Senior Statistical Programmer Analyst

Arcus Biosciences

Senior Statistical Programmer Analyst Contractor responsible for supporting submission readiness of study data packages at Arcus Biosciences. Collaborating with biostatisticians and clinical data managers on statistical programming and analyses.

Posted 6/23/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud PlatformPythonUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Statistical Programmer Analyst Contractor will be responsible for supporting the submission readiness of study data packages per CDISC standards and FDA guidance, planning, execution, and quality of statistical analyses, and statistical programming infrastructure.
This position will report into Head of Statistical Programming and will interact regularly with internal and external biostatisticians, clinical data managers, and other team members.
Develop specifications, build and execute programs for internal data reviews, publications, exploratory, post-hoc and regulatory review.
Manage on-time and quality delivery of CRO-generated analyses results.
Responsible for creating/reviewing SDTM/ADaM mapping specifications. Generates or validates SDTM domains, ADaM datasets, reviewer's guide, and define.xml files.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a data science field, e.g., statistics, mathematics, epidemiology, computer science, bioinformatics, or another field with commensurate levels of experience
8 + years programming experience with growing responsibility in biotechnology or pharmaceutical clinical trial environment.
Experience in software development and testing (e.g., SAS Macros tools, R functions/packages, Unix scripts etc).
Experts in developing applications using various technical stacks not limited to SAS, R and/or Python.
Solid understanding of industry standards such as CDISC, specifically SDTM and controlled terminology and/or ADaM.
Proven ability to translate sophisticated problems into clear and concise programming code/tools.
Basic Project management skills and experience.
Solid understanding of programming practices (including tools and processes), relevant health authority guidelines, such as (e.g., ICH‐GCP, 21 CFR Part 11), and relevant clinical R&D concepts.
Demonstrated strong written, verbal communication skills, ability to manage conflicting demands and priorities and to negotiate successfully.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

statistical programmingSASRPythonSAS MacrosUnix scriptsSDTMADaMdata analysisprogramming code

Soft Skills

communication skillsproject managementproblem-solvingnegotiationtime managementteam collaborationattention to detailadaptabilityconflict resolutionorganizational skills