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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.
Job Description
Brief Description:
The Statistical Programming Data Strategy and Governance (DSG) group is accountable for data standards, data governance, and the enablement of transformative clinical trial data initiatives within the Data Intelligence and Programming Science (DIPS) group.
The Senior Principal Data Governance Lead is a Subject Matter Expert in all areas of clinical trial data governance. They are also literate in concepts of data engineering, data standards, data modelling and modern data platforms, to enable close collaboration with associated partner functions.
They are accountable for DIPS’ implementation of the Enterprise Data Governance framework within DIPS, acting as the Data Governance Lead and coordinating other roles in the data governance structure. Through this, they define clear ownership and stewardship of statistical programming data products, they define and enforce policies for data access, use and retention, and they establish data product fitness and quality metrics, to realize the group’s data governance and data strategy goals. Where appropriate they implement tools and define processes, including data ingress/egress and data anonymization, to enable the framework and monitor compliance.
They enable DIPS team members and cross-functional data consumers to realize the value of statistical programming data products and enable the broader R&D data strategy for advanced analytics, AI and automation, in compliance with the data governance framework, departmental SOPs, data privacy policies, regulatory requirements and information governance. They partner with statistical programming data owners and cross-functional data consumers to define new data use cases and incorporate these into the overall IDASP and R&D data ecosystems.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Attend department leadership and multi-disciplinary team meetings, representing the DSG function in a senior capacity.
- Lead the DSG strategy for data governance in their area(s) of expertise, demonstrating problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
- Implement the Enterprise Data Governance Framework within Statistical Programming.
- Monitor adherence to data governance policies and implementation best practices in the IDASP group through the data governance model.
- Train DIPS group members on domain and technical topics.
- Collaborate with data owners, consumers, and partner functions, on the implementation of data governance.
- Collaborate with partner functions on the implementation of modern data platforms for clinical trial data pipelines, warehousing and cataloguing.
- Provide input on data quality measures for key deliverables when requested by DIPS team members.
- Contribute to department SOPs and guidelines related to clinical programming.
- Oversee work of internal contract programmers and external vendors. Participate in vendor qualification and selection.
- Provide time and resource estimates for activity planning.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Minimum of 7 years of experience across a combination of clinical trial data governance and clinical statistical programming.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a governance leadership and implementation role.
- Expert knowledge of clinical trial data privacy and information governance guidelines and best practices.
- Good knowledge of the drug development process and the regulatory submission process including NDAs/BLAs.
- Literate in concepts of data engineering, data standards, data modelling, and modern data platforms such as Snowflake.
- Solid verbal and written communication skills.
Required/Preferred Education and Licenses
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences or other relevant scientific fields.
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.
The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits
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