Job Title: Senior Statistical Programmer
Duration: 6 Months, with potential for Extension or Conversion
Location: San Diego, CA - Remote

Job Description

The Senior Statistical Programmer performs the design, development, modification and evaluation of technical infrastructure to expedite conduct and evaluation of clinical trials and basic research. Performs statistical analysis and develops tracking systems to determine the efficiency of clinical trials. Evaluates databases and statistical analysis programs and interacts with computer groups to determine hardware/software compatibility. Maintains expertise in state-of-the-art data manipulation and statistical analyses.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The incumbent will generate statistical programming for all clinical trials, including but not limited to data validations, statistical analysis, and report generation (to create tables, figures and listings).
• Provide input in developing CRF, database, data validation plan, and specifications of analysis datasets.
• Review eCRF (EDC system) annotations and data specifications to provide input to Data Management Team for analysis needs.
• Check for consistency and adequacy of eCRF and database (EDC system) for analysis needs.
• Write or review analysis programs as specified in the protocol or the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP).
• Write or modify efficient design and code SAS programs using BASE/SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ETS, SAS/IML and SAS MACROS.
• Establish and monitor of data transfer specifications across different data environment for ongoing trials to identify study conduct or data quality issues.
• Review or author statistical programming related Standard Operating Procedures or Working Instructions.
• Participate in operations meetings, address issues and represent the biostatistics team at meetings with cross-functional teams, contract organizations and regulatory agencies when necessary.
• Assume and perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills (top 3 non-negotiables):
1.    At least 5 years of experience in statistical programming in clinical environments and biomedical industry is required
2.    Strong knowledge of templates utilities, such as SQL, and SAS, such as SAS advance, SAS macro, and SAS SQL are required, Data conversion knowledge and skills to/from various data format, such as xml, csv, excel and SAS, are required
3.    Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field

Preferred Skills (nice to have)
Ex:    Case Management Experience – 3+ years
1.    Knowledge in R, Python, MatLab, or any other computer language skill is highly valued
2.    Experience performing programming quality control (QC) and ensuring compliance with SOPs and validation requirements
3.    Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills
Disqualifiers/ Dislikes on Resumes:
Missing required qualifications, insufficient relevant experience, no evidence of required technical skills, employment history that conflicts with stated experience
Education Requirements:    Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field, and a minimum of 5-8 years related experience or Master’s degree and 2-5 years equivalent industry experience

Required Testing:
Yes

Software Skills Required:
SAS, R, Python

  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $60.00/hr - $63.71/hr.