Muhammed Sajjad Tharoo
Edgware,Middlesex
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive experience in team leadership and client relations, ensuring team execution, delivery, and quality. Skilled in acting as the point of escalation for team issues, conducting career development meetings, and defining annual departmental goals. Proven track record in interviewing and hiring, leading departmental meetings, and providing updates to upper management. Expertise in managing budgets for tools and licences, influencing client discussions for optimal technology adoption, and adjusting team skills to meet evolving client needs. Committed to continuous improvement through lessons learnt discussions and performance appraisals, with a focus on enhancing implementation processes and future enhancements.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager
Medidata Solutions
London, UK
08.2016 - 05.2024
- Worked with Project Managers, Sales and other functional departments during the implementation and configuration of Medidata’s software applications for clinical studies.
- Advised external customers and internal staff on best practices for implementing Medidata’s software.
- Experience in reviewing protocols and implementing solutions in the Medidata Clinical Cloud for clients.
- Conducted client workshops, to ensure greater customer adoption.
- Presented Medidata eCOA solutions to investigator meetings.
- Consulted in customer meetings to aid knowledge transfer and business process change, as customers begin adoption of Medidata software.
- Worked with our CRO partners to author specifications based upon their project requirements.
- Participated in internal SME teams to ensure awareness of product releases and helping to identify best practices.
- Advised on viability of new technology in the organisation and support its adoption within the business.
- Worked with our Product team to relay feedback from customers for product improvements.
Senior Clinical Programmer
Roche Products Ltd
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
08.2006 - 08.2016
- Responsible for the development and deployment of study databases and tools for data capture and cleaning, as well as the development of reports for clinical review, and for the transformation of raw data for analysis and data evaluation.
- Development of study design skills in several EDC platforms including Medidata Rave for study build activities, as well as basic proficiency in C# for the development of coding functions to meet complex client needs.
- Development of custom reports using Spotfire to create more powerful visualizations of clinical data that could be used by clinical scientists when making study-level decisions.
- Using standard macros to transform raw Rave datasets into SDTM format in preparation for regulatory submission, which provided me with a working knowledge of SAS.
Analyst/Programmer
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials
02.2004 - 08.2006
- My responsibilities as an Analyst/Programmer at this lab entailed developing computer programs for the transmission of clinical trial data using Access/VBA.
- I analysed and resolved queries from both internal and external customers, whilst developing and maintaining strong working relationships with them.
Software Developer
Evotec OAI
04.2002 - 10.2003
- As a Software Developer for this expanding drug discovery company, I was a member of the company’s IT Applications group designing software which scientists used to scan in their lab experiments, and search for previous experiments within the database, using a web-based application.
Graduate Trainee
Marconi Telecommunications
09.2001 - 04.2002
- Participated in the Marconi Professional Development program, which enhanced my analytical and communication skills, as well as allowing me to gain an insight into Marconi’s various telecommunication technologies.
Education
A levels - Maths, Chemistry and Physics
City of London School
01.1994 - 01.1996
BSc - Medical Biochemistry
Brunel University
09.1997 - 06.2000
MSc - Computer Science
University of Birmingham
09.2000 - 07.2001
Skills
- Ensuring team execution, delivery and quality as well as meeting client facing utilization targets
- Acting as the point of escalation for issues within the team
- Conducting regular one-on-one and career development meetings with all direct reports
- Defining annual departmental/individual staff goals and conducting performance appraisals
- Interviewing and hiring full-time resources as well as leading and facilitating departmental meetings
- Acting as a role model to staff on technical, professional and business acumen skills
- Providing periodic departmental updates and metrics to upper management
- Participating in, and chairing, lessons learnt discussions on projects to allow for formal review of implementation processes and future enhancements
- Meeting client’s evolving demands and needs by adjusting team skills to meet customer needs
- Influencing client discussions to ensure optimal adoption of our technologies
- Taking on increased responsibility in managing budgets for specific tools and licenses required by our teams
- Implementation and consulting experience across a wide variety of Medidata products
Languages
English
Native
Arabic
Intermediate
Gujarati
Intermediate
French
Intermediate
Affiliations
- I enjoy keeping fit in my spare time including running, swimming, cycling and raquest sports. I also have a passion for hiking and have summited Snowdon and Ben Nevis.
- I have a deep passion for travelling and in the last year have visited Morocco, Iran, Egypt and the United States. I hope to keep discovering more of the world.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manager
Medidata Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2024
Senior Clinical Programmer
Roche Products Ltd
08.2006 - 08.2016
Analyst/Programmer
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials
02.2004 - 08.2006
Software Developer
Evotec OAI
04.2002 - 10.2003
Graduate Trainee
Marconi Telecommunications
09.2001 - 04.2002
MSc - Computer Science
University of Birmingham
09.2000 - 07.2001
BSc - Medical Biochemistry
Brunel University
09.1997 - 06.2000
A levels - Maths, Chemistry and Physics
City of London School
01.1994 - 01.1996
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