Principal Statistical Programmer - Remote, Office or Hybrid - UK

ZipRecruiter; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in statistics is looking for a Principal Statistical Programmer in the UK. This role involves providing programming support, managing a team, and overseeing client projects. Ideal candidates will have at least 6 years of experience and a relevant degree. The company boasts a warm and friendly environment focused on staff development and unique project management approaches.

Benefits

Supportive management

Career development opportunities

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of relevant industry experience.
• Understanding of clinical drug development processes.
• Proficiency in SAS and good programming practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide programming support for various projects.
• Manage statistics and programming team.
• Oversee key client projects and deliverables.
• Conduct training and foster skill development.

Skills

SAS programming

Clinical trial document review

Line management

Project management

Coaching and mentoring

Education

BSc, MSc or PhD in numerical discipline

Job description

Job Description

Veramed prides itself on two key areas: providing the highest quality statistics and programming consultancy for its clients, and giving its employees an industry leading working environment with support and training for career growth.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal level Statistical Programmer to join us on a permanent basis in the UK. We can offer home and/or office working, training and support and a competitive package.

The purpose of the role is to provide programming support to the statistics and programming

department across a range of projects, clients and therapeutic areas. The Senior or Principal Programmer may also perform a supervisory role (e.g. line management and/or project management).

Key Responsibilities

The job tasks listed below outline the scope of the position. The application of these tasks may vary, based

on current business needs.

Technical

• Perform review of clinical trial documents including protocols, SAPs, CRFs, CSRs

• Author, review and approve study TFL shells and dataset specifications

• Author, validate and document SAS programs for datasets, TFLs and macros, applying good

programming practice

• Identify data issues and outliers

• Complete, review and approve CDISC Validation tool reports

• Identify data and standards issues and resolve or escalate as appropriate

• Awareness of emerging standards and associated impact to ongoing and future planned trials

• Maintain proficiency in SAS and awareness of developments

• Maintain study master file documents and any other documents that are required to be audit ready

People Management

• Line management of statisticians, programmers and other technical staff. Accountable for overall

performance of direct reports

• Provide coaching and mentoring of staff to achieve “excellence”. Direct employee career

development and ensure line reports receive appropriate training to perform their day-to-day jobs

• Interview and effectively on-board and integrate new staff members

• Provide programming technical leadership and coaching

Project Management

• Oversight of key client projects/portfolios. To include:

• Being Veramed Project Manager on client accounts and projects
• Maintain the project plan
• Proactive management of resource, scope change and risks
• Manage the delivery of projects to budget
• Manage client expectations and issue resolution

General

• Lead internal and client study, project and cross functional team meetings effectively

• Present study updates internally and at client meetings

• Share scientific, technical and practical knowledge within the team and with colleagues

• Perform work in full compliance with applicable internal and client policies, procedures, processes

and training

• Build effective collaborative working relationships with internal and client team members

• Ensure learnings are shared across projects or studies

• Develop and provide internal technical training where appropriate

• Lead process improvement initiatives

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• BSc, MSc or PhD in numerical discipline (or relevant equivalent industry experience)

• At least 6 years of relevant industry experience

Other Information/ Additional Requirements

• Understanding of clinical drug development process, relevant disease areas, endpoints and study

designs

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• A warm, friendly working environment in which to thrive both personally and professionally.
• A supportive, open-door management policy that will aid in your development and provide you with the tools to take your career to the next level.
• A truly unique CRO that’s doing something different when it comes to managing staff, projects and building relationships in the industry.
• The ability to own your role and develop your skills and experience.