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Senior Statistical (SAS) Programmer (South Africa)

South Africa, Remote Date posted 02/28/2023 Job ID 81469BR

As a member of Parexel’s Statistical Programming group, you will be heavily involved in leading trials to successful completion, working in close collaboration with sponsor teams, and Parexel teams in differing locations. Depending on your career goals, you will be provided the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of different sponsors, products and therapeutic areas, or choose to focus your career on working with a specific sponsor and gaining in depth knowledge of a specific therapeutic area and compound.

You will become a part of a team with an inherent breadth of knowledge and expertise in small, single center Investigator studies to multi-site, multi-national trials in Phases I to IV of clinical development, as well as observational studies. From initial planning meetings at the study design stage through to implementation and execution, our team of skilled statistical programmers will employ industry-accepted statistical tools and techniques, as well as innovative consulting, to provide the quality and efficiency of projects.

Parexel develops and delivers cost effective, high-quality training programs for those employees that are directly involved with sponsor functional partnerships to ensure that our statistical programmers can quickly step in to make significant contributions to the success of a study. In addition, you will receive the opportunity to shape your development through quarterly conversations with your manager. Explore opportunities within our core Clinical Development, Biotech, or Functional Service Provider (FSP) teams below.

Success Profile

Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

  • Team player
  • Tech-Savvy
  • Communicator
  • Proactive
  • Detail-oriented
  • Analytical
  • "I have learned a great deal and developed my expertise. The management team here is open and honest and it is refreshing to be treated with a high degree of trust and flexibility. I have been fortunate to work on a wide variety of projects and partnerships and the work is always interesting."

    Richard – Principal Statistical Programmer

Rewards

  • Global Impact

    We are one truly global team working together to propel each client´s journey ahead faster.

  • Balance

    We value work-life balance. We try and keep regular hours and an emphasis on life outside the office.

  • Development

    Opportunity to learn and grow through a performance and development goal-setting program.

  • Collaboration

    Work with industry leaders and subject matter experts.

  • Variety

    Opportunity to work on a wide range of therapeutic areas and medical devices.

Responsibilities

The Senior Statistical Programmer provides technical expertise for the conduct of clinical trials, might act as an internal subject matter expert in specific areas providing technical support and expert advice, and works independently to support various programming activities related to the analysis and reporting of clinical study data. In addition, the Senior Statistical Programmer can fill the Statistical Programming Coordinator role on projects, and liaise with sponsors, Data Operations Leads, and other functional areas as required. General areas of responsibility also include: import/export programming specification development, test data creation and test data entry, import/export programming functional testing, as well as mapping specifications to support relevant data standards.

Skills

* Proficiency in SAS.

* Knowledge of the programming and reporting process.

* Knowledge of WSOPs/Guidelines/System Life Cycle methodologies, ICH-GCP and any other applicable local and international regulations such as 21 CFR Part 11 and proven practical application.

* Demonstrate ability to learn new systems and function in an evolving technical environment.

* Strong leadership ability.

* Attention to detail

* Ability to successfully work together with a (“virtual”) team (including international teams as required) as well as independently.

* Demonstrate strong organizational skills, ability to manage competing priorities, and be flexible to change.

* Business/Operational skills that include customer focus, commitment to quality management and problem solving.

* Good business awareness/business development skills (including financial awareness).

* Ability to create, maintain and define strategies to improve the efficiency of running a clinical trial.

* Work effectively in a quality-focused environment.

* Demonstrate commitment to refine quality processes.

* Effective time management in order to meet daily metrics or team objectives. * Shows commitment to and performs consistently high-quality work.

Education

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

Language Skills

* Competent in written and oral English.

* Excellent communication skills.


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