Principal Statistical Programmer

Cytel provides unrivaled biostatistics and operations research knowledge to our customers in the life sciences industries in the form of both software and services. At Cytel, we work hard to create successful careers with significant professional growth for our employees, as a result of which they work hard to make Cytel successful. Cytel is a place where talent, experience and integrity come together to advance the state of clinical development.

Responsibilities:

• Lead at least one study team in terms of providing technical and domain-related guidance.
• Lead and manage a team of 3 - 5 team members.
• Be responsible for the timeliness and quality of work of the team members and manage their leaves, appraisals and aspirations etc.
• Ability to work on multiple therapeutic areas.
• Ability to work on data migration from legacy datasets to standards such as CDISC or any other client-specific standard.
• Read and understand the program specifications document.
• Prepare SAS analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures as per specifications.
• Create programs to create graphs and tables required in CSRs, safety reports, efficacy reports, etc. ensuring on-time quality delivery.
• Validate and transform datasets as per client assignment specifications.
• Validate tables, listings, and figures as per client assignment specifications.
• Coordinate with the client and US team for clarity of specifications, data issues, outliers, reviews, schedules, etc.
• Contribute to the organization's recruitment process by identifying needs and required skill sets of resources and conducting interviews to hire appropriate resources.
• Collect data for different metrics and share it with project managers.
• Ensure adherence to compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) as defined in the Quality Management System or the respective client(s) standards as applicable.

Qualifications and Experience:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related health science field with a minimum of 8 years of SAS programming experience with clinical trial data.
• Well-conversed with regulatory requirements and drug development process.
• Good understanding of the Clinical trial domain and good SAS programming skills.
• Good Communication skills.

Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.