Sr Director, Head of Global Clinical & Statistical Programming

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

The clinical programming department provides SAS programming support; develops and generates official outputs and datasets for regulatory purposes.

The primary responsibility of the Senior Director is to lead, mentor, educate and direct all global clinical programming aspects within the R&D division and manage the resources globally. Within this scope of responsibility, the Senior Director is also responsible for planning and providing programming support and submission ready deliverables to clinical drug development projects conducted by the company’s R&D, Marketing, PhV, Medical Affairs and other departments.

 

Location: This role is a hybrid opportunity that can be based out of our Parsippany, NJ or West Chester, PA offices. 

How you’ll spend your day

• Providing guidance and vision for leading the Clinical Programming team. 
• Accountable for the team budget and will primarily work at a Functional / Executive level  
• Will have direct reports; Oversee contingent workers and/or vendors; Provide training to others; Strategically analyze needs to manage resources and accountable for resource allocation  
• Leads and manages the global clinical and statistical programming activities. Proficient in SAS and R programming, CDISC standards and latest regulatory guidance on submissions of datasets.
• Create processes and standards for SDTM and ADAM programming
• Lead the evaluation, selection and implementation of the selected Statistical Compute Environment 
• Moves the department programming skillset to be multilingual, using R or Python for fit to purpose analyses 
• Lead the department into adopting various AI solutions for enhancing work efficiency. 
• Initiates and leads multi-disciplinary pivotal projects to improve operational processes, related to Clinical Trials execution, TLF generation and Data Presentation.  
• Ensures that SOPs and guidelines are followed, and the clinical programming processes are well known by all teams
• Proactively collaborate with other departments and share the knowledge of programming and data presentation skills.
• Keep abreast of the industry programming and technological advancements. 

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree/PhD in Science, Statistics, Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Bachelor's Degree + at least 15 years / Master's Degree + at least 13 years / PhD + at least 12 years of professional experience in a pharmaceutical or clinical research setting as a programmer. 
• Needs to possess the ability to
  • Lead creation of technical capabilities that promote cutting-edge programming tools. 
  • Leverage experience with respect to industry guidelines and standards.
  • Influence Clinical Programming processes.

Enjoy a more rewarding choice

We offer a competitive benefits package, including:

· Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.

· Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.

· Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.

· Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.

· Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.

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