Technical Data Steward

Technical Data Steward Req ID #:  125852 Location: 

Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

  Job Summary Responsible for carrying out data usage policies as determined through enterprise data governance initiatives, acting as a liaison between digital, global technology, D3A, enterprise data analytics, and other like departments/teams and business technology for all Safety Assessment sites.

  Ensure that data-centric business technologies are aligned and leverage applicable data standards, governance processes, and overall best practices.  This may include libraries, metadata, validated systems, or any aspect of data collection, analysis, and retrieval/reporting throughout the overall data pipeline. Assist data owners in the implementation and maintenance of consistency of CRL's critical business technology data standards. Participate on various projects and initiatives that impact business technology to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated and managed to ensure adherence with the Enterprise Data Governance established standards. Identify gaps in data standard adherence and work with data owners to define, review, and remediate. Integrate activities with those of other major organizational units (e.g. segments, departments, functions). Assist global teams on initiatives to align data standards and/or revise, refine, or otherwise alter any business technology pipeline. Performs all other duties as assigned. Job Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent Experience:  4 or more years related experience in scientific data presentation and/or scheduling. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above. Certification/Licensure:  N/A Other:  Strong working knowledge of data stewardship. Ability to work independently and as a member of an integrated global team.  Must be detail oriented with excellent organizational and communication skills.  Ability to interact with all levels of staff.  Ability to perform under pressure in a fast-paced, multi-task, deadline-oriented environment.  Familiar with appropriate regulations, guidelines and guidance for the conduct of preclinical studies in North America and Europe.     

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market.  Each year approximately 120 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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