Principal Statistical Programmer - Remote, Office or Hybrid - UK

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading clinical research organization in London is seeking a Principal Statistical Programmer to join their team. The role involves providing programming support for statistical analysis, managing projects, and leading a team of statisticians and programmers. Candidates should hold a BSc, MSc, or PhD in a numerical discipline and possess at least 6 years of relevant industry experience. The position offers a supportive work environment and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Training and support for career growth

Flexible working environment

Competitive compensation package

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of relevant industry experience.
• Understanding of clinical drug development process.

Responsibilities

• Provide programming support across various projects and clients.
• Line management for statisticians and programmers.
• Oversee client projects and manage project budget.
• Lead internal and client meetings effectively.

Skills

SAS programming

Project management

Team leadership

Clinical trial documents review

Education

BSc, MSc or PhD in numerical discipline

Job description

Overview

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).

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• 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.