Principal Statistical Programmer

George Higginson is currently searching for an experienced Principal Statistical Programmer. He is partnered with one of the market-leading CRO’s. In this pivotal role, you will develop SAPs and perform statistical analysis on projects in accordance with study specifications, applicable guidelines, regulatory requirements and SOPs. In addition you will be responsible for producing the tables, listings and figures for studies, manuscripts and abstracts.

Main Responsibilities:

• Supports study start-up activities (e.g. reviews, comments on and contributes to study design, protocols, case report forms).
• Writes statistical methods sections of study protocols including sample size and power calculations with oversight.
• Supports development of statistical analysis plans and develops table shells.
• Reviews database specifications and leads initial review of raw variables and develops written specifications for derived variables from oral descriptions.
• Programs basic statistical procedures and specialised statistical procedures (e.g., repeated measures, survival analysis, etc.) and/or SAS/Graph.
• Develops complex macros for use by the group.
• Develops deliverables, such as project reports and outputs, graphs, and tables with oversight.
• Writes methods and results sections of final reports and publications such as abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts, with oversight.
• Communicates with the client or investigator as needed.
• May participate in professional activities including presentations at technical conferences (e.g. SAS meetings, ISPOR) with oversight.

Requirements:

• Masters or PhD.
• Ideally candidates with strong ADaM experience – SAS is a requirement.
• 5+ years of experience as a Statistician or SAS Programmer.
• Clinical industry experience in either CRO, pharmaceutical, or academic/site setting
• Experienced in SAS Data step with simple and complex conditional statements and variable creation, merges and concatenation.
• Experienced with macros and arrays for tasks.
• Experience using descriptive statistics procedures for summarizing, restructuring, and outputting data.
• Experience using SAS Output Delivery System to control output from statistical procedures.
• Proficient in performing analyses using basic through advanced statistical procedures.
• Prior real world study experience is preferred, but not required.

How To Apply:

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George Higginson

AL Solutions

george@alsolutions.co.uk