Associate Database Programmer

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Associate Database Programmer

This position will support best in class data management process and capabilities within global Elanco. This position will collaborate with R&D functions including project scientists, global data managers, biostatisticians, and members of quality assurance to ensure data integrity, data quality, validation and compliance.

Your Responsibilities: -

• Proactively search for solutions.
• Work effectively and flexibly within and across all Elanco R&D teams and external collaborators to achieve overall Elanco R&D deliverables.
• Create a positive work environment that is aligned with company objectives.
• Create an engaging culture with a "Play to Win” mentality.
• Identify and utilize methods to deliver individual objectives in a high quality, timely, cost-effective manner.
• Demonstrate high levels of adaptability, flexibility, and learning agility.
• Expertise in deployment, validation, testing and implementation of electronic data capture systems as part of data management strategies.
• Responsible for number of activities related to Design, Development and maintenance of Clinical Data Base.
• Maintenance of Case report forms, Database objects, Forms, Edit checks and procedures.
• Copy/Create Forms, Edit-checks and procedures from the global library and customize as per specification while ensuring consistency in database.
• Performing self-testing for the database builds.
• Build non-standard Forms/Edits from scratch and ensure they are aligned to specifications, as applicable.
• Provide user support, troubleshooting and maintenance of the tools and documentation related to these activities, as needed.
• Participate in UAT when new application release occurs, as applicable.
• Define scope and conduct impact analysis for migrations and post-production changes, as required.
• Perform Migrations and Post productions changes as needed.
• Create and maintain global library user guide, as needed.
• Collaborate with other functions for the integration of databases.
• Create and maintain dashboards for tracking various activities of data management
• Ensure adherence to clinical data collection policies and procedures and is expected to keep Elanco at the forefront of standards for the animal health industry.
• In collaboration with global DM members, contribute to development and review of SOPs, QMS documents and process documents.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• BS or equivalent in IT, statistics or scientific field related to animal health/human health, or relevant work experience in the animal/human health industry.
• Working knowledge of electronic systems and capabilities and their application in animal/human health R&D, maintenance validation and data pulls are a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work within and across interdisciplinary teams.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Clinical trial experience and clinical trial data along with study build experience (Rave/Inform/Veeva/ Medrio or any other database used to collect clinical trial data)
• Advanced knowledge of electronic data capture systems
• Experience interacting with regulatory authorities and regulatory submissions.

Additional Information:

• Travel: 0%
• Location: India, Bangalore

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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