Associate Director, Technology – Scientific Computing

Novartis

Lead Business Analyst in the pharmaceutical domain with an emphasis on R programming. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage analytics platforms for clinical requirements.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders, biostatisticians, statistical programmers, and technical teams.
Lead requirement gathering workshops and translate clinical/statistical needs into structured functional and technical specifications.
Ensure alignment between Statistical Analysis Plans, reporting outputs (TLFs), and system implementation.
Drive end-to-end requirement traceability across development, validation, and deployment phases.
Oversee design and delivery of scalable R-based analytics applications and Shiny dashboards.
Ensure regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and adherence to documentation and governance standards.
Provide structured updates on progress, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

Requirements

What you’ll need

14+ years of experience in analytics, statistical programming, or software development.
Proven experience in pharmaceutical or clinical research domain engagements.
Advanced R programming (data manipulation, statistical modelling, visualization).
Strong experience with Shiny for interactive dashboards and web applications.
Experience with Posit platform tools (Workbench, Connect, Package Manager) or equivalent.
Expertise in statistical computing and analytics solution design.
R package development and familiarity with CRAN/Bioconductor libraries.
Proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
Strong understanding of Git version control (branching strategy, pull requests, release coordination).
Experience integrating R with enterprise systems, APIs.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

R programmingstatistical programmingdata manipulationstatistical modellingvisualizationShinySQLR package developmentstatistical computinganalytics solution design

Soft Skills

communicationleadershiprequirement gatheringstakeholder managementrisk managementdocumentationgovernance