SAS Programmer for Health Data Analytics

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-Life-Flexibility

Paid volunteer time off

Open Time Off

Mini-Grant $500

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute is seeking a SAS Programmer to join the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research. The role focuses on cleaning, processing, and analyzing large health insurance claims datasets under supervision by a senior programmer and project manager.

You will create analytic datasets, develop SAS programs to generate variables, and contribute to manuscript preparation for internal and external research projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (BA, BS) required.
• At least 2 years of full-time SAS programming experience, including macro programming and PROC SQL.
• Experience transforming and analyzing large administrative health care data (claims data).
• Knowledge of epidemiologic and biostatistics principles and methods.
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other MS Office tools.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; collaborative and independent work style.

Responsibilities

• Use SAS software to clean, quality check, and troubleshoot health insurance claims data.
• Design, develop, test, execute, and maintain SAS programs to create cohorts and generate variables.
• Create and maintain analytic datasets with complex data linkages and transformations.
• Generate descriptive statistics and conduct statistical analyses with investigators and senior programmers.
• Display results using Excel or similar tools in graphical or numerical formats.
• Contribute to manuscript and report development and participate in project meetings.

Skills

SAS programming

Data analysis

Excel

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS)

Tools

SAS macro programming

PROC SQL

Job description

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute is seeking a SAS Programmer to join the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research. The role focuses on cleaning, processing, and analyzing large health insurance claims datasets under supervision by a senior programmer and project manager.

You will create analytic datasets, develop SAS programs to generate variables, and contribute to manuscript preparation for internal and external research projects.