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MSD

Associate Director, Study Data Services

MSD

. Lead and develop a programming and reporting team, including goal-setting, work assignment, coaching, recruiting, and onboarding .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in clinical data programming and engineering, with a strong focus on leading teams, optimizing processes, and implementing clinical technology solutions. Proficient in SQL, Python, SAS, and R, with a deep understanding of clinical development and regulatory standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Clinical Data ProgrammingSQL ProficiencyPeople Management ExperienceEDC Platform IntegrationData Management Technology Ecosystems

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Hard Skills
SQLPythonSASRData IntegrationData EngineeringClinical ProgrammingData ModelingValidation AutomationData Analytics
Soft Skills
Team LeadershipCoachingCollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
EDC SystemsRTSM SystemsECOA/ePRO SystemsCloud Computing PlatformsData Management Tools
Industry Keywords
Clinical DevelopmentFDA RegulationsGxP/ICH GuidelinesOperational Data ModelsMetadata Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead and develop a programming and reporting team, including goal-setting, work assignment, coaching, recruiting, and onboarding
  • Communicate status and risks to leadership and partners
  • Provide technical review and solutioning support while enforcing SOPs and standards
  • Manage workload, prioritization, quality, timelines, and continuous improvement
  • Lead design and deployment of clinical technology solutions for EDC, RTSM, and eCOA/ePRO systems
  • Provide technical oversight for clinical programming, reporting, and data integration across portfolios
  • Recommend and implement tools to streamline design, build, and validation
  • Develop advanced dashboards, listings, visual analytics, reusable components, and role-based access
  • Define and govern integration architecture, data sources, transformation workflows, data models, semantic layers, and curated datasets
  • Monitor and troubleshoot data ingestion and consumption; automate data engineering processes and quality checks
  • Drive process optimization, priorities, roadmaps, testing strategies, validation automation, documentation, audit standards, and change management
  • Contribute to resource planning and workload distribution across global teams
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration, enterprise improvement programs, release management, stakeholder alignment, and UAT
  • Turn data and technical findings into actionable recommendations
  • Conduct check-ins and annual reviews; develop career plans, growth opportunities, training, and mentoring
  • Coordinate on-shore/off-shore and contingent resources
  • Manage an operating budget and optimize spend
  • Ensure team leaders support and empower their individual leaders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Non-Degree or Associate's Degree plus a minimum of 10 years' experience in clinical data programming, data engineering, or related data-management/clinical operations function
  • OR Bachelor's Degree plus a minimum of 8 years' relevant experience
  • OR Advanced Degree (Master's or Doctorate) plus a minimum of 4 years' relevant experience
  • 2 years of people management experience
  • Demonstrated deep subject matter expertise in clinical development
  • Expert-level proficiency in SQL, Python, SAS, and R
  • Experience architecting and integrating EDC platforms, data integration environments, clinical operations systems, and cloud computing platforms
  • Proficiency with data-management and/or clinical operations tools and platforms
  • Understanding of data-management technology ecosystems, clinical and regulatory data standards, operational data models, metadata management, and controlled terminologies such as MedDRA and WHODrug
  • Understanding of validation, system lifecycle, data privacy, and System Development Lifecycle Management activities
  • Understanding of drug discovery processes, FDA regulations, and GxP/ICH guidelines
  • Ability to interpret operational and quality metrics and use analytical/forecasting tools for capacity and scenario planning
  • Strong ability to lead teams in a matrixed, global organization
  • Demonstrated success coaching, developing, and performance-managing high-performing individuals
  • Strong partnerships across technical, business, and quality functions
  • Ability to lead teams through process and organizational transformation
  • US and Puerto Rico residency eligibility

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable
  • Medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits for employee and family
  • Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation
  • Compassionate and sick days
  • Hybrid work arrangement