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Principal Scientist, Stat. Programming – A&R Standards, Innovation

nj • Posted 2 days ago
Onsite Full Time Science

  • Support the strategic design, development, and delivery of efficient, flexible, modular analysis and reporting and submission standards and tools for drug and vaccine projects
  • Drive development and adoption of a scalable, reusable multilingual standards library based on R, Python, and SAS
  • Emphasize open-source adoption, automation, and appropriate use of AI
  • Address operational challenges through strategic standard-based solutions
  • Facilitate global adoption of standards and programming best practices
  • Contribute strategic solutions for cross-functional stakeholder groups in BARDS, GCD, and the Research & Development Division
  • Provide technical consultation and analytical support to statistical programmers and statisticians
  • Lead and contribute to departmental strategic initiative project teams
  • Represent the company in industry initiatives including CDISC and PHUSE
  • Collaborate with Biostatistics, Statistical Programming, Data Management, Clinical Research, Regulatory, Observational Research, Clinical Safety, and PK/PD Modeling and Simulation organizations
  • Drive analysis and reporting data structures and submission standards
  • Adhere to departmental standard operating procedures and guidelines

Requirements

  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field plus 12 or more years of statistical programming experience in a clinical trial environment, or MS in a related field plus 10 or more years of such experience
  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and collaboration skills
  • Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills
  • Superior knowledge and significant experience setting strategy and developing analysis and reporting deliverables for R&D projects
  • Excellent project management skills and leadership across multiple complex programs
  • Ability to determine approaches, ensure consistency, direct development of others, and engage key stakeholders
  • Expertise in clinical trial programming, including data manipulation, reporting workflows, visualization, and production-quality practices using multiple programming languages and tools
  • Superior knowledge and significant experience developing statistical programming deliverables according to quality, compliance, and timeliness requirements
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of CDISC SDTM and ADaM analysis dataset standards
  • Experience with analytical research databases, analysis datasets, and procedures
  • Understanding of statistics, clinical trials, and data management concepts applied to drug and vaccine development
  • Demonstrated success assuring deliverable quality and process compliance
  • Strategic thinking and ability to develop and implement strategic solutions
  • Ability to anticipate stakeholder requirements
  • Ability and interest to work across cultures and geographies
  • Preferred: experience developing multilingual analysis and reporting products using R, Python, and SAS
  • Preferred: process assessment, improvement, and operational excellence methodologies
  • Preferred: experience developing and managing project plans
  • Preferred: experience using AI/GenAI tools such as Claude Code
  • Preferred: active participation in professional societies and collaboration across regions
  • Required skills include Clinical SAS Programming, Data Management, Data Modeling, Numerical Analysis, R Programming, and Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Travel requirements: 10%
  • Valid driving license: not required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in statistical programming and analysis for clinical trials, with a strong focus on R, Python, and SAS. Proven ability to develop and implement strategic solutions while ensuring compliance with industry standards such as CDISC.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Clinical SAS Programming
  • Data Management
  • R Programming
  • Statistical Programming Deliverables
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • Statistical Programming
  • Data Manipulation
  • Reporting Workflows
  • Visualization
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Multilingual Analysis Development
  • Quality Compliance
  • Analysis Dataset Standards
  • Process Improvement
  • AI/GenAI Tools

Soft Skills

  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Collaboration Skills
  • Project Management Skills
  • Strategic Thinking

Industry Keywords

  • Clinical Trials
  • Drug Development
  • Vaccine Development
  • CDISC
  • PHUSE
  • Biostatistics
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Observational Research
  • PK/PD Modeling
  • Statistical Analysis

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