Dear Allstat
Please find below the latest PERMANENT Senior Programmer vacancy in the UK.
For further details please contact Robert Whyte for a confidential conversation on 0207 922 7117 or submit your CV to [log in to unmask]
Senior Programmer
The Position:
The Senior Programmer provides statistical software and software documentation support to biostatistics in general and to specific clinical projects. They will take responsibility for the planning, development, validation, documentation and maintenance of generic tools (across project programs) ensuring that the objectives, standards, deadlines and other requirements set by Biostatistics management with respect to statistical software and its documentation and validation are attained. They will also provide technical support in usage of SAG tools, give advice on SAS software usage and problem solving and deputise upon request for the Project Programmer.
Principle functional responsibilities:
General Responsibilities
* Provides technical advice and support to biostatisticians.
* Assesses, recommends and develops new standards, policies and procedures.
* Assesses, develops and documents new methods and software.
* Keeps abreast of statistical programming methodology and application and software developments through literature and attendance at meetings. Maintains familiarity with regulatory authority guidelines relating to biostatistics, data reporting and medical issues in project areas.
* Maintains proficiency with respect to in-house computer facilities and software.
* Interacts with Data Management and Biostatisticians to ensure good communication.
* Makes presentations at professional forums.
Statistical Software Standards
* Develops and documents statistical programming standards in accordance with current statistical programming practices and regulatory authority requirements.
* Programs, validates and documents software in SAS following statistical programming standards and ensures its availability to users. Whenever creating new software, ensures the efficient use of existing software.
Tool Development
* Takes responsibility for planning, development, validation, documentation and maintenance of generic tools.
* Estimates resource requirements for a tool development project.
* Informs and makes recommendations to the Project Programmer on critical issues within a tool development project.
* Coordinates internationally plans and tasks for a tool development project.
* Trains users to apply generic tools. Assists users to resolve individual technical difficulties with the generic tools.
Drug development
* Ensures that programming activities performed within the project are executed in a timely manner and to the required high reporting standards.
* Interacts with other members of Biostatistics Team to clarify programming requirements and to give advice on the availability of standard programs and the cost/effectiveness of developing new software.
* Assists in the development of trial protocols, trial analyses, editing procedures and data presentations relating to efficacy and safety data and evaluability under the direction of the responsible project statistician.
* Creates the datasets specification according to the Generic Data Model in cooperation with clinical programming.
* Provides SAS datasets to the Biostatistics Team in the format required for special evaluations.
* Programs, validates and documents data tabulations, graphics and statistical evaluations for efficacy and safety. Ensures that programs developed for specific projects/protocols are sufficiently portable to allow application to other projects and protocols.
* Performs analyses of efficacy and safety data, generates tabulations and graphs and provides them to members of the Biostatistics Team.
* Maintains up-to-date project documentation including that of presentation, analysis and graphics software.
* Verifies adherence to Biostatistics coding and validation standards and SOPs within the project.
Who you are:
* BSc, MSc or PhD (or equivalent) in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics or other analytical field.
* At least 5 years pharmaceutical industry drug development experience using SAS
* Good knowledge of international clinical research and drug development.
* Confident in the use of Computers; can readily learn new software applications
* Experience in programming and using statistical software as well as knowledge of databases and interface systems. Very good knowledge of SAS.
* Travel may be required
Robert Whyte
Consultant ~ Clinical & Biometrics Division
James Harvard Pharmaceutical Ltd
T. 020 7922 7117 M. 07957 190569 F. 020 7922 7101
E: [log in to unmask]
W: www.jamesharvardpharma.com
25 - 27 Wootton Street : Waterloo : London : SE1 8TG
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