Associate Director, Clinical Programming

BioPharmaceuticals Medical (BPM) ensures the best patient outcomes by providing healthcare decision-makers around the world with the evidence and confidence they need on AZ therapies and support our internal partners with medical insight and expertise. BPM provides medical leadership with market participation and connectivity while also impacting the life cycle planning and execution of all our products. BPM aims to lead AstraZeneca in achieving scientific leadership, being a great place to work, and keeping patients at the core of everything we do.

The BPM Evidence organization is accountable for the delivery of global strategic studies required to generate the evidence to build the confidence on AZ therapies and additional observational, interventional and externally sponsored research required by Global Product Teams and Global Medical Teams.

An expert in Programming, the Associate Director ensures timely project completion with quality information management. This position requires seasoned programming experience and extensive industry knowledge to independently lead implementation of programming activities as well as collaborate with and potentially lead other programmers. May involve collaboration on cross-functionalteams with a focus on process improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides oversight for the full scope of programming deliveries for outsourced studies with our external partners (i.e. Contract Research Organizations)

• Responsible for the high quality of all programming deliverables, holding partners and providers accountable for the quality of their deliverable and/or technical subject matter expert for aspect(s) of the TA, Project, or function

• Leads internal technical programming activities for internal projects

• Leads or contributes to cross-functional administrative or process improvement initiative(s)

• Leads the development of standard methodologies to **improve** quality, efficiency, and/or effectiveness within the function

• Drives standards development and implementation

• Manages and advances risk in complicated or novel situations within their study and/or projects

• Provides tactical input and/or drives ideas and improvements

• Supports recruiting efforts and/or provides training and mentorship

• Discovers opportunities to refine methodology and suggests practical solutions for challenges

• Impacts collaborators by sharing subject matter expertise on programming related items

• Ensures compliance to standards and automation usage

• Employs best project management practices in managing technical projects

• Provides input to capacity management for all projects in scope

• Maintains current expertise of relevant industry and regulatory requirements

Essential Education, Experience & Skills:

• Degree in a quantitative field, i.e., Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or equivalent knowledge

• Minimum 5 years industry clinical programming experience

• Advanced SAS programming skills

• Thorough knowledge of the clinical development process

• Thorough knowledge of industry standards and ability to implement them

• Ability to apply programming expertise to problem solving and troubleshooting for teams

• Current knowledge of technical and regulatory requirements relevant for the role

• Demonstrated multitasking, planning and organizational skills

• Skilled at persuading collaborators on programming related matters

• Ability to manage risk in complicated or novel situations

Desired Experience & Skills:

• Statistical modelling experience

• High degree of proficiency in SAS macros

• Other programming languages e.g. S-PLUS, R, Python, XML, SQL, etc.

• SAS Certification