Statistical Programmer II at ICON plc

• The Senior Statistical Programmer will provide programming leadership for high complexity studies including effective resource planning, work allocation and progress tracking to ensure project timelines and quality targets are consistently achieved.
• In this client facing role, the Senior Statistical Programmer will be responsible for writing programming specifications and the development/QC of statistical programs and applying extensive domain and therapeutic knowledge in the programming of datasets, tables, figures and listings to ensure quality and accuracy.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for completion of the following:

• Develop, review, document and perform validation of SAS programs and macros.
• Support the development of data repositories, pooling multiple studies
• Create standard reports in different output formats
• Automate programming tasks within the SAS environment
• Generate programmed QC checks
• Build utilities in support of other programming tasks
• Design new tools or review existing tools and improve where needed.
• Develop, validate and document programs for ad-hoc analyses.
• Assess the time needed to develop programs and can at least partially self-manage the work.
• Take responsibility to deliver a support in time in function of stakeholders needs.

What do you need to have?

A strong communicator with a proactive nature and a willingness to work as part of a team! Here at ICON we want our employees to succeed and ensure that they are set up for this success through constant training, development and support.

To enable success in this position you will have:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience successfully performing the role of Statistical Programmer within the clinical research/pharmaceutical industry.
• Knowledge of other programming languages like R, Java is a plus.
• Passionate about programming. Always looking for better solutions, but has a critical view for not overengineering software.
• Advanced/expert-level SAS programming skills
• Is creative, brings ideas to the table and can perform well when given creative freedom.
• Display good communication skills, is able to explain ideas and can also listen well to ideas from others, can be self-critical.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with CDISC standards is desired.
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP and other applicable legislation, with good understanding of clinical data and pharmaceutical development.
• Bachelors or higher degree in Science, Statistics, Information Technology or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.