Portfolio Lead Clinical Programming

**Clinical Programming: Portfolio Lead Clinical Programming (SDTM Programming)**:
At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, we are working to create a world without disease and the development of best-in-industry data science capabilities is critical to our ambition to be most innovative healthcare company.

Within our Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR) Clinical and Statistical Programming (C&SP) we are looking for individuals with the motivation to contribute to the growth of our Clinical Programming team to be located in **High Wycombe UK, or Leiden, Netherlands; Beerse, Belgium; Basel, Switzerland; France; Italy Poland or Germany.**

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new innovative clinical programming group that is pivotal in defining our end to end automated data flow supporting next generation data strategies. The **Portfolio Lead Clinical Programming (SDTM Programming)** is accountable for providing expertise, hands on delivery and oversight of clinical programming activities integrating DC, eSOURCE, third party vendor data, mapping and transformation into CDISC SDTM submission-ready tabulation packages as well as CRO oversight for outsourced trials.

This is a leadership position which will be responsible for a compound, disease or therapeutic area. Responsibilities include effective planning and execution of programming activities across multiple trials for assigned portfolio. This position drives operational excellence and consistent implementation of data standards. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, technical insight and expertise within a given TA/disease area. This position may be responsible for the management and development of staff. Also responsible for contributing to our automation and innovation efforts.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Create and review specifications for mapping internal data review model for safety and quality review as well as submission-ready CDISC SDTM.
- Edit check programming and ensure quality review of datasets (e.g., Pinnacle 21 compliance checking);
- Ensure datasets are available for stakeholder use (medical review, central monitoring, adaptive decision making, etc.) and compliant for database lock and submission-ready tabulation packages.
- Portfolio Lead responsibilities include planning, execution and completion of clinical programming activities. Understanding of portfolio demand and ensuring appropriate resources planned and available to support demand.
- Help drive operational excellence as a leader within the TA.
- Build and strengthen partnerships, community of practice as a leader within the therapeutic and assigned area of responsibility.
- May provide supervisory support to staff, including coaching, mentoring, training, career development, priority setting, etc.

**Qualifications**

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer, Data or Life Sciences or equivalent work experience is required; Master’s degree preferred
- Extensive relevant experience in pharmaceutical industry is desired, experience in other industries in Programming role will also be considered
- In-depth knowledge of protocol, current clinical drug development processes preferred
- Advanced knowledge of data structures and relevant programming languages for data manipulation and reporting. May include SAS, R, Python, etc. Knowledge of SAS required. Expert knowledge of SDTM including Define.xml, CDASH, metadata preferred
- Experience in resource and standards compliance management preferred
- Knowledge of Data Management principles and tools, Clinical Data Management Systems and other clinical data sources preferred
- Team leadership and people development practices preferred.
- Ability to work with cross-functional team interpreting data requirements
- Strong project management skills and knowledge of team management principles are required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Aptitude and motivation to learn new technologies and make appropriate recommendations for consideration is preferred
- Vendor management oversight experience
- People management skills a plus

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