Sr. Principal Clinical Data and Solutions Architect

Description

The application window for this role closes on 9 Nov 2026.

The company is a global healthcare technology maker with 95,000 employees in more than 150 countries. Its products serve over 72 million patients a year.

The Clinical Business Intelligence team supports clinical trial delivery, day-to-day oversight, and decisions about the clinical portfolio through scalable data and analytics tools.

The team works with Clinical Operations, Safety, Monitoring, Data Management, Biostatistics, IT and enterprise architecture groups to build governed data platforms, reporting solutions and analytics products that make clinical performance easier to see.

This is a strategic leadership role for clinical data, analytics and reporting across the clinical research ecosystem. You will work with business and technology stakeholders to define data products, modernize platforms, set governance standards and turn clinical data into usable insight.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for clinical data, analytics and reporting platforms that support trial execution and portfolio management.
• Design scalable data products, semantic models, reporting frameworks and self-service analytics.
• Apply CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM and USDM, across data, analytics and reporting work.
• Work with IT and enterprise architects to design and support cloud clinical data platforms on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Lead modernization of legacy systems, covering data migration, integration and interoperability.
• Set standards for data governance, quality, traceability, validation, consistent metrics and regulatory compliance.
• Guide the building and adoption of clinical dashboards, analytics and operational reporting.
• Help shape platform strategy, vendor evaluations, solution oversight, validation and investment planning.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree.
• Hands-on experience applying CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM and USDM, in clinical data, analytics or reporting settings.
• Experience with cloud data platforms in regulated settings, including AWS.
• Experience supporting clinical trial delivery, operational reporting, analytics or portfolio decisions.
• Experience working with business teams, IT and architects to deliver data and analytics solutions.
• If your bachelor's degree was earned outside the United States, it must satisfy 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A).
• You will need to be regularly and independently mobile, work with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Reasonable accommodations may be made for people with disabilities.
• Check with your manager or local HR for the work conditions and physical requirements specific to your location. The listed duties are not exhaustive.
• Preferred: a bachelor's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science or another quantitative field, plus significant experience in clinical research data and analytics.
• Preferred: experience modernizing clinical data platforms, reporting environments or enterprise analytics.
• Preferred: experience with SQL, SQL Server, Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Preferred: knowledge of ICH, GCP, FDA and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.
• Preferred: experience leading large platform transformation, technology enablement or data governance initiatives.
• Preferred: experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, CRO or other regulated clinical research settings.

Conditions

The role is remote and includes 10% travel to support collaboration and project delivery.

Base pay for U.S. locations, excluding Puerto Rico, ranges from $166,400.00 to $249,600.00 USD.

The base range applies across the United States except Puerto Rico and certain California locations. Actual pay may vary with experience, certification or education, market conditions and location.

Compensation and benefits described here apply to candidates hired in the United States; other locations follow local market terms.

The role is eligible for the company's short-term incentive plan, called the company Incentive Plan (MIP).

U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered only for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise fits long-term needs. Roles below the Principal level require unrestricted U.S. work authorization at hire and throughout employment.

The company provides equal employment opportunity regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, public assistance status, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic, and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified people with disabilities.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and a flexible benefits package.
• For regular employees working 20+ hours a week: health, dental and vision insurance; health savings account; healthcare flexible spending account; life insurance; long-term disability; dependent daycare spending account; tuition assistance or reimbursement; and the Simple Steps well-being program.
• For all regular employees: incentive plans; 401(k) with employer contribution and match; short-term disability; paid time off and paid holidays; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Employee Assistance Program; non-qualified retirement plan supplement (subject to IRS earnings minimums); Capital Accumulation Plan (for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earnings minimums).
• Regular employees are not temporary; interns and other temporary staff are not regular. Temporary staff receive paid sick time as required by state law and may join the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Some benefits may not apply in Puerto Rico.
• Full details of the benefit and compensation plans are published separately by the company.