For additional information or a confidential discussion about this role, please get in contact with Pradeep on 00 44 1483 228 190 / [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Dear Allstat Please find our latest vacancy details below : For a leading biopharmaceutical firm, I am currently recruiting for four Lead Statistical Programmers in the UK. Role: Lead Statistical Programmers X 4 Duration: Full-time Permanent Location: London and Home Counties The client offers very good basic salary + car allowance + stock options + benefits including attractive employer pension contribution and relocation assistance if applicable. Overview: Working in Global Statistical Programming organization and functioning as the study lead programmer, you would be responsible for setting up the study-level programming environment, project managing programming activities while ensuring compliance to timelines and standards. The successful candidate will have line management responsibility for a small team and provide direction, mentoring and coaching to junior staff and be actively involved in shaping the standards, policies and improvement initiatives. Key Responsibilities: * Act as study lead programmer: o set up the study-level programming environment o project-manage programming activities on the study, ensuring quality & timeliness o ensure all programming activities on the study adhere to required standards o represent global statistical programming unit and provide input to multidisciplinary team and department meetings * Create, review and approve, programming specifications and plans at the study level * Review and approve important study related documents such as case report forms, data management plans, and statistical analysis plans. * Write and validate SAS programs to produce permanent datasets and presentation-ready output, for inclusion in reports for submission to regulatory agencies, publications and other communications * Understand and execute department, product, and study level macros and utilities * Write and validate study and product-level macros and utilities * Participate in or lead technical programming and process improvement initiatives. Qualifications * Master's degree or Bachelor's degree & significant directly related post-grad experience * Experience directly managing people and/or leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources * Statistical programming experience in SAS within the drug development setting using the latest SAS System versions; expertise in the BASE, STAT, GRAPH, Macro and SQL modules. * Proven clinical research and development programming experience (including working to CDISC standards, SDTM and ADaM) and the ability to work effectively within a globally dispersed team. I wish you all a very good weekend. Pradeep Garepalli Senior Consultant - Statistics, Biostatistics & Programming Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & CRO Division SEC Recruitment Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1483 228 190 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.