Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Utilize big data to analyze the safety and efficacy claims of potential medical breakthroughs.
• Review the quality and reliability of clinical studies using deep scientific knowledge, statistical analysis and high-quality data to support decision making in clinical trials.
• Support statistical programming activities for Early Oncology clinical development projects.
• Responsible for the development and execution of statistical analysis and reporting deliverables (e.g., safety and efficacy analysis datasets, tables, listings, figures) for early oncology studies.
• Responsible for design and maintenance of statistical datasets that support multiple stakeholder groups, including clinical development and safety evaluation.
• Collaborate with statistics and other project stakeholders in ensuring project plans are executed efficiently with timely and high-quality deliverables.
• Effective analysis and report programming development and validation, utilizing global and therapeutic area (TA) standards and following departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs) and good programming practice.
• Maintain and manage a project plan including resource forecasting.
• Coordinate the activities of a global programming team that includes outsourced provider staff.

Requirements:

• Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or a related field and 3 years of experience in the position offered or related occupation.
• We will also accept a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or a related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• Must have 3 years of experience with all of the following: SAS programming in a clinical trial environment including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, and SAS/GRAPH; developing analysis and reporting deliverables for R&D projects (data, analyses, tables, graphics, listings); working with SAS systems and statistical databases; designing and developing complex programming algorithms; experience with analysis plans which describe the methodology to be programmed; applying statistical terminology and clinical data management concepts; CDISC and ADaM standards; ensuring process compliance and deliverable quality; and designing statistical databases with objective to optimize analysis and reporting and leverage departmental standards and industry best practices.
• Must also have 1 year of experience with oncology clinical programming support.

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Requisition ID:R308982