Senior Epidemiology Programming Lead

Cytel; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytel is seeking an Associate Director of Epidemiological Statistical Programming to lead and mentor a team delivering high-quality analyses across epidemiological and real-world data studies. You will translate study objectives into robust programming solutions, guide CRO and internal resources, and drive standards and automation to ensure reproducible results.

You will work with epidemiologists, statisticians, and data scientists to develop datasets, validate programs, and provide expert

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant statistical programming experience in pharma/CRO/healthcare.
• Experience with Optum and Truveta.
• Advanced programming in SAS and/or R with reproducible workflows.
• Experience with large healthcare data sources (claims, EHRs, registries).
• Understanding of epidemiological study designs and analyses.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Experience coordinating activities across multiple projects.
• Experience overseeing programming deliverables and quality.
• Line management experience and strong teamwork.
• Commitment to quality, documentation, reproducibility, standards.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; cross-functional collaboration.
• Leadership to influence, mentor, and build relationships across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and functional leadership to epidemiological programmers.
• Lead hands-on programming for epidemiological studies across therapies.
• Develop, validate and maintain SAS and/or R programs for analyses.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, statisticians, data scientists and others.
• Offer expert consultation on complex programming challenges and best practices.
• Review and ensure accuracy, reproducibility, and quality of deliverables.
• Support programming with real-world data sources (claims, EHRs, registries).
• Develop analysis-ready datasets and programming specifications.
• Promote programming standards, tools, macros, and documentation.
• Drive automation and scalable programming approaches.
• Plan and prioritize activities; manage risks and dependencies.

Skills

Statistical programming

Leadership

Mentoring

SAS

R

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science

Master’s degree or higher (preferred)

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

Cytel is seeking an Associate Director of Epidemiological Statistical Programming to lead and mentor a team delivering high-quality analyses across epidemiological and real-world data studies. You will translate study objectives into robust programming solutions, guide CRO and internal resources, and drive standards and automation to ensure reproducible results.

You will work with epidemiologists, statisticians, and data scientists to develop datasets, validate programs, and provide expert