The Applied Data Science Center 

Our Applied Data Science Center (ADSC) harnesses our global healthcare insights, working closely with our clinical and therapeutic experts to power evidence-driven design, speed site activation and recruit the right patients, faster. We are using big data and advanced analytics to derive insights that transform clinical development and bring new medicines to patients faster through successful trial delivery.

This multi-functional team is an innovation for our business, requiring entrepreneurial and independent thinking to build our capability. Unique and with a global view, this Center of Excellence is a chance to revolutionize the clinical research industry.

Associate Director, Software Engineering – The Role 

This management position within the Applied Data Science Center (ADSC) department of the Research & Development Solutions organization (R&DS) is responsible for managing a team of software engineers. As an Associate Director, you will lead a high performing group of developers who design and develop new products, features, feature enhancements, and bug fixes that serve an array of scenarios related to clinical trials and other lines of IQVIA’s pharma/tech business. 

Your typical activities will include: 

• Mentoring junior and senior software engineers. 
• Helping team members achieve career goals. 
• Oversee one or more product teams. 
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of programming languages, software development techniques, and methodologies. 
• Leading improvements in software development best practices, including Agile processes, programming techniques, and processes. 
• Keeping team members informed of company processes, priorities, and general information. 
• Managing employees, conducting performance reviews including development plans, making staffing decisions. 
• Creating effective onboarding plans to ensure minimum time to value. 
• Ensuring team members are aligned with their role and contribution. 
• Identifying unmet skill requirements and hiring or developing staff to satisfy them. 
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence. 
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives. 
• Driving strategic initiatives to improve development processes and team performance. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Sees a front-line manager's role as a player-coach. 
• Demonstrate ownership and commitment. 
• Passion for empowering and enabling direct reports. 
• Articulates healthy leadership principles including relationships, empathy, collaboration, pragmatism. 
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities. 
• Ability to be tactful when dealing with delicate situations. 
• Prior experience working in a collaborative Agile environment. 
• Basic understanding of finances and budgeting. 
• Prior experience in a senior individual contributor role (senior engineer, staff engineer, principal engineer, senior principal engineer). 
• Previously as an IC, led projects with teams of peers (influence, not HR authority). 
• Used/consumed APIs made by others. 
• Used CI/CD commit, test, deploy tools. 
• Developed object-oriented software using at least one of Python 3.x or JavaScript (ES5/6 or ES2015+), in addition to other technologies or frameworks. 
• Solid understanding of relational database management systems including logical design and implementation considerations. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 3+ years prior experience as a team manager (HR authority). 
• Deployed software into Kubernetes containers. 
• Experience with public clouds. 
• Implemented and supervised version control strategies. 
• Designed and developed Microservices and APIs. 
• Developed software for container environments. 
• Awareness of infosec compliance factors in software development. 
• Prior experience collaborating with data science or machine learning teams.
• Prior completion of an ABET accredited BS Computer Science degree or equivalent. 

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and  

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there! 

We invite you to join IQVIA™. 

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe