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Pharmacovigilance Programmer Analyst

Who We Are

At the Roche Group, about 80,000 people across 150 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. A member of the Roche Group, Genentech has been at the forefront of the biotechnology industry for more than 30 years, using human genetic information to develop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. The headquarters for Roche pharmaceutical operations in the United States, Genentech has multiple therapies on the market for cancer and other serious illnesses. Please take this opportunity to learn about Genentech, where we believe that our employees are our most important asset and are dedicated to remaining a great place to work.

The Position

Position

Pharmacovigilance Programmer Analyst

Job Summary/Purpose:

Experienced Oracleprogrammer with good knowledge of Drug Safety databases.

• Assumes responsibility for the analysis of data from the Drug Safety Database (ARISg DataMart).
• Develops, tests, documents, maintains and validates programs written in SQL, PL/SQL and SAS.

 

Primary Job responsibilities:

The positionis within the Data Management Group (DMG). DMG is responsible for dataretrievals from the Drug Safety database. These retrievals are performed on adatabase named "ARISg DataMart", a databases that gets dailyincremental uploads from the ARISg transactional system. The DataMart isdesigned and optimized for data retrieval.

 

The maincustomers of DMG are the members of safety Science located in Basel,Switzerland, and San Francisco, CA. DMG performs data retrievals for ad-hocquery requests, aggregate reports and for signal detection. Currently all DMGmembers are located in Basel, Switzerland. The position is created to supportSafety Science on site in San Francisco.

 

Thefunctional requirements in detail are the following:

• Interactswith internal or external customers to clearly define the search criteriarelating to requests; and to aid in the selection of the appropriate dataanalysis strategy and adequate presentation of results.
• Checksresults of database retrievals for consistency and plausibility. Initiatesappropriate actions in case data inconsistencies are detected.
• Performs thestatistical analysis and presents data in appropriate format i.e., reports,line listings, tabulations or graphs through using a variety of tools like SQL,SAS, Excel.
• Ensurestimely and correct delivery of search results.
• Responsiblefor the documentation of the search strategy and the results (electronically oras hard copies). Ensures search strategies and results of searches are filedand archived.
• Assists inout-of-normal-office-hours ad hoc/special database searches in the event ofurgent enquiries or audits by regulatory authorities.
• Assumesresponsibility for signing validation documentation.
• Ensures anyissues relating to database searches are highlighted to the Head of PDS DataManagement Group.

Who You Are

Requirements:

• Universitydegree in computer science or in natural sciences
• At least 3years of experience with Oracle databases
• Knowledge ofDrug Safety databases
• Willingnessto learn basic SAS
• Fluent inEnglish
• Goodcommunication skills in an international environment
• Goodattention to detail
• Flexible, ableto interact well within a remote team setting.
• Severalyears pharmaceutical industry experience
• Willingnessto strictly adhere to computerized systems validation and verificationprocedures
• Can workindependently

 

Desired:

• Experiencein VBA
• Knowledge ofstatistic

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Genentech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.