Why choose AstraZeneca India?
Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.
The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.
Who do we look for?
Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.
Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.
Success Profile
Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.
Tech innovators
Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.
Ownership takers
If you're a self-aware self-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.
Challenge seekers
Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.
Proactive collaborators
Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.
Responsibilities
Job Title: Senior Clinical Programmer I
Career Level - D1
Introduction to role
As a Senior Clinical Programmer I, you will be at the forefront of programming, dashboard development, and validation of data cleaning and review listings for ongoing clinical studies. This role demands high technical skills and industry knowledge to independently perform programming tasks while exercising judgment in complex situations. You will also contribute to cross-functional initiatives with high complexity, driving innovation and excellence in clinical programming.
Accountabilities
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the design, development, implementation, and validation of complex programs created in SAS/Python/R or dashboard applications such as PowerBI/Spotfire.
- Works towards the design, development, implementation, and validation of PowerBI dashboard applications
- Programs independently with efficiency and quality to process, analyze, and report clinical trial data ready for review by clinical study teams
- Contribute to design, develop and implement high-complexity projects or initiatives that are part of the clinical programming roadmap
- Contribute to defining and building vital processes and tools to perform clinical programming activities for both global and study-level analytical solutions
- Contributes to the development of best practices that enhance quality, efficiency, timelines, and effectiveness within the function
- Provide technical expertise, cross-training, and support as required to ensure the availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users
- Lead all aspects of completion of documentation associated with programming tasks to ensure activities and processes performed are conducted per standard operating procedures, guidelines, and best practices
- Ensures high quality is built into own deliverables and quality delivered by other programmers
- Identifies and communicates risk within assigned studies and/or projects
- Collaborates with various teams including data management, development operations, clinical, biometrics, and other relevant cross-functional teams supporting clinical trials to deliver end-user reporting needs
- Develop and maintain data visualization tools including requirements gathering, data provisioning, and building dashboards as needed
- Create and maintain a catalog of reports to aid data cleaning and reporting activities
- Provide technical expertise, cross-training, and support as required to ensure the availability and performance of developed reports and dashboards for both external and internal users
- Oversee completion of documentation associated with programming tasks to ensure activities and processes performed are conducted per standard operating procedures, guidelines, and best practices
Essential Skills/Experience
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, life science or statistics
- Accomplished programming skills in SAS/Python/R/SQL/Power BI/SpotFire or other dashboard technologies
- Intermediate knowledge of clinical development process
- Good knowledge of industry standards
- Ability to influence relevant stakeholders
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, writing, communication skills, and ability to work within a cross-functional team
- Ability to work in a global team environment
- Technical expertise with data capture, data models, data mining, and visualization techniques
- Prior experience and understanding of EDC systems like Medidata Rave / Inform / Veeva and Data Platforms like Saama/Entimice, SAS LSAF etc.
Desirable Skills/Experience
- Excellent collaborative skills and the ability to manage complexity and change in a dynamic environment
- Broad knowledge of FDA regulations and GCP/ICH guidelines as related to clinical programming processes
- Experience in producing analytical dashboards with Power BI, Spotfire or other Business Intelligence tools
- Knowledge on MicroStrategy
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Join us on our journey to create the future of medicine as we work towards our ambition to become a healthcare provider beyond medicines. A place to be truly patient-centric, we use technologies to better understand diseases, develop new medicines and support patients with all aspects of their disease. It means new ways of working, new technologies and new ways to interact with patients. Be part of making the entire Research & Development cycle digitally-enabled: improving clinical trials and data collection, digital therapeutics for rapid diagnostics, wearables, machine learning and visual analytics for informed decision-making, integrated data to improve patient outcomes, and insights to inform the next generation of products. Be empowered to act; here you can explore and disrupt whilst working on the cutting-edge. It takes a can-do, positive and resilient mindset, often overcoming setbacks as we evolve and innovate at the same time. If you thrive on adapting your skills and learning from failures, then this is the place for you. Research & Development is at the heart of AstraZeneca. Take our pipeline to the next level using the latest technologies and backed by our ethos to follow the science. Help lead a changing industry as we work at the forefront and partner across the healthcare ecosystem.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Reasons to Join
Thomas Mathisen
There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.
Christine Recchio
Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.
Stephanie Ling
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.
What we offer
We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.
Lifelong learning
Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.
Autonomy and reward
Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance-based rewards as part of the package.
Health and wellbeing
An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.
Inclusion and diversity
Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.
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