Senior Programming Lead, Oncology

At Johnson & Johnsonwe believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented treated and curedwhere treatments are smarter and less invasive andsolutions are our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for more at

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Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Biostatistics

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raritan New Jersey United States of America San Diego California United States of America Spring House Pennsylvania United States of America Titusville New Jersey United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Our Oncology team is focused on the elimination of cancer by discovering new pathways and modalities to finding treatments and cures. We lead where medicine is going and need innovators with an unwavering commitment to results.

Join us in developing treatments finding cures and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a Senior Programming Lead Oncology.

Purpose: The Senior Programming Lead is an experienced programmer with an advanced knowledge of programming languages has expertise in industry standards complex data structures and programming methods having the technical capabilities in leading trial activities in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.

This role is responsible for providing expertise planning and oversight of one or more programming trial activities of moderate to high complexity. The role makes decisions and recommendations that impact the efficiency timeliness and quality of deliverables and provides leadership direction and technical guidance to programming teams.

This role develops cross-functional working relationship with stakeholders to shape processes and practices and contributes expertise to Delivery Unit or departmental innovation and process improvement projects. The Senior Programming Lead position combines the expertise and responsibilities in their respective programming roles making them an asset to IDARs C&SP activities.

You will be responsible for:
Principal Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning programming strategy coordination oversight and execution of team activities following J&J IM and industry standards for one or more clinical trials or projects.
• Designs and develops programs in support of complex clinical data analysis and reporting activities.
• Supports submission activities including but not limited to creation verification and delivery of CDISC compliant and/or non-standard data packages and reviewers guides.
• Provides technical and project-specific guidance to team members ensuring high-quality efficiency and on-time deliverables in compliance with departmental processes and procedures. Ensures use of latest standards and deployment of current technologies.
• Collaborates effectively with cross-functional team counterparts vendors to achieve project goals and manages escalations independently.
• Supports submission activities while ensuring the highest level of consistency and quality across trials by creating efficiencies in clinical data flow and implementing metadata-driven approaches.
• As applicable oversees programming activities outsourced to third party vendors adopting appropriate processes and best practices to ensure their performance meets the agreed upon scope timelines and quality.
• May play the role of a Delivery Unit/Disease Area Expert contributing to standards strategy and providing expertise for a specific Delivery Unit/Disease area across value streams in support of clinical programs including submissions.
• Contributes to departmental innovation and process improvement projects by supporting and/or leading developing and implementing processes systems and tool improvement initiatives.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or higher and/or equivalent in computer science mathematics data science/analytics/data engineering public health or other relevant scientific field (or equivalent theoretical/technical depth).
• 4 years experience programming and or clinical data management experience with increasing responsibility preferably in pharmaceutical/clinical trial environment is required.
• Knowledge of programming practices (including tools and processes) is required.
• Knowledge of data structures and relevant programming languages for data manipulation/statistical analysis and reporting is required. May include SAS R Python etc. Knowledge of SAS is required.
• CDISC Standards knowledge is required.
• Experience in planning and coordinating programming activities and leading teams is required.
• Experience working with cross functional stakeholders and teams is preferred.
• Experience in vendor management oversight is preferred.
• Project management skills and knowledge of team management principles is preferred.
• Working knowledge of regulatory guidelines (e.g. ICH-GCP) and relevant clinical R&D concepts is required.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics Biostatistics Clinical Trials Collaboration Consulting Critical Thinking Data Privacy Standards Data Quality Data Savvy Digital Fluency Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Quality Assurance (QA) Report Writing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) Programming Statistics Systems Development Technologically Savvy

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$109000.00 - $174800.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay including Floating Holidays 13 days per calendar year
Work Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours per calendar year

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