Statistical Programmer Analyst

Job description

·  Job facts

Title: Statistical Programming Analyst
Division: PDB
Location: Mississauga

Duration: Full-Time

The Statistical Programmer Analyst has responsibility for statistical programming support for the Pharma Development, gRED, pRED, and/or EpiPRO organizations. He/she provides end to end statistical programming support in planning, specifying, designing, developing and implementing statistical software solutions for the reporting and analysis of clinical trials in accordance with applicable processes.

Responsibilities:

Performs statistical programming activities

·  Prepares summarized information for clinical study team members
·  Assess and clarify requirements, contribute to developing programming specifications, providing statistical programming solutions to ensure their efficient implementations
·  Determines and develops approaches to meet the project requirements
·  Considers strategies that will enable a smooth transition of a study or other task, if changes were to occur (e.g. with ‘fluid resourcing' changes) in order to allow consistency or continuity of subsequent tasks
·  Negotiates effectively within project teams and working groups in order to ensure reasonable timelines and scope, also negotiate alternative timelines based on resourcing / priority constraints

Ensures quality of deliverables

·  Responsible for accuracy and reliability of results, builds and monitors quality in every aspect of job activities to ensure quality control
·  Has a familiarity with the types of risks associated with a study and the impact on the quality of deliverables and implements the risk based quality control accordingly to ensure validity

Contributes towards technical solutions

·  Provides technical and process solutions that can be used or developed to increase efficiency of project work
·  Independently determines and develops approach to solutions to ensure issue resolutions
·  Contribute to user aspects of technical infrastructure or business process initiatives with a focus on statistical programming, data process and analysis reporting procedures

Qualifications:

·  Minimum of 3 year undergraduate degree in BA, BS or advanced degree in mathematics, statistics , biological sciences, computer science or equivalent experience
·  SAS Certifications preferred
·  At least 3 years SAS programming experience in clinical research preferably with emphasis in the development and support of the analysis of clinical trial data.
·  Proficient at problem solving. Able to debug and resolve issues related to other peoples code and/or system macro code.
·  Understands the overall design of a clinical study, and its statistical and clinical rationale (e.g., dose escalation for MTD, comparison to standard of care).
·  Capable of clear and timely written / verbal communication and effective listening/understanding with clinical study team and SPA department
·  Ability to work on multiple tasks and meets timelines. Demonstrates ability to prioritize and project manage to optimize support.
·  Awareness and familiarity with the types of risks associated with a study and the impact on the quality of deliverables
·  Embraces and endorses change; Ability to see the big picture and understand what changes affect other departments work.
·  Shows willingness and ability to provide presentations with clear slides to a large group such as Coder's Corner, project meetings, SPA department.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit cover letter and resume no later than September 12th, 2019

This position is not eligible for relocation support.
This position is open to applicants legally authorized to work in Canada.

NOTE: All employment is conditional upon the completing and obtaining a satisfactory background check, including educational, employment, references and criminal records (for which a pardon has not been granted) checks.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon any legally protected ground. Roche will make a good faith effort to accommodate the individual needs of applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process

AGENCY NOTICE: Please note that Roche Canada does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Services Agreement with agency/recruiter, Roche Canada will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Roche Canada explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

·  Who we are

Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche's truly innovative culture.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.