CDM Programmer II

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Associate CDM Programmer - (EMEA) - 5,000 EUR gross joining bonus

We are vital links between an idea for a new medicine and the people who need it. We are the people of PPD — thousands of employees in locations worldwide connected by tenacity and passion for our purpose: to improve health. You will be joining a truly collaborative and winning culture as we strive to bend the time and cost curve of delivering life-saving therapies to patients.

The Role

Are you a data and a people person? Here’s your team. We manage and clean the data collected in a clinical trial — from the design and build of the database and edit checks, through the entry and cleaning of data to the final delivery of clinical trial data. We work closely with the project teams and clients to identify standard methodologies and processes, meet and exceed our clients’ needs, and do the right thing to earn their trust.

The Associate CDM Programmer works with systems and programming tools to provide programming support in data management activities and deliverables including, but not limited to, database development and data validations. Works within a multi-disciplinary project team to complete assigned tasks on time and within budget.

Main Responsibilities

• Performs one or more tasks within the timelines established by the team, in accordance with the process outlined in the departmental procedures and indicated by the project contract and SOPs.
• Designs, builds and tests project databases & edit checks. Defines and imports data into the system.
• Defines, creates and tests listings for data review.
• Performs post-production database, edit checks and/or listing updates.
• Increases knowledge base and professional skills in areas including programming and technology. Actively seeks information to gain a good understanding of the programming role and the overall department processes.
• Documents all work and manages own assignments to meet timelines and deliver high quality.
• Supports study team leads and communicates progress on assigned tasks.

Keys to Success:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification1+ years of previous experience on this role

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good written, verbal and computer skills
• Good attention to detail and problem solving skills
• Good organizational skills with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities and manage assignments to deadlines
• Knowledge of one or more programming languages or knowledge of relational database systems
• Capable of maintaining a high degree of confidentiality with clinical data and client's proprietary data
• Capable of attaining, maintaining and applying a solid understanding of GCPs and applicable SOPs
• Capable of working well in a team or collaborate with other teams
• Proven initiative and motivation

What we offer

At PPD we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognise the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organisation but with a local feel.

• Annual salary reviews
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• 5,000 EUR gross joining bonus
• Non-contractual annual bonus
• Home-based equipment
• Innovative work
• Office- or home-based

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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