Amgen

Biostatistical Programming Manager

Amgen

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $135,551 - $159,570 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

Tech Stack

DAC

About the role

  • The Biostatistical Programming Manager within the Center for Observational Research (CfOR) provides leadership to the PV Epi programming team’s Causal Inference capability in the development and execution of real-world evidence (RWE) observational studies and ensures adequate and timely delivery of results.\n
  • The individual will report to the Associate Director of the PV Epi programming team in CfOR and is responsible for operational oversight of team projects in addition to planning, organizing, and managing resources to ensure high-quality and timely delivery of observational research programming deliverables.\n
  • Leads and contributes to efforts to identify, develop, and implement departmental standards, applications, processes, and training.\n
  • This position requires the management of a geographically distributed technical team, as well as a broad, comprehensive understanding of statistical programming languages and platforms, real-world data, claims and EMR databases.\n
  • CfOR leads Amgen’s strategic effort to effectively demonstrate RWE to conduct observational research studies and help increase the efficiency of drug development and drug commercialization.\n
  • CfOR at Amgen partners with teams to generate RWE supporting a wide variety of business needs for multiple collaborators across the product lifecycle.\n
  • Evidence generation activities include but are not limited to studies regarding the frequency and distribution of disease, the clinical burden of disease, the natural history or clinical course of disease, the design of clinical trials, treatment cost, and utilization patterns, and the safety and efficiency of therapeutic interventions.\n
  • This Manager will be responsible for operational oversight of PV Epi programming team projects related to Causal Inference within the Data and Analytics Center (DAC).\n
  • This role is remote.\n
  • Key Activities include: Execute and lead the programming for observational research studies across multiple types of data including medical claims, electronic health records, and survey data\n
  • Work cross-functionally to establish and maintain priorities on projects and allocate staff and FSP external workers to projects in alignment with business and product priorities\n
  • Communicate and interpret technical, and scientific information to a variety of audiences\n
  • Effective people management, through staff development, engagement, and performance management\n
  • Implement innovative ways for working with Big Data in healthcare, such as using common data models, data visualization, and efficiency initiatives in large databases

Requirements

  • Doctorate degree and 2 years of statistical programming in the pharmaceutical industry experience OR Master’s degree and 6 years of statistical programming in the pharmaceutical industry experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of statistical programming in the pharmaceutical industry experience\n
  • Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or other subject with high statistical content\n
  • 8+ years of relevant statistical programming experience\n
  • Previous experience with regulatory filings, especially where RWE was included\n
  • Experience applying CDISC standards to Real-World Data, or mapping Real-World Data to other common data models\n
  • Experience managing programming teams\n
  • Experience working optimally in a globally dispersed team environment with cross-cultural partners\n
  • Prior staff development leadership and project management experience\n
  • In-depth knowledge of real-world data and large claims dataset programming experience