Title - Director Programming

Experience - 15+years

Job Responsibilities –

- Build, scale, and lead high-performing Programmers & Analysts.
- Drive operational excellence, innovation, talent development, and delivery transformation while ensuring quality, regulatory compliance, and sustainable business growth.
- Lead end-to-end people management responsibilities, including performance management, career development, succession planning, disciplinary procedures, hiring, onboarding, and resource allocation.
- Develop and implement strategic training and competency development plans based on business priorities, emerging technologies, operational requirements, and individual development needs.
- Mentor, coach, and evaluate team members, fostering technical expertise, leadership capabilities, career progression, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Oversee resource planning and utilization across SAS, R Programming, and RWE teams, ensuring optimal workforce deployment, productivity, capacity management, and timely project delivery.
- Drive departmental growth, capability expansion, and operational scalability while ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and client expectations.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Technical Expertise

- Extensive knowledge of clinical data standards, including CDISC SDTM, Adams, Define-XML, and regulatory submission requirements.
- Knowledge of R frameworks and tools such as RStudio, Shiny, R Markdown, and relevant R packages.
- Understanding of SAS-to-R migration, modernization strategies, and implementation of open-source programming solutions.
- Strong understanding of Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Real-World Data (RWD) methodologies, observational research, and evidence-generation frameworks.




- Programming and analytical expertise using SAS, R, for large-scale data processing and advanced analytics.
- Understanding of data integration, data harmonization, data quality, analytical dataset development, and validation methodologies.

Strategic & Client Leadership

- Demonstrated experience in defining and executing strategic technology roadmaps and building new service-line capabilities across SAS, R Programming, and RWE.
- Strong client-facing experience, including executive-level stakeholder engagement, account management, business reviews, and strategic consulting.
- Proven ability to lead RFPs, proposals, solution architecture, capability presentations, and business development initiatives.
- Experience identifying new business opportunities, expanding existing accounts, and contributing to revenue growth.
- Ability to translate complex client requirements into scalable technical solutions and delivery strategies.
- Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical, CRO, and life sciences industries.

People & Business Management

- Proven experience managing and scaling large, multidisciplinary teams, preferably 50+ professionals.
- Strong leadership capabilities in talent acquisition, resource planning, performance management, succession planning, and organizational development.
- Experience managing multiple client engagements, delivery portfolios, budgets, utilization, and operational performance.
- Ability to build technical leadership pipelines and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Robust communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance, quality management systems, and ISO standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 22301.

📌 Director - Programming (India)
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