
Operational Data Steward
Budapest, Hungary Permanent Posted on Apr. 04, 2025 Closing on Apr. 20, 2025- Job title: Operational Data Steward
- Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Hybrid working
About the job
Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.
We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?
Join our global Data Intelligence for Clinical Operations team as an Operational Data Steward and you’ll be responsible for the business implementation of the E2E governance and data management of clinical operational data: study design characteristics, study stakeholders (study team members, vendors, investigational sites, HCPs…), study milestones and status, study recruitment data, etc.
For specific Use Case or Project on which you’re allocated, you’ll be responsible to apply the strategy defined by the Operational Data Steward leaders in the definition of data rules, standard measurement methodologies, data standards and procedures, assessment of business needs and impact analysis, measurement of quality, investigations, and define remediation actions.
Main responsibilities:
1 Liaise with study teams- Study support for operational data
- Serve as Operational primary contact for end-users within Clinical Operations answering to any questions, requests from other functions. Manage the requests review workflow and resolution of study-specific operational data at study level, based on customer needs. Suggest new potential Use cases when needed. Understand business needs of study end-users, define or update operational data and associated process and quality rules.
- Coordination of operational activities of Use Cases like AS-IS situation, pain points, root causes, TO-BE process, mitigation plan… Ensure cross-functional harmonization and implementation across Therapeutic Areas.
- Assess pain points and implement the effective solution in addressing quality and consistency measures depending on data criticality, including definition harmonization, investigations and impact analysis for functions using these data.
2. Clinical Operations Data Foundations
- Contribute to the management of Operational Data Standardization (definition, dictionaries, data flow to consuming systems…) in using common vocabulary for a same concept used by several functions. Contribute to the reference data development and cleaning in a harmonized way in systems.
- Write policy-related documents (global SOPs, policies, guidelines…) that describe the management of the operational data and implement new working practices.
- Contribute to the data flow optimization, capitalizing on electronic tools, to address new requests and assess their impacts to shorten the cycle time and improve overall quality. Contribute to the digital transformation in implementing an automatic process (AI, ML, NLP…) linked to the operational data to propose data related evolutions.
- Monitor the data governance processes adherence to target model and good use of data in clinical trials (KPI or data quality metrics and deviations from acceptable levels).
3. Train and communicate
Support the Operational Data Steward Leader in change management activities to drive a data-driven Clinical Operations organization:
- Contribution to supporting documents for communication, education and trainings related to Operational Data assets
- Contributions to communications on updates or evolutions, users feedback, exchange of best practices and lessons learned. Promote operational data activities (including new usages)
About you
Experience:
Experience in Clinical Development with background in clinical study management. Background in database management.
Soft Skills:
- Good communication skills and ability to facilitate common understanding of people with various backgrounds, collaborative spirit
- Good organizational skills, results oriented
- High level of commitment
- Customers & quality focused
- Flexible and Open-minded, Eager to learn with interest and ability to understand new perimeters
- Problem-solving capabilities, with analytical and synthetic spirit
- Knowledge and familiarity with industry standards and practices, clinical development process, international regulatory guidelines and GCP requirements
- Good English Communication level (written and oral)
Technical skills:
- Good transversal understanding of the Data Flow and Data Management processes in Clinical Development.
- Experienced with clinical data management systems and has a sound understanding of database and programming concepts, database structures, file structures (CTMS and satellites, planning tools…)
- Understanding of technical evolutions – Digital-oriented. Up to date knowledge on clinical governance systems such as MDM, Data Catalog and data mapping solutions
Education:
- Education: Pharmacist, master’s degree in relevant scientific and/or medical field
Language(s):
- Strong English skills (verbal and written), ability to exchange fluently in a global environment
Why choose us?
- Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team in an international work environment
- Work from an "Office of the Year 2023" award winner with flexible home office policy
- Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact
- Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
- An individual and well-structured introduction and training of new employees and we will dedicate a Buddy for you to better navigate in your first weeks
- Join a great community & special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs)
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Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
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Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com
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