Manager, Clinical Data and Reporting Standards - SDTM Programming (Hybrid)
Posted Jul 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you documented a standard so others could use it without asking you.
What they are checking: Whether they document standards clearly enough for others to apply them alone, so the team does not depend on one person's knowledge.
Tell me about a disagreement with a statistician or data manager over a standard. How was it resolved?
What they are checking: Whether they resolve technical disagreements through evidence and shared goals, since standards depend on statisticians and data managers buying in.
What would you do
A study team wants to deviate from the SDTM standard for their trial. How do you decide whether to allow it?
What they are checking: Whether they can weigh a study's real needs against portfolio consistency, allowing justified exceptions while keeping standards meaningful.
A new CDISC version comes out. How would you plan the update across the portfolio?
What they are checking: Whether they can plan version updates across many studies, balancing regulatory timing with the cost and disruption to ongoing work.
How would you train study programmers on a new standard?
What they are checking: Whether they can train programmers on new standards with practical examples, so the standard is applied correctly in real studies.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd build an SDTM mapping standard for a new therapeutic area.
What they are checking: Whether they can build an SDTM standard for a new area and record the reasoning behind mapping decisions, so studies apply it consistently.
How do you make sure eCRF standards, SDTM standards and ADaM standards stay consistent with each other?
What they are checking: Whether they keep standards connected from data collection through analysis, since breaks in traceability create rework and regulatory questions.
What's tricky about mapping a domain like AE or EX, and how do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they know the practical details of tricky domains like AE and EX, which shows real hands-on experience with SDTM mapping.
How do you prepare SDTM data so it passes Pinnacle 21 checks and supports a clean submission?
What they are checking: Whether they build conformance into the process early, so submission data passes checks without last-minute fixes that delay filings.
How have you used programming, in SAS or R, to automate standards work?
What they are checking: Whether they use SAS or R to automate standards work, since manual mapping does not scale across a large clinical portfolio.
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