Senior Epidemiological Programming Director

Cytel; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytel is seeking an Associate Director, Epidemiological Statistical Programming to lead and mentor a team of epidemiology programmers within sponsor-dedicated context. The role translates study objectives into robust programming solutions, maintains quality standards, and collaborates with epidemiologists, statisticians, and data scientists to deliver high-quality real-world evidence analyses.

Responsibilities include hands-on SAS/R programming, overseeing deliverables, establishing coding

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant statistical programming experience in pharma or life sciences, esp. epidemiology, RWE, HEOR.
• Experience with Optum and Truveta.
• Advanced SAS and/or R programming; develop and validate complex programs.
• Experience with large healthcare data sources (claims, EHR, registries).
• Ability to provide technical leadership and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and functional leadership to epidemiology programmers.
• Lead hands-on statistical programming for epidemiological studies across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Develop, validate, and maintain SAS and/or R programs for analyses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine programming approaches.
• Provide expert technical consultation on complex programming and data challenges.
• Oversee and review programming deliverables for accuracy and quality.
• Support programming activities using real-world data sources.
• Develop analysis-ready datasets and programming specifications.
• Establish and promote programming standards and reusable tools.
• Drive automation and standardization in epidemiological programming.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors degree or higher in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

Cytel is seeking an Associate Director, Epidemiological Statistical Programming to lead and mentor a team of epidemiology programmers within sponsor-dedicated context. The role translates study objectives into robust programming solutions, maintains quality standards, and collaborates with epidemiologists, statisticians, and data scientists to deliver high-quality real-world evidence analyses.

Responsibilities include hands-on SAS/R programming, overseeing deliverables, establishing coding