Senior Data Team Lead, EMEA

About the role

IQVIA is looking for a Senior Data Team Lead for its EMEA business, based in Warsaw. The role leads the delivery of data management services for large studies or programmes of studies, often global, and acts as the main point of contact for the customer on data management deliverables.

Key responsibilities

• Manage multiple large studies or a programme of studies, possibly global, and lead senior support for Data Team Leads across several global programmes.
• Work with customer data managers, key decision makers and internal team members to drive continuous process improvements, handle escalations and forecast workload.
• Negotiate directly with the customer on timelines, finances, processes and resources, and regularly check milestones against timelines and quality.
• Deliver data management services independently, acting as escalation point for unresolved data issues and ensuring the right resources are assigned.
• Create and sign off data management plans, manage the statement of work and budget, and act as subject matter expert on a specific clinical data management task or technology.
• Introduce process improvements to the CDM team, lead a focus team or best-practice team, and review core operating procedures and work instructions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in health, clinical, biological or mathematical sciences, or a related field.
• Around 7 years of direct data management experience, including 5 or more years as a CDM project lead, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Proven experience delivering multiple global trials through their full data management life cycle, including trials of at least 1,000 patients.
• Experience handling complex customer negotiations and bid defence meetings independently.

Required skills

• Expert data management skills, including therapeutic area knowledge, SAE reconciliation and external data vendor reconciliation.
• Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and relevant regulatory guidelines.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology.
• Project management, problem solving and excellent communication and teamwork skills.

The potential base pay range, annualised, is PLN 166,600 to PLN 417,200, depending on qualifications, location and schedule; incentives, bonuses and other benefits may also apply.