Principal Statistical Programmer

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Principal Statistical Programmer delivering SAS and CDISC clinical-trial reporting for Cytel’s pharmaceutical client. Overseeing CRO programming and supporting regulatory submissions.

Responsibilities:

  • Work fully embedded within one pharmaceutical client while supported by Cytel
  • Work independently with concept-level instruction and very little supervision
  • Track progress and provide expert technical support to team members
  • Work on clinical development programs across different therapeutic areas
  • Participate in overseeing CRO programmers and ensure consistent, high-quality data summaries
  • Implement reporting and analysis activities for sponsor clinical trials
  • Generate SDTM and ADaM specifications, datasets, reviewer’s guides, and Define.xml files for multiple studies
  • Develop SAS programs generating datasets, complex listings, tables, descriptive and inferential statistics, and complex graphs
  • Develop, validate, and maintain SAS and/or R programs tailored to clinical development programs
  • Oversee CRO statistical programming deliverables for multiple clinical studies and ensure timelines are met
  • Support clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, publications, annual DSURs, and exploratory analyses
  • Follow FDA regulations, good clinical practice, and electronic submission guidelines
  • Create, maintain, document, and validate standards for programming tools, outputs, and macros
  • Participate in CRF development, edit check specifications, and data validation plans
  • Review and/or author data transfer specifications for external vendor data
  • Collaborate with CROs, software vendors, clinical development partners, and internal functions
  • Review and/or author SOPs and work instructions related to statistical programming

Requirements:

  • At a minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, or statistics major preferred
  • 7+ years of experience as a Statistical Programmer on a Biotech/Pharma Clinical Development Biometrics Team or with a similar team
  • Experience supporting drug development, medical device development, or intervention studies
  • Exceptional SAS programming skills and expertise in developing and implementing statistical programming procedures and processes in a clinical development environment
  • Extensive applied experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM, and Define.xml), medical terminology, clinical trial methodologies, and FDA/ICH regulation
  • Experience supporting regulatory submissions and interacting with the FDA and/or global regulatory authorities
  • Must be able to work independently
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and strong leadership skills
  • Preferred: prior work experience with pharmacokinetic data and the neuroscience field
  • Preferred: proficiency in R, Python, Java, Shiny, Markdown, Unix/Linux, or git

Benefits:

  • Consistent training, development and support
  • Significant professional growth
  • Professional growth opportunities through staff development