Job Description

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Functional Area Description

GDM&CM is responsible for clinical trial data acquisition, data standards governance, data management, medical coding, data reporting and analytics, and centralized monitoring for trials across the BMS R&D portfolio.

Position Summary / Objective

Senior Manager, Medical Coding will be responsible for oversight of medical coding activities for assigned programs or projects or for assisting with the management of industry standard terminologies (MedDRA, UMC WHODrug), or company specific dictionaries and supporting synonym tables.

This role reports to the Director, Medical Coding or the Associate Director, Medical Coding within GDM&CM.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivering accurate and consistent medical coding for all assigned protocols within established timelines and in compliance with all processes, guidelines, and conventions.
• Interfaces with colleagues from study teams on coding related matters and serves as the medical coding subject matter expert.
• Oversight of the review and approval of coded terms in clinical trials designated for coding with MedDRA, UMC WHODrug, or company specific dictionary ensuring that coding is clear, appropriate, and complete based upon the investigator\xe2\x80\x99s entry on the CRF and coded in compliance with all processes, guidelines and conventions.
• Perform periodic review of industry best practices and coordinate the review and updating of BMS guidelines to ensure alignment.
• Creating and maintaining company specific Standardized MedDRA Queries or Custom Drug Groupings partnership with medical, clinical, and other key functions.
• Perform ongoing review of the MedDRA, UMC WHODrug or company specific dictionary synonym tables to ensure coding is accurate, consistent and reflects the most appropriate dictionary term available in the current version of the dictionary.
• Establishes and maintains communications between safety, clinical and vendors to ensure MedDRA, UMC WHODrug or company specific dictionary coding is consistency between the safety system, clinical coding system and CRO systems.
• Support maintenance activities for coding tools, including script creation and execution to support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Creating and maintaining company specific Standardized MedDRA Queries or Custom Drug Groupings partnership with medical, clinical, and other key functions.
• Provide ad hoc medical coding expertise in support of regulatory activities (e.g., periodic safety updates, submissions, etc.).
• Ensure effective quality oversight and management of external partners (e.g., Functional Service Providers, CROs, etc.) performing medical coding services on behalf of BMS.
• Knowledge of general clinical research and of the pharmaceutical industry. Thorough understanding of Regulations, GCP, ICH Guidelines as they apply to coding of medical terminology.

Degree Requirements

Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in the Life Sciences or R.N.

Experience Requirements

Minimum of 5-7 years coding in clinical research at a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company. Clinical data management experience is a plus. Working knowledge of Oracle Clinical TMS, Medidata Rave Coder.

Key Competency Requirements

• Experience with hierarchical dictionary reporting dictionaries; MedDRA and UMC WHODrug.
• Thorough understanding of the versioning of MedDRA and UMC WHODrug.
• Complete understanding of the construction, versioning, and maintenance of MedDRA
• Understanding of medical concepts, biology, and chemistry in support of medical coding
• Thorough understanding of regulations, GCP, ICH Guidelines as they apply to coding of medical terminology.

Travel Required

Periodic travel may be required.

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On-site Protocol
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

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