Novo Nordisk.-Bio | Associate Functional Programmer |Biostatistics and Data Management| Bangalore


Associate Functional Programmer

  • Biostatistics and Data Management
  • Bangalore
Are you a person with innovative thinking and proactive attitude with continuous improvement as one of your career objectives?Join Global Development (GD) Team at Novo Nordisk and get a life-changing career!

About the department

GD -GSC-Clinical DM Support Unit supports Projects and Trial Management on DM tasks that are other than operational data management activities on clinical projects. These includes functions and roles covering Functional Supporters, eLoader, ePRO Operations Specialist, mynovotrial.com Administrator, Titration report specialist, EDC Report Specialist, EDC-IVRS Interface Specialist, EDC Ops Specialist, Change Manager, CDW – Standards Supporter, CMC Coordinator, Trial Data Coordinator etc.
All in all it’s a Dynamic, Diverse and Vibrant unit committed to ClinOps mission of “We unite People, Performance, and Process together” team with a fall-back infrastructure of good clinical and technical knowledge.

The Job

Understand stakeholder needs on reports and prepare specifications
Program new and / or customise existing programs as per specifications using programming language eg : SQL / PLSQL / SAS etc., thatutilise data from multiple source such as IMPACT, OC, CDW, IVRS ePRO etc.,
Generate standard and/or customize existing reports as relevant for .e.g. Projects, Study Groups, Management, Titration group, Data Review group etc.
Generate ad-hoc reports eg : AESI, Data Cleaning cycles, Protocol deviations, Site Data Entry statuses, Subject lists etc.. for stakeholders
Perform peer review of the programs and reports
Maintain documentation for trial / project related reports
Track requests from stakeholders
Prepare agenda and expectations from Functional Programmer perspective
Educate stakeholders on existing reports which could be used for their current request in view of time and resource consumption
Agree on timelines
Schedule and chair expectation setting meeting
Maintain minutes of meeting
Follow up on action items proposed during meetings
Conduct and chair ad-hoc meetings as per stakeholders needs
Identify areas of improvements for the "Report Functions"
Mentor and coach new employees on processes
Identify and support manager on trial requirements and supporting training materials

Qualifications

M.Sc / B.Sc in Life Science or comparable degree in computer science, Information Technology clinical information management or equivalent qualifications.
Minimum 2-4 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry and preferably 2 years within
Good knowledge in at least 1 programming language such as SAS / VBScript / SQL / PLSQL.

At Novo Nordisk, we create value by putting patients first. Every ten seconds two people are diagnosed with diabetes, and more than 371 million people worldwide need us. Working here is not just a way to make a living, but a way to make a difference.

Contact

For further information please contact Muralikrishna Sharma on +91 80 3998 8574.


Deadline

10 July 2014