Senior Data Engineer

Randstad Digital UK; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

A global leader in digital solutions is seeking a Senior Implementation Consultant to join the professional services team. The role involves leading complex projects, providing strategic consulting to pharmaceutical clients, and ensuring expert configuration of clinical trial software. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience, exceptional communication skills, and a sound understanding of clinical trial processes. This is a contract role at a mid-senior level in the consulting and research function.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable knowledge of regulatory data collection and data management principles.
• Proven capacity for problem-solving complex technical challenges.
• Experience adhering to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical projects and provide strategic consulting.
• Direct design and configuration of clinical trial software.
• Ensure adherence to timelines, budgets, and scopes of work.
• Deliver technical training to internal teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Expert knowledge of Clinical Trial processes

Understanding of Data Management Plans

Analytical reasoning

Exceptional communication skills

Superior organizational skills

Education

Minimum of five years in clinical trial implementation or consulting

Job description

A global leader in digital solutions for clinical trials is seeking an accomplished and strategic Senior Implementation Consultant to integrate with the professional services team. This role is instrumental in ensuring the successful deployment and expert configuration of our industry-defining software platform across our client portfolio, directly contributing to accelerated therapeutic development and enhanced patient outcomes.

The Role:

The Senior Implementation Consultant functions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), tasked with leading the most complex, end-to-end technical projects and delivering authoritative strategic consulting to a diverse client base, including major pharmaceutical corporations, Contract Research Organisations, and emerging biotech firms.

Strategic Consulting and Leadership

• Effectively assume command of highly complex projects, multi-faceted programs, and technically challenging builds, consistently operating at an SME level of proficiency.
• Proactively identify systemic trends across project portfolios to define, recommend, and implement substantial process and standardization improvements, maximizing internal efficiencies and external service delivery quality.
• Provide high-level consultation and best-practice guidance to clients, necessitating active participation in client governance structures and the formulation of implementation standards.
• Maintain continuous, proactive communication of project status and critical path items to all relevant stakeholders, including direct interface with senior client leadership.

Implementation and Technical Delivery

• Direct the design, meticulous configuration, and functional implementation of clinical trial software (e.g., EDC, eCOA) to ensure accurate and efficient data capture.
• Author, refine, or formally approve comprehensive technical specifications and functional test documentation, effectively translating complex user requirements into executable system architecture with a full command of product capabilities.
• Provide specialized support for custom integrations, verifying the final product adheres completely to all defined customer requirements.
• Independently own and concurrently manage multiple, complex customer-facing projects, working in concert with Project Management to ensure strict adherence to timelines, budgets, and defined scopes of work.

Team Development and Quality Assurance

• Lead internal knowledge initiatives, providing targeted oversight, structured training, mentorship, and ongoing support for less experienced implementation consultants.
• Serve as the final point of accountability for the consistently high standard of project delivery across all assigned engagements.
• Provide necessary technical expertise and assistance to the Training Group for the preparation of specialized course materials and the delivery of technical training to internal teams and external stakeholders (e.g., clinical sites).

Required Professional Profile

• Industry command: Demonstrable expert knowledge of Clinical Trial processes, particularly as they relate to regulatory data collection, standardization, data management principles, and preparation for statistical analysis.
• Technical literacy: Comprehensive understanding of Data Management Plans, client specifications for data collection forms, edit check logic, custom reporting, and data integration methodologies.
• Analytical acuity: Proven capacity for critical and logical reasoning to independently diagnose and solve highly complex, abstract technical and business challenges.
• Professional tenure: Minimum of five years of direct experience in clinical trial implementation or consulting roles, or an equivalent established record of relevant professional achievement.

Key Professional Attributes

• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are essential for cultivating and sustaining robust, trusted client relationships.
• Organizational rigor: Superior organizational skills, time management, and demonstrated ability to navigate and manage project delivery within strict timeline and budgetary constraints.
• Autonomy: A self-directed, results-oriented professional capable of exercising independent judgment and adapting swiftly to evolving technology landscapes and business needs.
• Compliance discipline: Extensive experience in operating under and enforcing stringent Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and regulated industry best practices

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Consulting and Research