Senior Statistical Programmer -FSP position with European Sponsor, role to start January 2026

Cytel - EMEA; City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical consulting firm is seeking a Senior Statistical Programmer to support global clinical trials. You will utilize your extensive SAS programming skills and CDISC standards knowledge to perform data analysis and reporting. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. This role is fully remote and involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of clinical trials.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAS programming experience in clinical trials.
• Study lead experience with multiple projects preferred.
• Knowledge of drug development life cycle.
• Experience with clinical trial data manipulation and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Perform data manipulation and analysis of clinical trial data.
• Generate and validate SDTM and ADaM datasets and TLFs.
• Create submission documents and eCRTs.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams and clients.

Skills

SAS programming

CDISC SDTM standards

CDISC ADaM standards

Data analysis

Efficacy analysis

QC/validation skills

Ad-hoc reporting

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, or Mathematics

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Sponsor-dedicated:

Working fully embedded within one of our pharmaceutical clients, with the support of Cytel right behind you, you'll be at the heart of our client's innovation. As a Senior Statistical Programmer you will be dedicated to one of our global pharmaceutical clients; a company that is driving the next generation of patient treatment, where individuals are empowered to work with autonomy and ownership. This is an exciting time to be a part of this new program.

Position Overview:

As a Senior Statistical Programmer, you will leverage your advanced SAS programming skills and proficiency in CDISC standards (SDTM & ADaM) to support or lead one or more Phase I-IV clinical trials. This role can be performed as fully remote.

Our values

• We believe in applying scientific rigor to reveal the full promise inherent in data.
• We nurture intellectual curiosity and encourage everyone to approach new challenges with enthusiasm and the desire for discovery.
• We believe in collaboration and invite a diversity of perspectives, drawing on a variety of talents to create a wealth of possibilities.
• We prize innovation and seek intelligent solutions using leading-edge technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES

How you will contribute:

• Performing data manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trial data, both safety and efficacy (ISS/ISE), utilizing SAS programming
• Generating and validating SDTM and ADaM datasets/analysis files, and tables, listings, and figures (TLFs)
• Production and QC / validation programming
• Generating complex ad-hoc reports utilizing raw data
• Applying strong understanding/experience of Efficacy analysis
• Creating and reviewing submission documents and eCRTs
• Communicating with and/or responding to internal cross-functional teams and client for project specifications, status, issues or inquiries
• Performing lead duties when called upon
• Serving as team player, with a willingness to go the extra distance to get results, meet deadlines, etc.
• Being adaptable and flexible when priorities change

QUALIFICATIONS

Here at Cytel we want our employees to succeed and we enable this success through consistent training, development and support. To be successful in this position you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.
• At least 8 years of SAS programming working with clinical trial data in the Pharmaceutical & Biotech industry with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. At least 6 years of related experience with a master’s degree or above.
• Study lead experience, preferably juggling multiple projects simultaneously preferred.
• Strong SAS data manipulation, analysis and reporting skills.
• Solid experience implementing the latest CDISC SDTM / ADaM standards.
• Strong QC / validation skills.
• Good ad-hoc reporting skills.
• Proficiency in Efficacy analysis.
• Familiarity with drug development life cycle and experience with the manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trials’ data.
• Submissions experience utilizing define.xml and other submission documents.
• Experience supporting immunology, respiratory or oncology studies would be a plus.
• Excellent analytical & troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to provide quality output and deliverables, in adherence with challenging timelines.
• Ability to work effectively and successfully in a globally dispersed team environment with cross-cultural partners.