Senior Principal Clinical Data Standards Specialist

The Senior Principal Clinical Data Standards Specialist is responsible for leading the planning, development and implementation of Industry (CDISC and regulatory) compliant Clinical Data Standards, providing expert support to business users and teams on their use and in line with the Clinical Data Standards strategy.

They provide expert support ensuring the development, implementation and timely availability of consistent, high quality Clinical Data Standards deliverables supporting the acquisition and tabulation and/or analysis and reporting of Clinical Trial data across global libraries including.
Data collection tools in EDC (CRFs, edits checks, derivations, core configurations) and data transfer specifications
Analysis data/TFL standards
Associated standard metadata, business rules and guidelines.

• Lead and contribute to Clinical Data Standards planning, definition, development, validation and support within assigned standards discipline (domain) including the development and maintenance of associated metadata, documents, business rules and guidelines where applicable.
• Serves as the primary contact for global data acquisition and tabulation, analysis or data submission standards for core global and/or assigned Therapeutic Area ensuring timely and quality deliverables.
• Define and deliver to robust, priority driven standards development plans for assigned area to ensure agreed deliverables are met and assigned resources are fully and effectively utilized.
• Accountable for driving the efficient, high quality and timely implementation of new standards and/or updates to standards
• In collaboration with representatives across Data Operations disciplines and key stakeholder and partner functions within GDO and across Global Drug Development, lead the accurate translation of scientific and analytical requirements into efficient, compliant standards.
• Support and ensure the appropriate and efficient governance and approval of global and project/study specific clinical data standards liaising with governance boards as needed.
• Lead the technical review and assessment of industry and regulatory standards and guidelines supporting regular gap/impact analysis and implementation of action plans where needed.
• Communicate effectively with the partners and customers; Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with Data Operations, Biostatistics and Clinical Development groups supporting the development and use of Clinical Data Standards.
• Lead and contribute to the development, maintenance and training of relevant clinical standards systems and processes.
• Act as an expert consultant providing Clinical Data Standards input to all relevant areas including; electronic data capture/database programming, edit check programming, report programming, electronic data loads, IVR technology, electronic patient reported outcomes, metadata management and/or other clinical data management or analysis data and TFL-related systems.
• Act as primary subject matter expert (SME) for assigned area providing support, consultation and training to end users and SME networks on implementation of standards and related tools on development programs.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to Clinical Data Standards associates; Contributes to the effectiveness and development of talent.
• Maintain up-to-date, advanced knowledge of relevant technologies (EDC, software languages, applications etc.), Industry Standards (e.g. CDISC, define.xml, eCTD etc.) and regulatory guidelines.
• Represent Novartis within industry wide associations and working groups; contributing to regulatory guidelines, industry practices and professional standards development organizations such as CDISC, CFAST, PhUSE CSS, DIA etc.
• As needed, act as a Clinical Standards representative leading and supporting data standards governance, process improvement initiatives and/or other non-clinical projects.

• Achieve overall goals as set each year by Group Head Clinical Standards.
• Achieve high level of quality, timeliness and customer satisfaction on Clinical Data Standards activities and deliverables.
• Achieve high levels of effective collaboration, customer satisfaction on support and training provided within discipline/area.
• Achieve minimal number of post-production changes resulting from Clinical Data Standards issues.
• No critical findings as result of routine audits or health authority inspections relating to activities/deliverables supported by the Clinical Standards Group.

• Functional Breadth.
• Cross Cultural Experience.
• Managing Crises.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Operations Management and Execution.

• Automation.
• Biostatistics.
• Clinical Trials.
• Computer Programming.
• Metadata Management.
• Statistical Analysis.

• English.

Automation, Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Computer Programming, Metadata Management, Statistical Analysis