Assoc Statistical Programmer

Overview

IQVIA provides scientific services spanning clinical trials, real world evidence, and consulting in all areas of the product lifecycle. The Patient Centered Solutions (PCS) team leads the industry in breadth and depth of Clinical Outcomes Assessment (COA) and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) knowledge. Our diverse team of experts works together to develop, execute, and validate psychometric instruments that capture the patient experience with their treatment or disease, analyze and interpret outcomes, and translate the information to advance the initiatives of life science companies. 

Individuals joining us are assured of a rewarding and progressive career in patient-focused research. You’ll have the opportunity to address challenging client issues, across multiple geographies with a hands-on influence in developing and delivering solutions.  We operate in a truly multi-cultural, collegial and collaborative work environment that is rich in development and growth.

Role Description

The Associate Statistical Programmer will be working with a talented team responsible for writing specifications and conducting analyses on clinical outcome assessments in the Patient Centered Endpoints group. Responsibilities include:

• Develop and document data science methods and algorithms
• Extract, clean, investigate, prepare, analyse and report real-world data according to statistical analysis plans and programming specifications using SAS software
• May contribute to and support the ongoing maintenance and development of a centralized library of SAS functions within a best practice software engineering framework

Minimum skills, experience, and qualifications:

• At least 1 year of SAS experience
• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Familiarity with base SAS, SAS/Stat
• Ability to write structured, documented and reusable code to analyse data using SAS software
• A proactive, creative, innovative and pragmatic approach to problem solving and an ability to think critically and independently
• Ability to achieve results within a multi-cultural and geographically diverse team in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Flexible and adaptable in a client focused, results driven environment
• Able to communicate effectively in English (written, verbal, listening)

Additional skills and experience considered a plus:

• SAS Enterprise Guide (Windows operating system) and submitting jobs through SAS Grid server
• Exposure to SDTM and ADaM standards and SAS Macros
• SAS ODS Statistical Graphics templates
• Familiarity with analytical methods used in clinical outcome assessments (e.g., structural equation models, factor analysis)
• A Master’s Degree in one of the following areas: Statistics/Statistical Science/Statistical Data Analytics/Medical Statistics, Data Science, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Applied Mathematics with Statistics or Epidemiology
• Microsoft Excel macro programming (e.g., Visual Basic for Applications)

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.