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Principal Clinical Programmer – EDC Rave
About the role
• Provide application administration and technical support as the subject matter expert for core business packages, including Medidata, Rave, Oracle OC/RDC, Oracle Inform, SAS, and supplemental tools
• Design, write, validate, and maintain software according to specifications and standard development procedures
• Generate and maintain documentation for specifications, coding, and validation efforts supporting CRFs, database creation, coding setup, edit checks, imports, exports, listings, and custom reports
• Proactively monitor applications for workflow alerts, system errors, and performance issues
• Troubleshoot programming deliverable defects
• Perform system integration activities, application updates, and user acceptance testing
• Coordinate and lead development activities for clinical programming projects
• Attend meetings, participate in discussions, solve problems analytically, focus on deliverables, and provide constructive feedback
• Inform project management of issues affecting target dates, scope, or budget and escalate potential problems in a timely manner
• Balance multiple task assignments and communicate resource needs to supervisors
• Attend Quick Start Camps as the lead Clinical Programmer for assigned studies
• Provide leadership, mentorship, training, guidance, and support to department members
• Collaborate with clients, peers, lead programmers, project teams, and requestors to clarify and finalize specifications
• Apply expanded technical skills to meet evolving project needs
• Targeting 10+ years of experience due to the complexity of integrations and data structure expertise required
• Strong preference for hands-on programming experience rather than Data Management profiles
• Subject matter expertise in core business packages, including Medidata, Rave, Oracle OC/RDC, Oracle Inform, SAS, migration mentoring/review, reporting tools, and custom functions
• Experience designing, writing, validating, and maintaining software following standard development procedures
• Experience developing specifications, coding, and validation documentation
• Experience with annotated Case Report Forms (CRFs), database creation, coding setup, edit check procedures, import/export setup and processing, listings, and custom reports
• Experience monitoring applications for workflow alerts, system errors, and performance issues
• Experience troubleshooting programming deliverable defects
• Experience with system integrations, application updates, and user acceptance testing
• Analytical problem-solving approach
• Ability to coordinate and lead development activities for clinical programming projects
• Ability to manage multiple task assignments and communicate resource needs
• Expertise sufficient to provide leadership, mentorship, training, guidance, and support to department members
• Ability to collaborate with clients, peers, lead programmers, project teams, and requestors to clarify and finalize specifications
• Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered
• Career development and progression
• Supportive and engaged line management
• Technical and therapeutic area training
• Peer recognition and total rewards program
• Inclusive culture
• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues from across the world
• Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities, when appropriate