This is what you will do :
The Associate Director of Statistical Programming will be primarily responsible for overseeing statistical programming activities for multiple clinical studies, maintaining programming infrastructure, and ensuring compliance with SOPs to produce quality and timely deliverables. He / She must possess extensive experience and proven skills in the use of SAS within a Statistical Programming environment and complete knowledge and understanding of the statistical programming processes, procedures, and roles. He / She will use knowledge of CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards to support Biostatistics in statistical analysis, including generating analysis data listings, tables, and figures, and creating all files necessary to support an electronic submission in the eCTD format. Additionally, the successful candidate will use strong people‑management skills to provide direct line management to the statistical programmers, identify training needs, optimize staff utilization, and employ the most efficient practices. The role will manage the day‑to‑day activities of our external partners in the delivery of program deliverables.
You will be responsible for :
- Serve as the Lead Programmer and Manager of the statistical programming efforts, including developing and validating technical programming specifications for analysis datasets using Alexion or ADaM standards.
- Independently develop and validate programs that generate analysis datasets based on Alexion or ADaM specifications.
- Develop and validate technical programming specifications for protocol‑specific efficacy tables, listings, and figures / graphs.
- Independently develop and validate programs that generate protocol‑specific efficacy tables, listings, and figures / graphs using Alexion specifications.
- Ensure that the filing of study documentation is maintained to the required standard according to processes and is acceptable for audit.
- Directly support the Clinical and Statistical Programming Director in all aspects of the management and development of the Statistical Programming team, including reviewing processes to ensure continual compliance and update as necessary.
- Create and review programming plans, and ensure appropriate resource allocation and prioritization.
- Act as the primary department contact, when necessary, to ensure that department standards are implemented in all studies.
- Manage adherence to all company policies, SOPs, and other controlled documents, and ensure all programming activities adhere to departmental standards.
- Collaborate closely with Biostatistics, Clinical Data Management, Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Operations, and other functions within Alexion to address their needs for programming support.
You will need to have :
7+ years statistical programming experience in the CRO or Pharmaceutical Industry.4+ years project management experience in the CRO or Pharmaceutical Industry.Experience with CDISC SDTM and ADaM models and transforming raw data into those standards.Strong people‑management and supervisory skills with proven abilities to lead and manage cross‑functional projects from concept to completion.Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to clearly and effectively present information.Excellent understanding of the roles and responsibilities of all related disciplines, especially Biostatistics, Clinical Data Management, and Pharmacovigilance.Advanced knowledge of SAS / Base, SAS / Macro, SAS / STAT, SAS / Graph, and SAS / SQL in a Windows environment and mastery of SAS / STAT procedures.Extensive experience developing and validating analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures / graphs within a Statistical Programming environment.Knowledge of clinical database design and electronic data capture using Inform, Medidata, and Oracle.Advanced experience with constructing technical programming specifications, relational databases, Good Clinical Practices, Good Programming Practices, 21CFR Part 11 Standards, Integrated Summary Safety / Efficacy Analyses, and creating all files necessary for an eCTD submission.We would prefer for you to have :
BS / MS / MA in Statistics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related area.Competencies
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