves as an initial escalation contact.
• Supervises the implementations of upgrades and new modules of remotely hosted vendors.
• Contributes towards the update of standard operating procedures and work instructions in line with department and company process and policy.
• As required, oversees program level clinical programming operations by providing supervision for a team of clinical programmers.

Benefits

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture - where you can authentically be yourself.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.