Dictionary Analyst

Site Name: Bengaluru Luxor North Tower Posted Date: Sep 5 2022 Our patients deserve bold, ambitious ideas. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. Job Purpose - This role ensures the timely and quality delivery of coded terms, (for Adverse events, concomitant medications, medical histories, medical procedures, etc.) and the effective usage of medical and drug terminology, for clinical trials and other databases as needed across GSK Key Responsibilities: • Input to coding related activities at program or Therapeutic Area/Business Unit levels • May participate in maintenance of the central GSK coding dictionaries and infrastructure (IT tools, documentation) needed to support coding and ensuring their consistency and validity across the corporation • Contribute to the end to end coding process and influence the effective usage of the coded data, for designated Therapeutic Areas or Business Units within scope of the Department, which covers all GSK Business Units and collaborative partners/vendors worldwide requiring medical and drug terminology coding • Manage own areas of responsibility and collaborate with others within GSK or external for areas of functional expertise or designated Therapeutic Areas/Business Units • May collaborate with Functional Area head and/or back up and contribute to functional area activities • Responsible for the timely delivery of coding for all studies within the assets that they have been assigned • Able to prioritize of study workload within assigned asset(s) and communication of priorities to other roles • Able to anticipate risks and use appropriate escalation pathway to facilitate mitigations and solutioning • May provide consultancy/governance to external vendors • Perform QA/QC activities and contribute to process improvements to bring in efficiencies Knowledge/Education Required: Minimum Level of Education Required - Bachelor’s Degree (or above), or equivalent functional industry experience Area of Specialization - Life-science or related medical/clinical area with 0-3 years industry experience Previous experience and/or basic understanding of, term coding/classification, terminology maintenance (e.g. MedDRA, WHODrug) and associated tools, autoencoders, dictionary management systems, browsers etc) Experience or basic understanding of with MedDRA and WHODRUG Dictionaries (e.g. autoencoders, dictionary management systems, browsers) Preferred Level of Education - Above Bachelor’s Degree typically in a life science, nursing, pharmacology, computer science or programming discipline, equivalent functional industry experience or MedDRA Certification Area of Specialization- Experience or basic understanding of with MedDRA and WHODRUG Dictionaries Previous Experience Required: Minimum Level of Job-Related Experience Required:- • Around 0-3 years of coding experience • Experience in delivering coding data with quality • Basic understanding of coding principles and philosophies of coding and extensive exposure to MedDRA and WHODRUG dictionaries Job-Related Experience sections above that are required for the job:- SOFT SKILLS • Excellent communication skills within a matrix environment • Presentation & training skills • Good analytical, problem solving and project delivery skills • Fluent English (written and spoken) • Team spirit – ability to facilitate interfaces within extended network • Good time management skills: ability to manage time and priorities • Ability to anticipate for changes and be flexible in their implementation • Problem solving mindset • Quick learner • Ability to handle technical and complex topics • Proactive, flexible and stress resistant • Results oriented and customer focused • Willing to work in an international environment • Capable to manage planning conflicts with a high level of complexity during multi-disciplinary meetings when participants have different concerns and to propose pragmatic solutions. • Innovative/Flexible thinking, process minded, keeping openness for specific project needs • Strong ability to mentor teams HARD SKILLS • Experience/knowledge with Clinical dictionaries- MedDRA and WHODD • Dictionary philosophies Knowledge/understanding • Experience/knowledge of SMQs and SDGs • Understanding/knowledge of dictionary up versioning, currency change, coding set up and general data flow • Good understanding of regulations including ICH-GCP • Ability to explain complex technical principles to non-technical staff • Experience with eDC systems • Experience working on different coding tools- Central Coder, Rave Coder, Veeva Coder et At GSK we value diversity (Gender, LGBTQ +, PwD etc.) and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution. *LI-GSK GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. 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