Assistant Statistical Programmer

Flatiron Health; North East; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology company is seeking an Assistant Statistical Programmer in the United Kingdom to support their mission of improving cancer care through data analysis. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create analytic datasets and contribute to research studies. Strong programming skills in R and experience with healthcare datasets are essential. This hybrid role offers flexibility in work location and a chance to make an impact in oncology research.

Qualifications

• Experience or interest in analyzing real-world data.
• Ability to work effectively in a changing and diverse environment.
• Passion for improving healthcare through technology.

Responsibilities

• Create analytic datasets and generate statistics in consultation with senior staff.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to execute client-sponsored research studies.
• Contribute to the improvement of analytical tooling and templates.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

Programming in R

Experience with tidyverse

Organizational skills

Time-management

Education

Master’s degree in Biostatistics/Statistics, Data Science, or related field

Bachelor’s degree with 2-3 years of relevant experience

Tools

Git-based environments

Job description

Reimagine the infrastructure of cancer care within a community that values integrity, inspires growth, and is uniquely positioned to create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem.

We’re looking for an Assistant Statistical Programmer to help us accomplish our mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?

What You'll Do

In this role, you will work as a member of the Research Sciences (RS) department, primarily supporting the Custom Solutions and Services (CSS) team within the Client Solutions organization. This team provides customized real-world data and real-world evidence solutions to address the most important research questions across clinical development, market access, and commercial use cases for our life sciences partners.

As part of CSS, you will:

• Proficiently write code to create analytic datasets, generate descriptive and inferential statistics, and visualizations, etc, in consultation with more senior programmers, manager, and/or study principal investigator
• Work on a variety of different Flatiron data modalities, including EHR-derived real-world data, clinico-genomics data, and claims data
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders across our medical and scientific organization to execute and deliver on client-sponsored research studies in an accurate, effective, and timely manner
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Flatiron’s proprietary analytical tooling and templates
• Continue to develop a deeper understanding of real-world data and related methodologies used to generate real-world evidence

Who You Are

You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver. In addition, you’re an analytical thinker and excellent communicator with experience or interest in analyzing real-world data (e.g., healthcare claims or electronic health records). You are excited by the prospect of rolling up your sleeves to tackle meaningful problems each and every day.

• You hold a Master’s degree in Biostatistics/Statistics, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Public Health, Math, or a closely related field, or a Bachelor’s degree and 2 - 3 years of relevant experience
• You are an excellent programmer in R, comfortable working with tidyverse, and have experience working in Git-based environments (e.g., Github, Gitlab)
• You have experience with large healthcare-related datasets (e.g., administrative claims, electronic medical records)
• You have strong organizational, time-management, prioritization and decision-making skills necessary to execute on multiple high-visibility projects in a timely fashion
• You have the ability to work effectively in a constantly changing, diverse, and matrix environment
• You are able to quickly learn and apply new information, skills and procedures
• You are passionate about our mission to improve healthcare through technology

Extra credit

• You have experience working with oncology datasets
• You have experience working in a pharmaceutical/HEOR consulting environment

Where you’ll work

In this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and 3 office days set by you and your team. For more information on our approach to hybrid work, please visit how we work website.