Senior Statistical Programmer

Key Accountabilities:

Project Management:

• Ability to fill Statistical Programming Lead role on projects

-Input into and negotiate statistical programming timelines. Ensure that timelines are adhered to.
-Coordinate and lead a statistical programming team to successful completion of a study within given timelines and budget.
-Monitor project resourcing, project budgets, and identify changes in scope.

• Coordinate project start-up activities, creation of global programs, tracking spreadsheets, and other required documentation.
• Review statistical analysis plans and mock-shells.
• Review database set-up specifications.
• Interact with sponsors and internal stakeholders with regard to statistical programming issues.
• Assist project teams in the resolution of problems encountered in the conduct of their daily work.

Statistical Programming for Assigned Projects:

• Deliver best value and high quality service.
• Check own work in an ongoing way to ensure first-time quality.
• Use efficient programming techniques to produce/QC derived datasets (e.g. SDTM, ADaM), tables, figures, and data listings.
• Produce/QC dataset specifications and other process supporting documents and submission documentation.
• Ensure quality control (QC) is performed on all process and technical activities related to derived dataset, table, data listing, and figure programming in accordance with corporate quality standards, SOPs/Guidelines, ICH-GCP, and/or other international regulatory requirements.

Training:

• Maintain and expand local and international regulatory knowledge within the clinical industry.
• Develop knowledge of SAS and processes/procedures within other Parexel functional areas.
• Provide relevant training and mentorship to staff and project teams.

General:

• Maintain all supporting documentation for studies in accordance with SOPs/Guidelines to ensure traceability and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs/Guidelines, ICH-GCP, and any other applicable local and international regulations, and participate in internal/external audits and regulatory inspections as required.
• Proactively participate in and/or lead process/quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide consultancy to internal and external sponsors with regard to statistical programming tasks.
• Represent Parexel at sponsor marketing and technical meetings.
• Understand regulatory requirements concerning industry technical standards (e.g. CDISC, 21 CFR Part 11, and electronic submissions).

Skills:

• Looking for 5+ Years of experience with statistical programming.
• Development of the ADaM/TLF programming specification.
• Experience working on the Statistical Analysis Plan.
• Need to have experience on safety and efficacy analysis.
• Expertise in clinical SAS/CDISC programming.
• Creation and validation of ADaM datasets and TLFs.
• Understands the project's timeframe and scope. Independently monitors and completes their own programming tasks.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Competent in written and oral English.
• Excellent communication skills.

Education:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent work experience.