Associate Director, Statistical Programming

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 181,100 - 244,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Wellness days

Recharge breaks

Job summary

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals seeks an Associate Director, Statistical Programming to lead programming activities for clinical trials and NDA submissions. You will ensure SAS programs are developed, validated, and aligned with ICH and regulatory requirements.

Role requires SAS expertise, CDISC ADaM/SDTM experience, and leadership of programming teams with collaboration across statistics, data management, and CRO vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics or information sciences required.
• Master's degree preferred in a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of industry SAS programming experience or equivalent.
• Experience leading programming teams for clinical trials and NDA/BLA submissions.
• Strong knowledge of CDISC standards: SDTM and ADaM.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and/or operational leadership in delivering high-quality programming for clinical studies and NDA submissions.
• Collaborate with Biostatistics to implement analyses and develop CDISC specifications/datasets and TLFs.
• Coordinate with Data Management on CDISC SDTM/ADaM development and validation.
• Manage internal and vendor statistical programming support and governance.
• Write SAS and R code to produce/validate tables, listings, figures, and analysis datasets.

Skills

SAS programming

CDISC SDTM/ADaM

SAS/SQL

R programming

Team leadership

Statistical programming environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Stats/Math/Info Sci

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAS

R

Posit Workbench

Job description

The Associate Director, Statistical Programming is responsible for statistical programming activities in support of clinical trials, including technical and project leadership overseeing the quality and timely delivery of all statistical programming deliverables for studies or for a submission. He/she ensures the team develops, maintains, validates and runs quality SAS programs that access, visualize, analyze, and report clinical trial data in accordance with statistical analysis plans, ICH guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements. While SAS expertise is required, experience with R programming, particularly data visualization and exploratory analysis, is strongly preferred.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical and/or operational leadership in the delivery of high quality and timely statistical programming for clinical studies, drug programs, and/or in support of NDA submissions.
• Works closely with Biostatistics to implement statistical analysis of clinical trial data, working closely on the development and validation of CDISC ADaM specifications and datasets, and TLFs for analyses to support regulatory, medical affairs, and market access needs.
• Works closely with Data Management on cross-functional data review and the development and validation of CDISC SDTM specifications and datasets and define packages, may also support Drug Safety to support safety data review and reporting needs, and/or Clinical Pharmacology to support their dataset creation and analytic needs.
• Manages internal and vendor statistical programming support; maintains strong collaboration and governance with preferred vendors.
• Writes SAS and R code that produces or validates tables, listings, figures and analysis datasets, in support of clinical studies or complex integrated analyses for submission.
• Performs, plans and coordinates project work to ensure timely, quality delivery across multiple projects, or across a drug program.
• Writes specifications to describe programming needs, including development and maintenance of complex / ADaM specifications and reviewer guides.
• May lead the creation and validation of global macros or systems that streamline repetitive operations to increase programming efficiency.
• Provides input into, or leads general standardization efforts (e.g., CRFs, query checks, standard statistical programs, data presentations).
• Leads efforts to develop programming processes consistent with industry best practices.
• Reviews and provides expert input to DMP, eCRF specs, and other clinical data management documents; reviews and provides expert input to statistical analysis plans and other related documents.
• Partners with or oversees CROs or programming vendors to perform any of the above tasks.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years’ industry SAS programming experience or equivalent.
• Experience as a Programming manager (FTEs, Functional Service Providers or vendors).
• Experience leading programming teams in support of clinical trials to report the results of clinical trials, integrate analyses across a program, or prepare data/analysis for electronic NDA or BLA submission.
• Experience in constructing technical programming specifications and producing complex, validated SAS programs.
• Demonstrated experience in working with CDISC standards, including SDTM, ADaM, and Define XML.
• Proficiency in understanding of statistical programming environments, processes, procedures, and roles.
• Excellent knowledge of SAS/Base, SAS/Macro, SAS/STAT, SAS/Graph, and SAS/SQL with a demonstrated mastery of SAS/STAT procedures.

• Hands‑on experience with R programming for clinical trial data analysis, reporting, and regulatory submissions.
• Knowledge of R packages and frameworks commonly used in clinical development, Posit Workbench (RStudio Server), Posit Package Manager, and enterprise R environments.

• Experience developing SOPs, Standards or implementing programming best practices.
• Experience overseeing vendors in the delivery of quality programming support.
• Excellent written and oral communication and organizational skills required.
• Bachelor's Degree required, master's degree preferred, in areas of computer science, statistics, mathematics or information sciences.
• Clear alignment with Alnylam Core Values:
  • Commitment to People
  • Innovation and Discovery
  • Sense of Urgency
  • Open Culture
  • Passion for Excellence

U.S. Pay Range

$181,100.00 - $244,900.00

The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).

Alnylam's robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k) with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.

Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers

About Alnylam:

We are the leader in RNAi therapeutics, a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare and common diseases. Built on Nobel Prize-winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possible, and are just at the beginning of what's possible. Our deep pipeline, late-stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people. We're proud to be a globally recognized top employer, where an authentic, inclusive culture and breakthrough thinking fuel one another.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law. Alnylam is an E-Verify Employer.