Job Description Summary

Key partner in transforming Global Medical Affairs within BD by directing the development of innovative and interoperable clinical systems that drive a robust evidence generation program. Architect object-focused clinical systems to simplify and transform clinical operations and clinical data management.

Job Description

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About Clinical Systems Architecture:

The Clinical Systems Architecture department is dedicated to advancing the development and commercialization of new products by delivering scalable, inspection-ready clinical systems. We lead the design, implementation, and strategic direction of clinical systems to enhance efficiency, automation, and interoperability. Our mission is to streamline clinical operations, optimize trial execution, and ensure data harmonization from development to commercialization. Through innovative solutions, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to quality, we drive transformational change and enable business units to focus on their core objective: getting products to market more quickly and effectively.

Position Summary:

Key partner in transforming Global Medical Affairs within BD by directing the development of innovative and interoperable clinical systems that drive a robust evidence generation program. Architect object-focused clinical systems to simplify and transform clinical operations and clinical data management.

Overview:

• Deliver scalable future-state clinical systems that deliver inspection-ready new product development (NPD) to commercialization capabilities
• Lead and oversee the architecture, implementation, and strategic direction of Global Clinical Affairs clinical systems, ensuring milestones, budgets, and system requirements are met
• Provide thought leadership for and drive the evolution of innovative clinical system solutions by increasing efficiency through automation and interoperability, improving analytics capabilities, and enhancing end-user adoption
• Steward architecture between clinical study teams and clinical systems to optimize clinical trial execution and reduce timelines

Job Responsibilities:

• Identify and assess clinical system procurements, enhancements, and interoperability to harmonize data flow from NPD to commercialization
• Streamline clinical operations and achieve a continual state of inspection readiness
• Lead strategic and collaborative partnerships with external service providers and key stakeholders to align clinical systems with business initiatives and budgets
• Be a change agent by stewarding and pioneering transformational projects that focus on automation, improved workflows, and interoperability
• Consult and collaborate with SMEs to build bi-directional data connections and object-based configurations utilizing vendor best practice approaches
• Partner with clinical quality and compliance to leverage clinical system design to mitigate risk and ensure audit readiness
• Lead communication strategy to enhance end-user and key stakeholder engagement
• Drive master data cleanup to identify and replace manual entry object records with interoperable data connections where possible; unify clinical data capture
• Oversee end-to-end clinical system functions, including planning, design, configuration, and day-to-day management
• Be a key partner in the development of Global Clinical Affairs’ digital strategy and technology roadmaps
• Work with cross-functional leaders to define and enhance methodologies and practices for clinical system lifecycle management
• Drive clinical system team process optimization to encourage utilization of data loader, API, and business logic to bulk create, update, and delete clinical system data
• Accountable to ensure projects and operations meet industry standards and regulations through the establishment of controls, measures, and thorough development of a quality-conscious culture
• Initiate continuous clinical system improvement efforts, identify and develo