Job Description
**Senior Clinical Data Scientist** A skilled professional responsible for managing clinical trial data, providing leadership, and ensuring timely and professional execution of data management products and milestones. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Clinical Data Scientist to lead the management of clinical trial data using advanced data management tools and techniques. The ideal candidate will have excellent business acumen, strong leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively in a global environment. **Key Responsibilities:** * Provides DM leadership across assigned trial(s) and acts as the Trial Data Scientist where needed, ensuring strong DM representation across the CTT for moderate complexity non-priority trial(s). * Demonstrates a business understanding of the compound(s) profile and data strategy to identify and assist in successful application of data management processes and documentation across assigned trials, ensuring consistency across data quality plans. * Ensures alignment with the TA level data strategy as defined by the TA Data Strategy Director. * Understanding of CDISC or other recognized industry standards and how these impact the programming team. * Provides accelerated feedback to assure well written, stable protocols and amendments. * Recognizes and resolves protocol issues that may impact database design, data validation, and/or analysis/reporting, minimizing the data footprint to focus on the trial endpoints and ensuring utilization of available data standards. * Performs DM activities for study start-up including preparing the architecture of the e CRF, CCG's, Data Quality Plan (DQP), Data Quality Plan Module (DQPM), Data Transfer Specification (DTS), and performing user acceptance testing (UAT). * Manages local lab set-up for the Clinical Database as applicable. * Performs DM hands-on activities during the course of the study, with a strong emphasis on quality, integrity, and on-time delivery. **Qualifications:** * University or college degree in life science, computer science, pharmacy, nursing, or equivalent relevant degree. * Fluent in English (oral and written). * Ability to work under pressure and demonstrate agility through effective and innovative team leadership. * Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to operate effectively in a global environment. * Ability to influence and communicate across functions and to external stakeholders. * Proven ability to interrogate and view data through various programming/GUI techniques. * Excellent problem-solving skills. * Ideally 5+ years' experience in Drug Development with at least 4 years in Clinical Data Management. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. **About Novartis:** Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives. We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.