Elanco is hiring for two database programming positions in Bangalore, India: Associate Database Programmer and Senior Database Programmer. These full-time opportunities support clinical data management, clinical database development, electronic data capture (EDC) systems, database validation, and regulatory compliance within Elanco’s global Research and Development (R&D) teams.
Candidates with backgrounds in IT, statistics, life sciences, clinical trial data management, and electronic data capture systems can review the eligibility criteria and apply through Elanco’s official careers portal.
Elanco Recruitment 2026: Job Details
| Job Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Company | Elanco |
| Job Location | Bangalore, India |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Number of Positions | 2 |
| Position 1 | Associate Database Programmer |
| Position 2 | Senior Database Programmer |
| Job Function | Clinical Database Programming and Data Management |
| Work Location | IN – Bangalore |
| Travel Requirement | 0% |
Positions Available at Elanco
1. Associate Database Programmer
Job ID: R0025733
The Associate Database Programmer will support clinical data management processes across Elanco’s global R&D organization. The role involves developing and maintaining clinical databases, configuring case report forms, implementing edit checks, testing database builds, and supporting electronic data capture systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain clinical databases.
- Maintain case report forms, database objects, forms, edit checks, and procedures.
- Customize forms and procedures from the global library according to study specifications.
- Perform self-testing of database builds.
- Develop non-standard forms and edit checks when required.
- Support electronic data capture system deployment, validation, testing, and implementation.
- Troubleshoot database tools and provide user support.
- Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) for application releases.
- Conduct impact analysis for database migrations and post-production changes.
- Perform database migrations and post-production updates.
- Create and maintain global library user guides.
- Collaborate with other functions on database integration.
- Develop and maintain dashboards for tracking data management activities.
- Follow clinical data collection policies, procedures, and quality standards.
- Contribute to the development and review of SOPs, QMS documents, and process documentation.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT, statistics, or a scientific field related to animal or human health, or relevant work experience in the animal or human health industry.
- Working knowledge of electronic systems used in animal or human health R&D is an advantage.
- Leadership skills and the ability to work across interdisciplinary teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clinical trial experience and clinical trial data management knowledge.
- Study database build experience using systems such as Medidata Rave, Oracle InForm, Veeva, Medrio, or other clinical trial databases.
- Advanced knowledge of electronic data capture systems.
- Experience interacting with regulatory authorities and supporting regulatory submissions.
Apply Online: Associate Database Programmer – Elanco Careers
2. Senior Database Programmer
Job ID: R0026362
The Senior Database Programmer will support global clinical data management and database programming activities at Elanco. The role includes complex database development, quality assurance, database migrations, global library governance, regulatory compliance, and technical guidance for junior database programmers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain clinical databases and database components.
- Maintain case report forms, database objects, edit checks, and procedures.
- Customize database components from the global library according to study specifications.
- Build and test standard and non-standard database objects and programs.
- Assemble database components, including forms, folders, matrices, layouts, derivations, validations, edit checks, and custom functions.
- Provide technical support and troubleshoot database tools.
- Perform CRF annotation and database updates for post-production study changes.
- Participate in UAT for new application releases.
- Conduct impact analysis and execute database migrations and post-production changes.
- Perform quality assurance of CRF annotations and the database internal audit process in the Electronic Trial Master File tool, as required.
- Generate annotated and non-annotated case report forms.
- Configure the coder module when required.
- Ensure compliance with GxP regulations and applicable clinical data management guidelines.
- Contribute to SOPs, QMS documents, and process documentation.
- Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of the global library of database objects.
- Coordinate internal and external resources to support R&D objectives.
- Mentor junior database programmers and review their work.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT, statistics, or a scientific field related to animal or human health.
- At least 10 years of relevant work experience in the animal or human health industry.
- Strong knowledge of GxP, particularly GLP, GCP, and GMP.
- Leadership skills and the ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of electronic systems used in animal or human health R&D, maintenance, validation, and data extraction is an advantage.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clinical trial data and study database build experience.
- Experience with Medidata Rave, Oracle InForm, Veeva, Medrio, or other clinical trial database systems.
- Advanced knowledge of electronic data capture systems.
- Experience interacting with regulatory authorities and supporting regulatory submissions.
- Strong organizational planning, prioritization, and technical communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an evolving technical environment.
Additional Advantage: Experience in vaccine development is a plus.
Apply Online: Senior Database Programmer – Elanco Careers
Required Skills for Elanco Database Programming Jobs
The following skills are relevant to the advertised positions:
- Clinical database design and development
- Electronic data capture (EDC) systems
- Clinical trial data management
- Case report form (CRF) development and annotation
- Database validation, testing, and quality assurance
- Edit checks and database configuration
- User acceptance testing (UAT)
- Database migration and post-production change management
- GxP compliance and clinical data collection procedures
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality management system (QMS) documentation
- Cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving
The Senior Database Programmer position additionally emphasizes global library governance, complex database changes, mentoring, and strong GxP knowledge.
