Job Summary
Master’s Degree in Computer science or related field plus 4 years relevant SAS programming experience or BSc in a quantitative or related field with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in SAS programming
- Minimum Qualification:Masters
- Experience Level:Senior level
- Experience Length:5 years
Job Description/Requirements
Summary of Opportunity
- Provide management, leadership, and training for the Statistical Programming group. Manage staffing of projects and coordinate task assignments with other IQVIA Biotech departments and external vendors.
Essential Responsibilities
Line Management:
- Assume line management responsibility for Statistical Programming staff, conducting performance reviews and regularly reviewing objectives. Developing and reviewing development plans
- Ensure corporate and departmental training is delivered effectively
- Provide leadership, mentoring and programming support
Department administration:
- Assign statistical programming leads and additional resources to projects, coordinate project tasks and resources across the Statistical Programming group
- Oversee activities such as department meetings, SAS software releases, organizational structure, SOP training and timesheet review
- Review project budgets and staffing projections for Statistical Programming activities, and actively participate in recruitment
- Review the Statistical Programming section of proposal budgets
- Make presentations to clients and other stakeholders about the processes of the Clinical Reporting department
- Define and maintain departmental standards, SOPs and working practices
- Develop and facilitate work flow for Clinical Reporting and for other departments within Data Operations. Implement generic code to increase efficiency and quality
Minimum Qualifications, knowledge, abilities and experience
- Master’s Degree in Computer science or related field plus 4 years relevant SAS programming experience or BSc in a quantitative or related field with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in SAS programming
- Experience with SAS Base, SAS Stat, SAS Macro, SAS Graph, and ODS as well as strong data step skills
- Minimum of one years experience in a line management role
- 3 years work experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and/or clinical research service industry
- Demonstrated ability to select, lead and motivate technical staff
- Demonstrated ability to supervise resources, plan long-range tasks and conduct training sessions
- Knowledge of programming and validation methods, and software development life cycle.
- Manage software releases and report issues to SAS
- Plan long-range needs while managing daily details
- Work effectively, cooperatively and independently
- Excellent organizational and program documentation skills