Functional Area Statistical Programming Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree from reputable university preferably in science/ mathematics related fields
Attained SAS\xc2\xae certification
Technical Skills Requirements
Must have excellent knowledge of SAS\xc2\xae Base, and good knowledge of SAS\xc2\xae graph and SAS\xc2\xae Macros.
Capable of programming simple statistical procedures as per specifications provided by biostatistician.
Must have excellent knowledge of CDISC standards (SDTM and ADaM)
Thorough understanding of relational database components and theory.
Excellent application development skills.
Strong understanding of clinical trial data and extremely hands on in data manipulations, analysis, and reporting of analysis results.
Good understanding of ICH E6, ICH E3, ICH E8, ICH E9 and clinical research processes.
Experience Requirements: More than 5 + years of experience in Statistical Programming in pharmaceutical or medical devices industry Desirable Requirements:
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work on multiple projects, plan, organize and prioritize activities.
Responsibilities: At a minimum, following activities are required to be performed:
Adherence to all department-specific and project standards and SOPs
Perform all responsibilities associated with SAS\xc2\xae Programmer roles.
Assist the Programmers of their team in their day-to-day activities.
Act as an escalation point for Programmer.
Communicate with the sponsor as needed to ensure high quality and on time deliverables
Recommend and develop project standards
Apply SAS\xc2\xae programming knowledge to solve problems related to non-routine situations
Understand, own and author the programming specifications and database definitions
Generate and QC summary tables, data listings and graphs for in-house analyses of study data or publications using SAS standard coding
practices.
Create/acquire tools to improve programming efficiency or quality Validate work of other programmers.
Create/review programming plan, specifications for datasets and TLFs. Conduct plausibility and completeness checks of programming
output across each study.
Lead and own identified opportunities of process improvement
Identify, build, and validate SAS\xc2\xae Macros
Contribute to activities in validation and implementation including Standard Reporting Systems, SAS macro utility programs and associated
tools.
Contribute to development and implementation of programming standards and conventions.
Establish monitoring of data transfers for ongoing trials to identify study conduct or data quality issues.
Support data queries from another functional group
Other responsibilities as defined on ad-hoc basis by senior management.
Relationships & Interactions
Clinical Data Manager
Biostatisticians
Medical Coders
Brief Details about Adam/TFL Role: Create/review programming plan, specifications for datasets and ADaM using SAS. Conduct plausibility and completeness checks of programming output across each study. Good Exposure and have worked on Define.xml and package creation, worked on Pinnacle reports Develop and validate on TLF's without any support. should have good first-hand experience on Tables and Listings. Graphs experience is preferrable but not mandatory Contribute to activities in validation and implementation including Standard Reporting Systems, SAS macro utility programs and associated tools. Brief Details about SDTM Role: Create/review programming plan, specifications for datasets and SDTM using SAS. Conduct plausibility and completeness checks of programming output across each study. Exposure and have worked on CRF Annotation, Define.xml and package creation, worked on Pinnacle reports Contribute to activities in validation and implementation including Standard Reporting Systems, SAS macro utility programs and associated tools.IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at