Associate Director, Statistical Programming — Lead & Deliver

BioSpace; New Jersey; On-site; USD 176,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Regeneron seeks an Associate Director, Statistical Programming to lead the Statistical Programming group, guiding deliverables across internal and outsourced work. You will shape programming standards, processes, and training for your therapeutic area while partnering with study teams to clarify requirements and ensure successful execution.

You will represent Programming with partner functions, drive department goals, mentor staff, and contribute to hiring.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Life Science, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of clinical programming experience.
• Advanced SAS programming skills (Base, Stat, Macro, Graph) within a clinical data environment.
• Demonstrated project and people management experience across global, interdisciplinary teams.
• SAS certification (preferred).
• Leadership experience supporting hiring, development, and evaluation of junior staff and contractors (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a statistical programming group, driving timely, high-quality deliverables across internal and outsourced work.
• Shape and implement programming standards, applications, processes, and training for your therapeutic area.
• Partner with study and project teams to clarify requirements and guide programmers through assignment execution.
• Represent Statistical Programming with partnering functions to ensure specifications and computing needs are met.
• Champion company values, modeling excellence, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
• Drive department goals and lead subject-matter-expert initiatives.
• Set goals, manage performance, and mentor direct reports, supporting their growth and development.
• Contribute to hiring by screening and interviewing programming candidates.
• Bring proven experience managing programming teams and external service providers.
• Think strategically about department-wide standards, processes, and long-term goals.
• Communicate confidently across global, cross-functional teams.
• Solve problems independently and manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
• Enjoy mentoring and developing junior staff and contractors.
• Take ownership of deliverables without close supervision.
• Bring a collaborative, respectful, and solutions-oriented mindset to complex projects.

Skills

SAS programming

Leadership

People management

Project management

Education

Master's degree in Statistics or related field

Job description

Regeneron seeks an Associate Director, Statistical Programming to lead the Statistical Programming group, guiding deliverables across internal and outsourced work. You will shape programming standards, processes, and training for your therapeutic area while partnering with study teams to clarify requirements and ensure successful execution.

You will represent Programming with partner functions, drive department goals, mentor staff, and contribute to hiring.