Senior Business Analyst, Data Integration

As a leading global contract research organization (CRO) with a passion for scientific rigor and decades of clinical development experience, Fortrea provides pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device customers a wide range of clinical development, patient access, and technology solutions across more than 20 therapeutic areas. Conducting operations in more than 90 countries, Fortrea is transforming drug and device development for partners and patients across the globe.

Job Overview:

The Senior Business Analyst, Data Integration is pivotal in ensuring the seamless flow of data across critical systems for Clinical Pharmacology and Global Clinical studies. This role involves designing, programming, and validating mapping data for both streaming and flat files, managing around 250 studies annually. Each clinical study engages with the analyst to define specific data mappings to ensure that data from study EDC systems flows downstream, enabling critical business processes such as deviation tracking, site payments, study actions, and monitoring reports. The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for tasks such as mapping, negotiating visit templates, managing repulls, and ensuring direct feeds from EDC systems or flat-file processing into systems like Siebel CTMS, Veeva UCV, and Fortrea proprietary systems. When issues arise, the role proactively collaborates with system teams to resolve working closely with study project managers and system owners.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with study team to build and support data mappings throughout each study.

• Map study data for ingestion to downstream systems like CTMS, oversight, monitoring, and grant management tools.

• Ensure all study solutions maintain a validated state. Validate integrations connecting EDC to downstream systems.

• Participate in grant payment kick-off and troubleshooting meetings.

• Lead IT ticket reconciliation for missing data. Lead data issue troubleshooting and re-pulls of data for IT ticket management for missing data.

• Provide technical support and guidance for issue resolution.

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for data flow across key Fortrea systems.

• Collaborate across the organization to implement projects including members from clinical PM, the iGPS Team, DMs, and Xcellerate Teams to ensure correct mappings and ongoing operational support and troubleshooting.

• Manage the evolution of proprietary processes and technology frameworks for data integrations.

• Support audits concerning data integrations.

Qualifications (Minimum Required):

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Extensive knowledge of clinical studies and protocol review for ECRF design.

• Comprehensive knowledge of EDC front-end and back-end (Rave, Inform, Veeva CDMS, Medrio, etc.).

• SQL development skills.

• Veeva Admin certification.

• Experienced Oracle Siebel Developer.

• Experience with ETL workflows.

• Understanding of grant payments workflows and functionality, including grant payment budgets and support.

• Client-facing experience (internal and external clients).

• Expertise in Rave Webservices and ODM calls.

• Experience with annotated eCRF and listings mapping.

• Proficiency in Oracle APEX for flat file mapping.

• Expertise in Excel Power Query (Quick Base) customization.

Experience (Minimum Required):  

• University/college degree.

• At least 5+ years of experience in the life sciences domain.

• Expertise in metadata mapping.

• Administration experience with Veeva UCM and Siebel CTMS.

Preferred Qualifications Include:

• Computer programming skills.

• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically when solving problems and making decisions.

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Fortrea is actively seeking motivated problem-solvers and creative thinkers who share our passion for overcoming barriers in clinical trials. Our unwavering commitment is to revolutionize the development process, ensuring the swift delivery of life-changing ideas and therapies to patients in need. Join our exceptional team and embrace a collaborative workspace where personal growth is nurtured, enabling you to make a meaningful global impact. For more information about Fortrea, visit www.fortrea.com.

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