Senior Statistical SAS Programmer, Contract (UK)

CONTRACT: Senior Statistical SAS Programmer Statistical Reporting within Health Outcomes. 6 months rolling contract

Job Summary:

For this major pharmaceutical client you will work with Health Outcomes specialists (Patient Reported Outcomes Specialist, Epidemiologist, Health Economist) and programmers based also in other sites. Primarily providing programming support to Healthcare Outcomes and the Pharmaco-Epidemiology team. Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Provide programming support and validation of analysis data sets, pooled datasets, statistical summary tables, figures and patient data listings for phase I - III clinical trials, ISS & ISE, primarily using SAS.
• Provide output for the Clinical Study Report, the Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS), the Integrated Summary of Efficacy (ISE), electronic submissions and Exploratory Health Outcomes Research Reports.
• This position will require a significant training investment for the use of client technology in relation to SAS macros, creation of analysis data sets and dataset structures. Need for ensuring standardization of programs where applicable.
• Apply knowledge of clinical data, the design and phases of clinical trials, statistics, relevant regulations and the pharmaceutical industry to the implementation of tasks.
• Handle complex statistical programming issues independently and be familiar with study programming issues. Bring ideas for new projects and take the initiative to solve issues.

Essential Skills & Capabilities:

• At least 4 years Statistical SAS programming experience with prior experience in pharmaceutical related field is required (experience with large databases is an asset).
• Working knowledge of clinical legislation (FDA, EMEA, ...), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) is a plus.
• SAS expert
• Statistical knowledge including basic statistics (descriptive statistics, inferential parametric and non parametric analyses) and advanced statistical techniques (multivariate analysis, ...).
• Fluent in English
• Ability to understand business problems rapidly and to reformulate them in terms of appropriate statistical analyses to be performed.
• Ability to evaluate processes and situations in an orderly and rational manner asking questions and identifying missing information.
• Accurately and efficiently work towards quality results

An excellent opportunity awaits for this renewable contract. Interview times booked and full job specification to review... If you would to discuss this role in greater detail or your application / suitability to this or further roles, please call me or email me in confidence. If you are not available or suited to this position, please feel free to pass my details on.

We also have a broad variety of other Biometric specific vacancies available in the UK and throughout Europe. Inclusive of SAS programming, Statistical, Clinical programming, Data Management functions, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research, QA, Compliance & Validation.

For a confidential consultation call James Carrera on 0044 (0) 207 255 6665 or email your CV to james.carrera [at] 1st-pharmapeople.com

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