Senior Statistical Programmer, Statistical Programming, PCS

at  IQVIA

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree Computer science or related field and 5 years relevant experience including 1 year in a leadership capacity required or bachelor’s degree in Computer science or related field and 6 years relevant experience including 1 year in a leadership capacity
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in lieu of degree required.
• Advanced knowledge of SAS and technical database skills
• Knowledge of statistics and/or the clinical drug development process
• Excellent presentation skills

THE ROLE:

Manage a team of Statistical Programming (SP) staff, including hiring, training, and supervising department members. Develop, recommend, and implement standard procedures, measures of performance, and training programs. Organize and allocate resources according to multi-project requirements and deadlines. Serve as lead statistical programmer on projects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serve as a Stat Programming consultant for other members of the department and staff members from other Biostatistics departments within the company.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of developments in statistical programming.
• May participate as high level lead Stat Programmer on major project(s).
• Provide advanced technical expertise for internal and external clients.
• Independently bring project solutions to SP teams and the Statistical Programming department.
• Provide expert review of process and methodology development work with regard to SP standards and validation procedures.
• Responsibilities include planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance and guiding professional development; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing employee relations issues and resolving problems.
• Participate in project meetings; keep up-to-date on project issues; keep Director informed of project issues.
• Coordinate and participate in process improvements and interoffice/interdepartmental task forces; oversee collection and reporting of Stat Programming metrics, implementation of revised work practices, new guidelines, and new software tools as they become available.
• Effectively recommend resource allocation at the site level to achieve target utilization rates and project realization rates.
• Assist in the following: (i) sales meetings as required; (ii) overseeing proposal preparation; (iii) ensuring that all proposals bid by the department have an adequate budget, and sufficiently detailed set of budget assumptions.