Director of AI-Driven Statistical Programming

Premier Research; España; On-site; PHP 9,404,000 - 16,301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Career development

Job summary

Premier Research is seeking a Director of Statistical Programming Innovation to lead and transform our Biostatistics programming landscape. You will shape technical roadmaps, mentor teams, and drive adoption of AI-assisted tools, R, and Python to modernize SAS workflows.

The role emphasizes building reusable tooling, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering high-quality programming deliverables across biotech and pharma clients.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent from an accredited college or university in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of statistical programming experience with R and SAS in CRO/pharma environments.
• 5+ years in technical leadership role.
• 2+ years as supervisor/manager.
• Strong working proficiency in R for data manipulation, automation, and statistical analysis.
• Proven hands-on and leadership experience building tools, macros, or pipelines that improved efficiency or standardization for a programming function.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives the technical roadmap for innovating statistical programming practices, tools, and infrastructure.
• Evaluate, pilot, and implement AI-assisted tools to improve programming efficiency, quality, regulatory and GDPR compliance.
• Identify opportunities to replace manual and traditional SAS-based processes with automated, reproducible pipelines using R, Python or other emerging technology including AI solutions.
• Designs, builds, and maintains reusable tools, macros, packages, and templates that improve efficiency and consistency across programming deliverables.
• Leads migration and integration efforts where traditional SAS workflows are modernized or supplemented with R/Python-based solutions.
• Provides technical direction and hands-on guidance for the design, development, and deployment of R Shiny applications (e.g., interactive review tools, safety/efficacy dashboards, TLF exploration tools).
• Sets standards for Shiny app architecture, modularity (e.g., use of frameworks such as teal), performance, and deployment (e.g., Posit Connect).
• Supervises, manages, mentors, and develops direct reports, building their capabilities in both traditional and modern programming approaches.

Skills

Statistical programming

Leadership

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

BS/Equivalent in Statistics or related field

Tools

R

SAS

R Shiny

Teal

Posit Connect

Job description

Premier Research is seeking a Director of Statistical Programming Innovation to lead and transform our Biostatistics programming landscape. You will shape technical roadmaps, mentor teams, and drive adoption of AI-assisted tools, R, and Python to modernize SAS workflows.

The role emphasizes building reusable tooling, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering high-quality programming deliverables across biotech and pharma clients.