At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.
We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As an Associate Director, Pharmaceutical Programming in Fort Worth, TX, you will act as key leader responsible for independently managing activities and resources to ensure quality, timely and efficient execution of all statistical programming aspects of global studies and projects in a franchise or a therapeutic area (TA) and act as the strategic point of contact for Franchise, TA, Project and Trial Statisticians for the same franchise or TA
Major Accountabilities
Provide leadership to achieve goals aligned with franchise and organizational objectives
Serves as statistical programming expert within a franchise or TA to the broader Alcon
Manage global associates in different Alcon locations including but not limited to Alcon Global Services centers worldwide
Responsible for recruitment, onboarding, professional development, training, mentoring, retaining, and performance management of assigned programmers
Understand SP deliverables, customer expectations and resource requirements. Prioritize tasks, assign resources, and manage plan to optimize resources.
Forecast short-term and long-term demand for resources
Generate status reports and metrics
Lead statistical programming activities as Project Programmer or Trial Programmer as needed
Build and maintain effective working relationships with leadership and relevant cross-functional teams. Effectively communicate the status of deliverables, changes to plan, risks, and proposed mitigation strategy
Lead development of SP standards and processes, knowledge sharing, and other tasks as assigned
Key Performance Indicators
Achievement of goals aligned with franchise and organizational objectives
Quality and timeliness of all deliverables within Franchise or TA
Effectiveness in developing, mentoring, retaining, and managing performance growth and rewards of assigned programmers
Accuracy of resource estimation and efficiency in resource utilization
Effectiveness in representing SP in relevant teams and facilitating cross-functional collaboration
Development of standards and processes that improve quality, timeliness and/or efficiency of deliverables
Compliance with internal and external standards as measured by audit findings
Impact in the Organization
Timely and high-quality SP deliverables. Delays and errors in deliverables may impede submissions or other product developments and subsequent revenue loss to the company
Efficient programming leading to quality submissions, and reduced time and costs for development and registration
Ensuring external quality reputation of Alcon with Health Authorities
Competency Profile
Strong leadership, collaboration, and organizational skills with proven ability to successfully manage numerous, simultaneous activities and meet deadlines
Strong SAS programming skills including development and use of macros and experience with R programming would be helpful
Extensive experience in requirements analysis, resource estimation, planning and tracking deliverables and coordinating activities
Extensive experience in developing programming dataset specifications
Good working knowledge of statistical concepts
Good understanding of regulatory requirements relevant to Statistical Programming (e.g., GCP, ICH) and industry standards such as CDISC
Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to operate effectively in a global environment. Ability to influence and communicate across functions
Excellent written and oral communication
Good skills in interviewing, mentoring, coaching, knowledge management and best practice sharing
Pharmaceutical programming experience, 7 years of relevant programming experience, 3 years of proven ability to lead statistical programming activities as a Project Programmer and 3 years of management experience
Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
7 Years of Relevant Experience
Work hours: M-F, standard
Travel Requirements: 5-10%
Relocation assistance: yes
Sponsorship available: yes
#LI-DNI
ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker
If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site.
Find Jobs for Employees
Find Jobs for Contingent Worker
Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
