[Hiring] Senior Clinical Programmer @Syneos Health

Role Description

Utilizes primary development tools including Medidata, Rave, Oracle OC/RDC, Oracle Inform, and/or SAS, and other supporting tools to design, write, validate, and maintain software to meet specifications in a timely and productive manner following standard development procedures.

• Generates and maintains all required documentation, including the development of specifications, programs, and validation efforts in support of annotated Case Report Forms (CRFs), database creation, coding configuration, edit check procedures, import setup and processing, export setup and processing, listings, and custom reports.
• Serves on project teams to coordinate and lead development activities for clinical programming projects.
• Attends meetings, participates in discussions, uses an analytical approach to problem solving, focuses on deliverables, and provides constructive feedback.
• 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.
• Provides technology support to the clinical programming staff, Project Analysts, Data Managers, etc.
• Provides application administration and technical support as the subject matter expert on core business packages including but not limited to: Oracle Inform, MDSOL Rave, Oracle RDC, SAS, and supplemental packages.
• 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.
• Reviews and provides input on study budgets and monitors scope of work to actual work, alerting management of potential change orders.
• Manages and executes the change order to completion.
• Monitors applications for workflow alerts, system errors, and performance issues.
• Provides second tier help desk support, as needed.
• Performs system integration activities, application updates, and user acceptance testing.
• Provides leadership, training, guidance, and support to other department members based upon expertise in specific skill sets.
• Collaborates with clients, peers, lead programmers, project teams, and/or requestors to clarify and finalize specifications.
• Assists in project meetings and actively contributes and participates in departmental review meetings.
• Attends Quick Start Camps (QSCs) as the lead Clinical Programmer role for assigned studies.
• Leads clinical programming activities on three (3) to ten (10) concurrent studies depending upon scope, similarity, program, and resourcing requirements.
• Manages project resources, proactively alerting management of delivery and resourcing needs.
• Possesses and maintains a broad overall knowledge in the field of clinical programming and clinical data management by reading related literature, self-training, attending training classes, attending professional meetings, etc.

Qualifications

• Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered.

Requirements

• Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.
• The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.
• The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

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.