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Senior Principal Statistical Programmer

  1. UK
2024-110620
  1. Programming
  2. ICON Strategic Solutions
  3. Remote

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ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.


What you will be doing:

  • 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.
  • Guide and mentor junior team members. 
  • Act as a superuser, providing day-to-day support to end-users of our Statistical Computing Environment and our analysis and reporting standards. 
  • Ensure end-user training and assist with IT-related tasks, such as system upgrades. 
  • Support technical implementation and adoption of clinical data standards. 
  • Identifying and addressing the needs of different stakeholders, including Data Management, Statistical Programming, Biostatistics and Medical Writing - providing input for prioritisation. 

You have:

  • Bachelors or higher degree in Science, Statistics, Information Technology, Mathematics or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years of professional experience desired.
  • Strong knowledge of CDISC standards and regulatory requirements. 
  • Excellent knowledge of SAS programming is a must.
  • Proficiency in R (package management/validation/development, R Consortium/Pharmaverse)
  • Experience in analysing programming issues and providing effective solutions. 
  • Experience with developing clinical data standards, including SDTM, ADaM and TFL standards creation and processes for quality control of data packages. 
  • Passionate about programming. Always looking for better solutions, but has a critical view for not overengineering software.
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership in development of general purpose tools.
  • Creativity, brings ideas to the table and can perform well when given creative freedom.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • 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.

 

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others



Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

 

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