Senior Programming Lead, Oncology

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through 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 humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

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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 https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We 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 IDAR’s 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 reviewer’s 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:

• Bachelor’s 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).

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