
Senior Principal Clinical Programmer (Medidata RAVE)
Syneos Health2 hours ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead clinical programming tasks and deliverables across individual studies and large study programs.
- Provide technical support and subject matter expertise for Medidata RAVE, Oracle clinical data tools, SAS, and related applications.
- Design, develop, validate, maintain, and document clinical programming solutions for EDC builds, databases, edit checks, migrations, imports, exports, listings, and custom reports.
- Monitor application performance, workflow alerts, system errors, and programming defects, and coordinate troubleshooting and resolution.
- Lead system integrations, application updates, implementations, and user acceptance testing.
- Coordinate project development activities, timelines, scope, budgets, metrics, resources, and change orders across multiple studies.
- Represent the department in client meetings, bid defenses, sponsor audits, project reviews, and senior management status updates.
- Provide senior review of program-level and multi-study deliverables for accuracy and quality.
- Manage application vendors, service-level metrics, upgrades, new modules, documentation, and escalations.
- Mentor, train, supervise, and support clinical programmers, including assigning work, reviewing workloads, and supporting staff development.
- Lead process improvements, standardization tools, updated procedures, and new clinical programming concepts and technologies.
- Attend study Quick Start Camps in the lead Clinical Programmer role and travel minimally as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; a master's degree is preferred, and equivalent related education and experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree.
- At least 8 years of experience with Medidata RAVE, including experience serving as a RAVE subject matter expert.
- Experience with RAVE Core Configuration changes, migration, EDC build, complex custom functions, and technical exposure to Data Studio.
- Working experience with a clinical Metadata Repository (MDR).
- Experience training and mentoring team members and providing clinical trial process mentorship.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a highly dynamic, matrix-structured environment.
- Strong written, verbal, communication, interpersonal, analytical, and customer-facing skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, email, and voicemail.
- Preferred programming experience with PL/SQL, SAS, C#, or VB.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Benefits
- Career development and progression opportunities, supportive line management, technical and therapeutic area training, peer recognition, and a total rewards program.
- Inclusive culture and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across global clinical solutions teams.
- Minimal travel may be required.
Tech Stack
C#Sass