Principal Database Programmer
Pubblicato il 07-10-2026 - Alira Health in Verona
Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.
Job Description Summary
Job Description
ROLE
The Principal Database Programmer role involves the following characteristics:
- Lead and drive the DBP team, acting as mentor and coach
- Contribute to develop the clinical database to collect the clinical data provided on paper or electronic CRFs
- Program the computerized checks or SAS checks to ensure clean, accurate and complete clinical data can be delivered to customers
- Act as the reference point for the Lead Data Manager and study Project Manager from the Database Programming perspective, ensuring DBP tasks for the assigned studies are performed on time and within budget
- Make recommendation for process improvement and/or new standards development
- Effective input into strategic planning across the department
- Bridge scientific or medical knowledge into database programming processes to ensure sound data collection tools, validations and integration to fit for purpose clinical datasets
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Accountable for driving achievement of project milestones from study start up through to delivery of database and monitoring of time spent on tasks
- Provide Database Programming input into the protocol data collection assessments
- Create the annotated CRF (aCRF) using company standards or Sponsor’s naming conventions in accordance to relevant company procedures
- Accountable for building of the clinical database, creating variables, codelists, forms and visits in accordance with the aCRF
- Develop the computerized checks in accordance with the Data Validation Plan
- Develop SAS checks in accordance with the Data Validation Plan
- Implement mid study changes to the productio