Description
Company Description
At Biogen, we offer a workplace that is unique, connected, resilient and impactful. Our purpose to find cures for rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry. We are connected as a team by this shared purpose, the pride we have in our work, and the inspiration we obtain from the lives we're changing. We are resilient as we overcome obstacles, following the science to deliver for our patients. Most of all, our work allows us to have an impact. An impact on our patients' lives and on changing the course of medicine.
Job Description
The Associate Director, Global Safety and Regulatory Science Innovation will be responsible for ensuring the Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences (GSRS) organization utilizes technology and process optimization to identify and implement opportunities to meet Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences objectives. They will provide insight to Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences to solve problems with technology and process improvements and ensure consistency in design and implementation of solutions. The Senior Manager will be responsible for collaborating and implementing initiatives to achieve these goals.
What You'll Do:
- Identify use cases to support Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences' advancement of Robotic Process Automation and partner with Information Technology and Technology, Analytics and Data Insights groups on implementation
- Develop and implement Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences' technology strategy and prioritization to support Biogen IT initiatives
- Work with IT and other technology stakeholders to enhance/advance GSRS use of technology
- Provide best practices across technology platforms to ensure a single Technology, Analytics and Data Insights team approach for system utilization, application/solution development, reporting and visualizations, etc.
- Responsible for Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences implementation of proof of concepts (PoC) for new technologies (e.g., initial Oracle Apex PoC, Python for extracting case narratives, evaluation AWS toolsets, etc.)
- Assist other Technology, Analytics, and Design Insights groups in development and implementation of solutions, analysis, reports, etc.
- Understand and optimize use of current technology to identify and solve complex business problems (e.g., data collection tools using low code development, integration across multiple platforms, etc.)
- Represent Technology, Analytics, and Design Insights team/Lead Global Safety and Regulatory Science led Technology Landscape Analyses in support of Global Safety and Regulatory Sciences'' Annual Operating Plan and Long-Range Planning
Who You Are
You're an analytical thinker who enjoys using technology innovations to address the challenges of today and to develop plans and tools for the future.
Education
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, or biological/medical sciences, or mathematics/statistics is required
- Advanced degree in computer science, or biological/medical sciences, or mathematics/statistics preferred.
Required Experience And Skills
- 8+ years working in Drug Safety supporting safety systems, business process/operations,
- Strong aptitude and desire to learn new/emerging technologies to solve business problems.
- Ability to support reporting needs from using reporting and BI tools (e.g., BusinessObjects, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
- Understanding of statistical concepts and tools (e.g., R, SAS, Python) and practical application
- Understanding of post-marketing surveillance needs including use of real-world data.
- Ability to create data collection applications using low code development tools (e.g., Oracle Apex, Appian, etc.)
