Manager, Clinical Data Strategy and Innovation

Practice - AIA - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all intelligent, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the future-a future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies.

By applying AI and data science, we help leading companies to prototype, refine, validate, and scale their AI and analytics products and delivery models. Cognizant's AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data and provides businesses a clear way to transform how they source, interpret and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into informative, meaningful intelligence.

Job Summary

Cognizant has an opportunity to help a large pharmaceutical organization build its Clinical Data Lake and a generative AI ecosystem supporting and accelerating its Global Clinical Operations, in addition to a team of resources to assist their current clinical data and quality management teams with sheer demand management.

The role will need to have multiple connects and liaise with staff in R&D far ahead of interactions with clinical Data Managers to become abreast of what new studies are in the pipeline, in contrast to any existing or parallel studies, what type of studies these represent, for what therapeutic areas / disease domains, and in which region / locations, and more importantly what endpoints , indications, etc other criteria to weigh whether the team that has very rinse and repeat processes, has the right knowledge base and defined process for what will come, or if it requires increasing staff and making an improvement or improvision to support net new types of requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities:

* The Domain SME will liaise with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations and onboard CROs and vendors, guiding our staff.

* Manage ongoing studies, new incoming studies, operational support requests, data products, enhancements, and under support, handling ad-hoc and emergency requests, such as off-cycle studies, experiments, audits, or HAQs requiring the gathering and preparation of information to share with health authorities.

* Cognizant has established a model consisting of a specified onsite and offshore team size, employing standardized methodologies and approaches, while supporting flexible adjustments in team resource allocations. This role is essential for aiding the team in scaling up or down intelligently.

* Additionally, this role, whilst dedicated to a client, is part of Cognizant's Artificial Intelligence and Analytics Division. Within this division, we are developing a Center of Excellence supporting Health Sciences R&D, and Clinical Development and Operations will be crucial for repeat clients. There is higher demand within Clinical Operations and Biometrics compared to other R&D units (e.g., Safety, Discovery - Preclinical, Translational, Medical Affairs, and Regulatory Affairs).

* Successfully leading key engagements will present opportunities to scale and offer repeat capabilities to other clients.

* The SME will also help identify manual processes that can be automated and streamline and accelerate data challenges to save time and costs or enhance decision-making. This will help create a steady pipeline of accelerators that AIA will help customers employ to transform their R&Ds.

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Applications will be accepted until 16 May 2025.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The hourly salary for this position is between $[100,000 - 117,000] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock options, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

* Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

* Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

* 401(k) plan and contributions

* Long-term/Short-term Disability

* Paid Parental Leave

* Employee Stock Purchase Plan