Description
Principal Clinical Coder
Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.
Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.
Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.
Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE
Why Syneos Health
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.
Job Responsibilities
- Proven record of Lead experience in multicenter large studies.
- Experience in liaison with sponsor counter parts on Coding convention, Specification, and coding decision process.
- Analytical experience in trend analysis in QC and consistency findings.
- Lead experience in Coding QC process.
- Experience in coding resource management, pricing, Bidding and coding tool development preferred.
- Assist Coding Management in overall coding metrics and KPI management.
- Extensive knowledge of SDGs SMQs
- Extensive knowledge of dictionaries, browsers, up-versioning dictionaries, coding processes and coding tools, dictionary licenses
- Liaison with data management, programming and safety for all processes involving coding
- Sound technical knowledge in coding tool set up and implementation process.
- Experience in dictionary up-version and reversion process.
- Experience in defining coding specification, Dictionary schema and Auto coding algorithms preferred.
- Act as a SME for coding tool
- Sound Knowledge in Data management activities and depending on coding deliverables in DBL process.
- Experience in DB QC and UAT process.
- Experience in attending national / international meetings representing DM / Coding.
- Act as a SME for coding process and represent Coding team in DM meetings.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for
- BS/BA Degree preferred in biological sciences/Health care/Clinical Research.
- Required 10+yrs of in strong Medical Coding experience with MedDRA: LSMV (Safety) and non-safety coding experience is must.
- MedDRA certification is added advantage.
- Must have strong WHODrug experience.
- Experience in Safety Coding TMS (Thesaurus Management System) approval experience including (dictionary cleanup/repository maintenance, reference sourcing experience).
- The ability to deal effectively with sponsors and internal customers at all levels.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and spoken, with an ability to inform.
- Demonstrated experience in managing multiple priorities in a highly dynamic environment
- Experience working in a matrix-structured environment is preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), email, and voicemail
- Ability to travel as necessary (up to 25%)
Get to know Syneos Health
Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.
No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
