Principal Programmer

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role entails a wide variety of responsibilities and client exposure – you are certainly not pigeon holed.

Below is a range of the types of tasks you could be carrying out on a daily basis. As with many roles at Veramed, you have the opportunity to shape their direction dependent on client needs and your own career aspirations.

PROGRAMMING:

• Act as lead programmer for client projects and studies.
• Contribute to the maintenance of the project plan.
• Proactively manage programming resource task assignments, scope change and risks.
• Contribute to the management of the delivery of projects within budget.
• Manage client expectations and issue resolution.

DAILY INTERACTIONS:

• Build an effective and collaborative relationship with the client.
• Lead the internal Veramed programming team to deliver on time, within budget, high quality work.
• Provide support and mentoring for more inexperienced programmers on the team.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR: 

• Potential to develop into Portfolio Lead role.
• Contributing to initiatives that consider employees, the environment and our local communities as part of our B Corp accreditation.
• Peer mentoring and/or line management.
• Taking ownership of a study or group of studies and implementing new ideas and processes to aid delivery.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• A warm, friendly working environment in which to thrive both personally and professionally.
• A supportive, open-door management policy that will aid in your development and provide you with the tools to take your career to the next level.
• Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects, allowing you to diversify your workload and work closely with some of the biggest pharma companies in the industry.
• Work with a truly unique CRO that’s doing something different when it comes to managing staff, projects and building relationships in the industry.
• The ability to truly own your role and develop your skills and experience.

BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Understanding of the clinical drug development process and relevant disease areas.
• Awareness of industry and project standards as well as ICH guidelines.
• Experienced in the implementation of data standards at a study level.
• Interpersonal/teamwork and communications skills for effective interactions.
• Proficiency in using SAS or other statistical software (e.g. R).
• Team leadership skills with a focus on results for timely and accurate completion of competing deliverables.
• Demonstrated problem solving ability and attention to detail.

If this role sounds right for you, please click 'apply now' to submit your application. We'd love to hear from you!

As an organisation that has people at the heart of it, Veramed is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We foster a working culture where employees have integrity, honesty and respect for one another without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.