Senior SAS Programmer I

at  ICON

As a Senior SAS Programmer I you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

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

• Perform all duties and responsibilities associated with the SAS Programmer role
• Demonstrate excellent SAS programming skills and the ability to implement complex data step logic
• Create complex analysis data sets derived from various data sources with a careful eye for outliers and errors.
• Write SAS programs to generate derived analysis datasets, perform analysis, and TFLs
• Perform ad hoc flexible and rapid programming arising from questions generated from planned analyses and results
• Perform programming validation to ensure the quality of analysis datasets and programming outputs
• Ensure consistency and adherence to standards within the project
• Provide input to the design of the clinical trial database for proper data capture and to ensure data quality
• Provide programming support for the preparation of integrated reports, submissions and post-submission activities
• Convert, verify and integrate multiple sources of incoming data for the creation of analysis datasets
• Serve as an advisor to programmers assigned to the project to ensure high quality and timely deliverables
• Serve as a coordinator when multiple programming resources (e.g. CROs or contractors) are used
• Contribute to the creation, maintenance, and validation of standards for outputs and macros
• Provide training on SOPs, WPs and standard programs
• Contribute to the creation of naming conventions and development of the programming environment
• Perform any additional tasks required

You are:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other subject with high statistical content (Masters degree preferred)
• 8+ years programming experience
• Strong documentation, communication, enthusiasm, and time management skills are essential
• Epidemiology Programming using SAS Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Prior experience with large databases and observational research/epidemiology methods is strongly desired.
• 6 plus years Pharmaceutical/CRO industry experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good planning and project management skills
• Ability to collaborate and work well in a team environment
• Thorough understanding of clinical data structures, relational database structures, and data exchange with alternate data formats.
• Experience in using additional software tools and applications (e.g. MS office, XML)
• In-depth understanding of regulatory, industry, and technology standards and requirements.