Associate Director leading epidemiological statistical programming and real-world evidence analyses for Cytel’s pharmaceutical clients. Developing reproducible SAS/R outputs, standards, and programming talent across therapeutic areas.
Responsibilities
Provide technical and functional leadership to statistical programmers supporting epidemiological and real-world evidence studies
Lead and contribute hands-on to statistical programming activities across multiple therapeutic areas
Develop, validate, and maintain SAS and/or R programs for analysis datasets, statistical outputs, tables, figures, and other data products
Partner with epidemiologists, statisticians, data scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders on programming approaches
Provide expert technical consultation on complex programming, data, and analytical challenges
Oversee and review programming deliverables for accuracy, reproducibility, quality, timelines, and standards
Support programming using administrative claims, electronic health records, registries, and other healthcare databases
Drive automation, standardization, continuous improvement, and scalable programming approaches
Plan and prioritize programming activities, identifying resource needs, risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges
Support regulatory and health authority requests, publications, abstracts, presentations, and evidence-generation activities
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, SOPs, data privacy requirements, and industry best practices
Develop and maintain SOPs, work instructions, programming conventions, and related documentation
Foster collaboration and develop programming talent through coaching, knowledge sharing, technical review, and mentorship
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline
8+ years of relevant statistical programming experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, healthcare, or life sciences industry
Demonstrated experience supporting epidemiological, observational, real-world evidence (RWE), HEOR, and/or related research
Experience with Optum and Truveta
Advanced programming expertise in SAS and/or R
Ability to develop, validate, and maintain complex analytical programs and reproducible programming workflows
Strong experience with large and complex healthcare data sources, including administrative claims, EHRs, patient registries, or other real-world data
Understanding of epidemiological study designs, statistical analysis methods, and programming techniques for observational and real-world research
Ability to provide technical leadership and guidance, mentor colleagues, review programming approaches and deliverables, and resolve complex technical challenges
Experience leading or coordinating programming activities across multiple projects
Experience overseeing and reviewing programming deliverables
Experience with line managing a team
Commitment to programming quality, reproducibility, documentation, standards, and best practices
Ability to work independently, exercise sound technical judgment, and manage multiple priorities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong collaboration and leadership skills across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams
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