Principal Statistical Programmer Sponsor Dedicated - US hiring

Syneos Health/ inVentiv Health Commercial LLC; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 81,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401k

Stock Purchase Plan

Bonuses/Commissions

Paid time off

Sick leave

Job summary

Syneos Health in Massachusetts is seeking a Principal Statistical Programmer Sponsor Dedicated to lead programming for complex studies within a sponsor-driven environment. You will set programming standards, manage timelines and mentor junior programmers.

The role requires 8+ years of SAS/Base/Macro/GRAPH experience, CDISC data standards, and strong regulatory knowledge. You will collaborate with sponsors, handling validation outputs and ensuring documentation quality across submissions.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required; MS preferred in statistics or computer science.
• Minimum 8 years of programming experience using SAS/Base/Macro/GRAPH in biopharma or CRO.
• Data Management experience with CDISC standards is highly desirable.
• Strong SAS skills and attention to detail essential; familiarity with regulatory submission guidelines.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and coordinate multiple tasks under tight timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead programmer for a study group or multiple studies and maintain timelines.
• Maintain programming standards and datasets across studies.
• Review standard macros and datasets used; ensure quality and documentation.
• Coordinate programming resources and mentor junior programmers.
• Review validation outputs and ensure clean documentation for submissions.

Skills

SAS programming

CDISC data standards

Mentoring

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Education

BA/BS degree

MS in statistics or computer sciences desired

Tools

Incyte systems

SAS tools

CDISC validation

Job description

Principal Statistical Programmer Sponsor Dedicated - US hiring

Syneos Health is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver - for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose - Driven to Deliver - which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone's life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Essential Functions of the Job (Key responsibilities)

Function as a Lead programmer for a compound or a group of studies performing the following functions:

• Maintain the overall timeline for his/her studies.
• Maintain the programming standards for his/her studies.
• Review standard macros used; Review standard datasets used.
• Discuss need for programming resources for their group of studies.
• Mentor/Train junior programmers on Incyte systems and standards as they work on studies within their area.
• Assist junior programmers in new study set-up to help identify similar studies.
• Review Production area after study programming is complete to make sure datasets, programs, and outputs are properly stored.
• Check that the validation summary reports are clean of errors and warnings, and show proper documentation of SAS programs.
• Review individual study CDISC validation output.

Act as a Programming lead for a submission project under supervision of Programming management.

Serve as a mentor to junior programmers and as an expert to provide recommendations and solutions to complex problems.

Qualifications (Minimal acceptable level of education, work experience, and competency)

• BA/BS degree (MS degree in statistics or computer sciences is desired).
• Minimum 8 years of programming experience using SAS/Base/Macro/GRAPH in the biopharmaceutical and/or CRO industries.
• Data Management experience including CDISC standard is highly desirable.
• Good SAS programming skills and attention to detail are essential.
• Demonstrate knowledge of regulatory guidelines, including electronic submission standards.
• Strong organizational, time management, communication and project coordination and leadership skills.
• Must be able to work well under timeline pressure.
• Must be able to work on multiple tasks while coordinating others at the same time.
• Demonstrate experience serving as a mentor to junior programmers and as an expert to provide recommendations and solutions to complex problems.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

$80,600.00 - $145,000.00

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.