Senior Statistical Programmer Job in Maidenhead, Home Counties Uk
Senior SAS Programmer - Maidenhead-Covance
we are currently recruiting for a Senior SAS Programmer at our site in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
The primary activities of the Senior Statistical Programmer are to develop and review SAS® programs and output for the management and reporting of clinical trial data. Act as a Lead Programmer for complex projects and to act as a Statistical Programming consultant to clients and internal customers.
Responsibilities:
Act as the Lead Programmer for assigned projects.
Lead programming efforts for the preparation of electronic submissions.
Ensure quality of personal work and the work of the team when acting as a Lead Programmer.
Interact with project team members in related disciplines e.g. Data Management (DM), Clinical and Biostatistics.
Represent Programming at internal project team meetings, client meetings and audits.
Provide input into assessments of resource requirements on a regular basis. Provide feedback to management if action is needed to increase utilisation, improve efficiency or amend resource levels required on a project.
Advise Senior Programming staff of changes in scope of projects to enable timely development of change orders.
Provide ongoing training and mentoring within Programming to ensure thorough knowledge of the processes used and the ongoing technical development
Demonstrate excellent problem solving skills, a proactive approach and a willingness to take decisions on a regular basis.
Acquire knowledge of other aspects of the work of a Principal Programmer under the supervision of the senior Programming staff.
Work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables; development of technical solutions to abstract problems which require the use of ingenuity and creativity.
Prepare and review of Programming Plans.
Participate in and co-ordinate the Statistical Programming review of Case Report Forms (CRFs), annotated CRFs, database structures and study related documentation.
Develop and review SAS programs and output for the management of clinical trial data, the tabulation of data, patient data listings, graphs, derived datasets and statistical analysis of data as specified in the Statistical Analysis Plans.
Develop SAS programs for adhoc tables and listings. Write, modify, and maintain programs that produce diagnostics and listing for data review in support of DM
Carry out electronic data transfers. Develop and review programs to ensure data transfers are produced to specification.
Review and interpret Report and Analysis Plans and provide comments for assigned projects.
Design and set-up utilities/SAS based systems to assist and facilitate Clinical Data Management activities.
Review draft and final production runs for projects to ensure quality and consistency.
Responsibility for ensuring that the filing of study documentation is maintained to the standard required
Acceptable for audit
About You
You will be educated to BSc or equivalent in a computing, life science, mathematical or Statistical subject. A high computing content is considered to be beneficial however proven computing skills are most important. Alternative academic qualifications or experience are assessed to ensure equivalent background.
Covance is a leading global drug development services company and we provide support to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries.
To apply for this position please apply directly to the Covance website www.covancecareers.com quoting the ref no: 30373