The Senior Technical Programmer will have experience in all required areas of a Technical Programmer. The Senior Technical Programmer is responsible for the development, validation, and maintenance of clinical data programs used in data management in support of clinical studies, under minimal supervision. They may serve as the lead Technical Programmer to manage and support project deliverables and timelines.

Responsibilities: 

• Exceed expectations and responsibilities of a Technical Programmer
• Develop, validate, and maintain programs or tools used to create reports and listings to perform data review. These programs or tools will be completed in SAS, native EDC applications, visual analytic tools or other software deemed appropriate
• Develop and maintain transfers from internal or external sources defined in a Data Transfer Specification
• Provide training, mentoring and oversight to other programmers
• Create and maintain programming specifications
• Generate and maintain all required documentation related to programming activities; ensure quality of the programming and adherence to company standards
• Act as Subject Matter Expert(SME) and main point of contact for any technical questions related to tasks being performed
• Proactively monitor scope of work to actual work, alerting management of potential change orders or resourcing needs
• Work effectively with other programmers, data managers and cross-functional team members to ensure accurate and high-quality deliverables
• May work in development, validation, deployment and maintenance of EDC study builds
• Support the development of tools and macros to improve quality and efficiency of processes
• Generate and maintain all required documentation related to programming activities

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Strong understanding of departmental and company procedures; ability to guide others on procedures
  • May participate in the development and revision of department SOPs
• Additional Responsibilities
  • May support the business development process; RFl completion, proposal development. bid defense participation, attendance at industry meetings, etc.
  • May promote visibility outside of the functional area and effectively interact cross-functionally and in industry
  • May participate in candidate interviews
  • Perform other duties as requested by management

Qualifications:

• The idea candidate should have a degree in Computer Science, or a related field; work experience may be substituted for degree
• At minimum 4 years of direct SAS programming experience or related analytic tool in pharmaceutical development or CRO environment preferred, but not required
• Good knowledge of medical terminology and conduct and analysis of clinical trials
• Knowledge of relevant industry data standards (e.g. CDISC, CDASH, etc)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail are required