The Associate Director Specialist Programming is accountable for leading, managing and developing a team of programmers. They present a delivery/department mindset and management skills to run and oversee one moderate scope and complexity project or multiple smaller ones. As a recognized expert within their own field they are often the first point of contact for related queries, acts as a coach or mentor for staff, and acts as a specialist within cross-functional teams to deliver continuous improvement.

Typical Accountabilities:

• Leads a team of programmers that apply computer science and information technology for the design of tools and related processes supporting the analysis and innovation process in function.
• Drives and/or owns the development of best practices to improve quality, efficiency and/or effectiveness within function.
• Demonstrates extensive programming expertise, keeps own knowledge of best practices and new relevant developments up to date.
• Lead/Contribute to evaluation of tools and processes in collecting different data types for delivery of analysis and innovation in function.  
• Accountable for recruitment, line management and team resource management, people development through coaching and rewarding performance.
• Acts as a source of knowledge in area of expertise, defining and communicating important initiatives across department and functions.
• Identifies opportunities to improve the methodology and provides practical solutions for problems.
• Represents AstraZeneca and its function at external events and may represent in external working groups.
• Ensure computer system validation compliance for SASP production tools for audit ready state

Essential

• BSc, BA or post graduate qualification (or local equivalent) in Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics, Life or Social Sciences or equivalent experience.
• Experienced in leading efficiencies and improvements in programming utilities and tools.
• Extensive SAS programming expertise.
• Excellent knowledge of analysis and reporting within clinical development.
• Experience of data management within clinical development.
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
• Ability to apply programming expertise to problem solving and quality focused.
• Truth seeking rather than success seeking.
• The ability to proactively drive innovations.
• Embracing of peer review.
• Understanding of compliance principles preferably supported with an audit experience.

Desirable

• Understanding of other programming languages (e.g. R, Java, Groovy, Spotfire, C/C++, VBA/VBS, .NET, Python, Pearl) would be advantageous.
• Project management and people leadership experience.
• Knowledge of the latest technical expectations.

Date Posted

Closing Date

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