Senior Scientist, Statistical Programmer, Late Stage Development Oncology
MSD
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: North Wales • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $114,700 - $180,500 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Supports statistical programming activities for late stage drug/vaccine clinical development projects
- Accountable for the development and execution of statistical analysis and reporting deliverables
- Responsible for the design and maintenance of statistical datasets that support multiple stakeholder groups
- Serves as the statistical programming point of contact and knowledge holder throughout the entire product lifecycle
- Effective analysis and report programming development and validation utilizing global and TA standards
- Maintain and manage a project plan including resource forecasting
- Coordinate the activities of a global programming team including outsource provider staff
- Membership on departmental strategic initiative teams
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 5 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment
- MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 3 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment
- Effective interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate and collaborate effectively
- Effective written, oral, and presentation skills
- Effective knowledge and experience in developing analysis and reporting deliverables for R&D projects (data, analyses, tables, graphics, listings)
- A project leader; completes tasks independently at a project level; ability to collaborate with key stakeholders
- Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH; systems and database expertise
- Designs and develops complex programming algorithms
- Familiarity with clinical data management concepts
- Experience in CDISC and ADaM standards
- Experience ensuring process compliance and deliverable quality
- Strategic thinking - ability to turn strategy into tactical activities; design of statistical databases with the end in mind that optimize analysis and reporting and leverage departmental standards and industry best-practices
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SAS programmingstatistical analysisstatistical datasetsprogramming algorithmsdata stepsproceduresSAS/MACROSAS/GRAPHanalysis and reporting deliverablesclinical trial programming
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsnegotiationcollaborationwritten communicationoral communicationpresentation skillsproject leadershipindependent task completionstrategic thinkingstakeholder collaboration