Assoc Director, Statistical Programming

Legend Biotech USA; East Hanover (NJ); Hybrid; USD 145,600 - 270,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentive

Equity award eligibility

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Novartis seeks an Associate Director Statistical Programmer in East Hanover, NJ. You will lead a team of programmers across global clinical programs, driving efficiency, quality, and innovation to deliver timely insights for drug development.

In this leadership role, you will develop programming strategies, oversee resource planning, ensure audit readiness, and collaborate with Biostatistics, Data Management, and clinical teams to support regulatory submissions and decision making, with a focus

Qualifications

• Experience leading statistical programming for large clinical trials.
• Strong knowledge of GCP and clinical trial terminology.
• Ability to manage multiple trials and meet deadlines.
• Experience with R and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead statistical programming activities for projects globally or locally.
• Coordinate programmers and develop programming strategy and documentation.
• Develop programming strategy to standardize across studies and adopt tools.
• Ensure timely, high-quality deliverables and audit readiness.
• Provide authoritative recommendations as SP function representative.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical Programming

Clinical Trials

GCP Knowledge

Problem solving

Global teamwork

Education

Life Science degree

Statistics degree

CS/Data Science degree

Tools

R

R Shiny

Git

Tidyverse

Job description

Job Description Summary

Associate Director Statistical Programmer

#LI-Hybrid

Location: East Hanover, USA

Step into a high-impact leadership role where your expertise will shape the future of drug development. As Associate Director Statistical Programming, you will lead a high-performing community of programmers, driving innovation, quality, and efficiency across complex clinical programs. Youll play a critical role in delivering timely, high-quality insights that enable life-changing treatments to reach patients fasterwhile empowering teams, advancing technology adoption, and influencing global strategy across Novartis.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Lead statistical programming activities as a Lead/Program Programmer for a large-sized or complex project or group of projects globally or locally, or disease area with phase I to IV clinical studies in Novartis Global Drug Development.
• Co-ordinate activities of programmers either internally or externally. Make statistical programming decisions and propose strategies at project or disease level. Develop statistical programming strategy and scientific documentation for the project(s) or disease area together with the Biostatistician(s). Accountable for the assignment of resources and workload within his/her TA community and ensures sharing of resources between groups in order to meet company objectives and priorities.
• May act as functional manager of local/global associates including providing supervision and advice to these programmers on functional expertise and processes.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional teams including Biostatistics and Data Management counterparts, able to summarize and discuss status of deliverables and critical programming aspects, such as,timelines, scope, and resource planning. SP representative at project level and in the Submission team, or in local leadership team.
• Develop programming strategy to drive standardization across studies or programs and effectively adopt R packages (e.g. Tidyverse), R Shiny Applications, AI-enabled tools etc. to support data visualization, version control (e.g. Git-based), and reproducible workflows. Partner with the functional mentors to support capability development, appropriate tool adoption, and alignment with standards and business needs.
• Accountable for timely and quality development and validation of all statistical programming components on assigned project(s). Responsible for quality control and audit readiness of all assigned statistical programming deliverables as well as accuracy and reliability of statistical analysis results.
• Provide authoritative technical and professional recommendations as representative of the statistical programming function at project level or for a major non-clinical initiative.

Essential Requirements

• University or college degree in life science, computer science, data science, pharmacy, statistics, nursing or equivalent relevant degree.
• Proven leadership, collaboration and organizational skills with demonstrated ability to successfully manage simultaneous trials and meet deadlines
• Excellent understanding of clinical trials methodology, GCP and medical terminology
• Must be able to anticipate challenges and risks and proactively suggest/implement solutions
• Ability to work under pressure demonstrating agility through effective and innovative team leadership
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to operate effectively in a global environment. Foster a team environment that values learning, adaptability, and continuous improvement. Ability to influence and communicate across functions and to external stakeholders
• Experience in Drug Development with experience in Statistical Programming
• Management or leadership experience

Novartis Compensation Summary

The salary for this position is expected to range between $145,600 and $270,400 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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Salary Range

$145,600.00 - $270,400.00

Skills Desired

Clinical Trials, Computer Data Storage, Computer Programming, Data Analysis, Data Structures, People Management, Programming Languages, Statistical Analysis, Waterfall Model