Director, Statistical Programming

Job Description Summary

Provides individual leadership and/or direct report management to a team of statistical programmers or as a Global Group Head of Statistical Programming This position will be located at the East Hanover, NJ or Cambridge, MA site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 1% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international).

The Statistical Programming community at Novartis comprises of approximately 350 (internal) statistical programmers and belongs to the Advanced Quantitative Sciences (AQS) organization which also includes more than 450 biostatisticians, pharmacometricians and data scientists supporting the entire portfolio of clinical projects across the Research, Development and Commercial spectrum. In this role, you will be responsible for all statistical programming aspects of Early Development Oncology (which could cover multiple therapeutic/Disease areas(DA)). This role may involve being a people manager, leading multiple Disease area, or both This role is expected to have extensive functional experience and knowledge about drug development, GCP, regulatory requirements but more importantly, should have experience in Industry standards and SAS/R programming. Bringing experience and expertise to develop the TA/disease area knowledge and capabilities within their team to meet the demands of the portfolio for that specific AQS Development Unit/sub-function. They will work with key functional stakeholders within AQS and other areas to enhance TA specific knowledge and understanding, with a focus on meeting project deliverables with high quality and efficiency. This role is that of an influential leader, representing Statistical Programming at leadership meetings with direct, oversight and coordination of all functional activities, to meet portfolio requirements.

 

Job Description

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Is a leader, role modelling the Novartis Values and Behaviors for all associates including any Group Heads.
• Drives productivity and efficiency measures to meet the strategic imperatives within AQS Early Development Oncology team, quality and productivity targets.  Actively ensures that team’s performance measures are being met or exceeded. Takes appropriate action when needed to drive corrective measures. 
• May recruit, develop, manage, motivate, mentor, coach and appraise the performance of direct reports (DA Leads/Group Heads) to ensure high quality performance of the team and minimize turnover.
• Establish and maintain a high performing Organization:
• Mentor leadership talent and high performing associates.
• Responsible for performance management/feedback, professional development, and training.
• Establish and steer a business founded on disease area knowledge, innovation, collaboration, quality, and trust.
• In collaboration with P&O, develop, establish and maintain up-to-date strategies to attract and retain top talent across the globe maintaining a targeted recruitment strategy for key strategic positions, providing feedback as needed.
• Evaluate Statistical Programming requirements of computer systems and needs that relate to programming and reporting activities that foster use of emerging technologies in an innovative but compliant manner.
• As a functional leader of AQS, acting with an enterprise mindset, is fully involved in all aspects of Statistical Programming including the development of future strategies and processes. Contributes to the further development of the AQS organization with a focus on continuous improvement and quality by fostering statistical programming innovations, processes and solutions that ensure efficient implementation and knowledge sharing across Novartis. 
• Understands the needs and expectations of the different Health Authorities, ensures audit readiness and participates in Health Authority inspections.  Monitors all assigned projects within Early Development Oncology, complying with Novartis, AQS and industry standards (e.g. CDISC) and processes. 
• Builds and establishes a strong team based on technical agility, capability, quality focus, excellence in performance and Novartis values and behaviors.  Ensures the team addresses compliance matters in a timely way.
• Identify the need for enhanced capability programs (R programming, Disease Area skills etc.) and support the establishment of technical, business, and soft skills for all Statistical Programming associates.
• Leads and supports global clinical and non-clinical projects and initiatives to drive functional excellence within AQS, 
• Ensures high quality communication and information flow on status of all deliverables to stakeholders, mitigates and manages risks

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