Data Co-ordinator
About the Role
Company Description
Sun Pharma is big on growth, both the company's and yours. If you're someone who wants to learn on the job, take ownership of your work, and eventually step into leadership, this is a place that actually gives you room to do that. You'll work across teams, build real skills, and grow into bigger responsibilities over time.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Data Coordinator, you'll sit right at the heart of clinical data management, making sure trial data stays clean, consistent, and trustworthy from start to finish. Day to day, that means things like:
- Putting together and reviewing clinical study documents
- Writing up data entry guidelines so everyone's on the same page
- Building edit specifications and testing plans
- Running UAT on screen designs and edit checks
- Chasing down and resolving data discrepancies
- Supporting IWRS-related work
- Coordinating SAE reconciliation
- Helping with database lock and closing out studies
- Keeping master data files organized
- Pulling together clinical data management reports
You'll be working closely with different teams, programmers, data managers, and more, to keep everything accurate and audit-ready.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years in clinical data management, pharma or CRO background preferred
- Comfortable owning Data Management Plans for trials
- Experience with documentation, validation planning, UAT (both screens and edit checks), and handling clinical queries
- Able to review system designs against the specs and rules the programmers set
- A sharp eye for spotting bad or inconsistent data, like catching an age entry that's outside the 18–65 range it should fall in
- Confident raising data queries and following through until they're actually resolved
- Organized enough to keep master data files properly indexed and filed
- Someone who keeps trial documentation audit-ready, always
- Comfortable reviewing the eTMF to make sure nothing's missing or out of place
Qualification
You'll need a Pharmacy or Science degree at minimum, a post-graduate degree in either is a plus.
Salary Structure
Around 5 years in, you're looking at roughly ₹8.2–10.3 lakh a year at Sun Pharma. It'll shift a bit depending on your experience, skillset, and where you're based.
Where This Can Take You
This role's a solid launchpad, you'll get real hands-on time with clinical data management, UAT, data quality work, discrepancy handling, documentation, and closeout processes. From here, the natural path looks like:
Data Coordinator → Clinical Data Manager → Senior Data Manager → Lead Data Manager → Clinical Data Management Project Manager
How to apply
- Set up an account on the job portal and confirm your e-mail.
- Search "Data Co-ordinator" under Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- Upload your resume and fill in your education and work history
- Give your application one more read-through before submitting
- Hit "Apply"
Market Insights & Trends
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Hiring Trends
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