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Senior Clinical Programmer (Veeva Cdb)

Syneos Health
Syneos Health
2-5+ years
preferred by company
10 Dec. 26, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Hybrid Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Senior Clinical Programmer – Veeva CDB (Clinical Database)

Job ID: 25102615
Location: Gurugram, India (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Category: Clinical Programming | Clinical Data Management | Data Acquisition
Experience Required: 5+ years overall (minimum 2 years in Veeva CDB)
Last Updated: December 11, 2025


About the Organization

Syneos Health® is a leading global biopharmaceutical solutions organization delivering integrated clinical development, medical affairs, and commercial services. Operating across more than 110 countries with a workforce of over 29,000 professionals, Syneos Health partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to accelerate the delivery of life-changing therapies.

Our patient-centric Clinical Development model emphasizes innovation, efficiency, and collaboration. Teams work in both Functional Service Provider (FSP) and Full-Service environments to simplify processes, enhance quality, and deliver measurable outcomes for sponsors worldwide.


Role Overview

The Senior Clinical Programmer – Veeva CDB is a specialized technical role focused on clinical data acquisition, integration, and analytics enablement using Veeva Clinical Database (CDB). This position serves as a subject matter expert supporting data ingestion from multiple sources into Veeva CDB, enabling downstream reporting, analytics, and operational insights.

The role is ideal for experienced EDC or Data Acquisition programmers who have hands-on Veeva CDB exposure or are ready to transition into a CDB-focused programming career.


Key Responsibilities

Clinical Programming & Data Acquisition

  • Design, develop, validate, and maintain clinical programming solutions using Veeva CDB, Medidata Rave, Oracle Inform, Oracle RDC, and SAS

  • Support data acquisition workflows, including external vendor data ingestion, transfers, and integrations into Veeva CDB

  • Develop and maintain Data Transfer Agreements (DTA), Data Import Specifications, data mappings, and transformation rules

  • Perform import, export, validation, and reconciliation activities across multiple data sources

  • Support generation of analytics-ready datasets and reporting outputs from Veeva CDB

Project & Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Serve as a senior clinical programming resource on project teams, leading development activities across assigned studies

  • Manage programming deliverables across 3 to 10 concurrent studies, depending on scope and complexity

  • Collaborate with sponsors, vendors, data managers, and project teams to clarify specifications and resolve data issues

  • Communicate risks, timeline impacts, and resourcing needs proactively to project leadership

Quality, Compliance & System Support

  • Ensure high-quality outputs through senior-level review of study-level and program-level deliverables

  • Support sponsor audits and regulatory inspections, including in-progress audit activities

  • Monitor applications for workflow alerts, system errors, and performance issues

  • Perform system integrations, application upgrades, and user acceptance testing (UAT)

  • Provide second-level application support and troubleshooting

Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

  • Act as Veeva CDB SME, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and training to clinical programming teams

  • Support departmental initiatives, process improvements, and SOP updates

  • Participate in project review meetings, departmental reviews, and Quick Start Camps (QSCs) as Lead Clinical Programmer


Education & Experience Requirements

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

  • 5+ years of overall experience in clinical programming, data acquisition, or EDC programming

  • Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with Veeva CDB, OR strong EDC programming background with exposure to CDB/Data Acquisition models

  • Proven experience with:

    • Data acquisition and external vendor integrations

    • Data Transfer Agreements (DTA) and Data Transfer Specifications (DTS)

    • Data mapping, transformations, and validation

    • Clinical database imports and reconciliations


Preferred Qualifications

  • SAS programming experience

  • Experience working in matrixed, global CRO environments

  • Prior involvement in analytics or reporting enablement from EDC or CDB platforms

  • Exposure to programming languages such as PL/SQL, C#, or VB

  • Ability to travel up to 25% based on project requirements


Key Skills & Competencies

  • Deep understanding of Veeva CDB data acquisition architecture

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Proven mentoring and stakeholder management experience

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)


Why Join Syneos Health?

  • Contribute to studies supporting 94% of recent FDA-approved novel drugs

  • Work on large-scale, global clinical programs with leading sponsors

  • Access structured career growth, technical training, and leadership development

  • Be part of an inclusive, people-first culture focused on innovation and impact


Role Summary

The Senior Clinical Programmer – Veeva CDB plays a critical role in enabling high-quality clinical data acquisition and analytics through advanced database integration and programming expertise. This role bridges EDC programming and enterprise data platforms, ensuring accurate, compliant, and analytics-ready clinical data delivery across global clinical trials.