Manager - Data Standards, SDTM Programming (Hybrid)
Posted Sep 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
You'd document assumptions and decisions behind each standard. Why does that matter years later?
What they are checking: Whether they see documentation as protection for future reuse and inspections, since years later nobody remembers why a mapping decision was made.
You'd develop training materials. How do you teach a standard so programmers apply it consistently?
What they are checking: Whether their training actually produces consistent work from programmers, because a standard only has value if people apply it the same way every time.
What would you do
How do you get a cross-functional group of subject matter experts to agree on one standard?
What they are checking: Whether they can bring experts with strong opinions to a single agreed standard, because consensus building is the real daily work of this job.
A study team wants to deviate from a standard. How do you handle that?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold a standard firmly while granting genuine exceptions, because standards that never bend get bypassed and ones that always bend mean nothing.
This is a hybrid role based at North Chicago. Does that arrangement work for you?
What they are checking: Whether the stated hybrid schedule at North Chicago genuinely works for them, so there are no surprises about expected days on site later.
About the work
This role develops clinical data and reporting standards including Study Data Tabulation Model mapping. Walk me through how you'd define a mapping standard for a therapeutic area.
What they are checking: Whether they can create standards from scratch rather than just apply existing ones, since this role defines how every downstream study maps data.
The posting names data review rules. What makes a good review rule, and what makes one that just generates noise?
What they are checking: Whether they design review rules that catch real problems without flooding programmers with false alarms, since noisy rules get ignored quickly.
How do you ensure the case report form standards, tabulation standards and analysis dataset standards stay aligned with each other?
What they are checking: Whether they keep collection, tabulation and analysis standards consistent end to end, because a mismatch anywhere breaks traceability in a regulatory submission.
How do you decide what belongs in a product-level safety display versus a study-level table?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how integrated safety displays differ from study tables, a specific judgment this role makes for submissions across a whole product.
How do you keep standards current as regulatory expectations change?
What they are checking: Whether they track changing regulatory and industry expectations and update standards in a controlled way, since outdated standards create submission risk.
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