Senior SAS Programmer

Uxbridge  ‐ Onsite
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Description

* Deliver best value and high quality service.
* Ability to fill Statistical Programming Coordinator role on projects. The Statistical Programming Coordinator will:
* Input into and negotiate statistical programming timelines. Ensure that timelines are adhered to.
* Coordinate and lead a statistical programming team to successful completion of a study within given timelines and budget
* Monitor project resourcing, project budgets, and identify changes in scope
* Ensure quality control (QC) on all process and technical activities related to derived dataset, table, listing, and figure programming in accordance with corporate quality standards, SOPs/Guidelines, ICH-GCP and/or other international regulatory requirements are performed.
* Maintain all supporting documentation for studies in accordance with WSOPs/Guidelines to ensure traceability and regulatory compliance
* Be trained in sponsor SOP's and disseminate knowledge to project team members as appropriate.
* Proactively participate in and/or lead process/quality improvement initiatives
* Work closely with the Quality Management Groups (QMG) to ensure compliance with SOPs/Guidelines, ICH-GCP and any other applicable local and international regulations and participate in internal/external audits and regulatory inspections as required

Qualifications :
* Develop wider knowledge of areas of Clinical Data Management Systems (CDMS), Electronic Data Capture (EDC), Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), Safety Reporting, SAS, SQL, and other programming language usage and processes within the GRO, biostatistics, and medical arenas
* Maintain and expand local and international regulatory knowledge within the clinical industry
* Assist project teams in the resolution of problems encountered in the conduct of their daily work
* Provide a broad range of leadership and influencing capabilities to achieve the business objectives and goals for both PAREXEL and sponsors
* Provide broad support, including advice on new technologies and industry technical standards (e.g., EDC, CDISC, Statistical principles, CFR Part 11, electronic submissions, applications and communications technologies, etc.) and their integration into Programming processes
* Provide leadership, project specific training, stakeholder management, external sponsor support, resource management, and project management for the required programming tasks supporting clinical trial activities
* Provide consultancy to internal and external sponsors with regard to statistical programming tasks. In addition, maintain visibility to these sponsors to ensure expectations are being met and that requirements are accurately distributed to the appropriate stakeholders
* Provide oversight and guidance on multiple-trial programs, complex trials, and submission projects (including Integrated Summary of Safety or Efficacy)
* Coordinate project start-up activities, including Unix/PMED project area set-up, creation of global programs (e.g., setup.sas, formats.sas, etc.), tracking spreadsheets, and required documentation
* Assist in the production and QC of analysis plans, produce and QC TLF mock-shells, derived dataset specifications, programming specifications, and other process supporting documents
* Use efficient programming techniques to produce and/or QC derived datasets tables, figures and data listings
* Understand regulatory requirements concerning industry technical standards (e.g., CDISC, 21 CFR Part 11, electronic submissions, etc.) and implications for the department
* Provide input into monthly PERFORM forecasts and monitor the completion of forecasted units
* Create standard macros and applications to improve the efficiency of the department
* Assessment of technology and processes, to facilitate best practices, increase quality, efficiency, and productivity
* Consult with sponsors on technical/regulatory issues
* Represent PAREXEL at sponsor marketing and technical meetings
* Represent Statistical Programming on cross-functional technical initiatives
* Contribute to the development and delivery of internal and external technical training seminars and courses
* Mentor and train other members of the department

* Relevant Clinical Trial industry experience
* Project leadership experience required
* Proven record of leading a team and large scope of projects in a GRO, Technical, Clinical, Medical or Statistical environment

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Start date
08/2013
From
Real Staffing
Published at
22.02.2014
Project ID:
669049
Contract type
Freelance
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