Associate Director, Statistical Programming

2 weeks ago


Mississauga, Canada Alexion Pharmaceuticals,Inc. Full time

Location: Mississauga, Canada

Job reference: R-202220

Date posted: 06/12/2024

**This is what you will do**:
**You will be responsible for**:
Serve as the Lead Programmer and Manager of the statistical programming efforts. This may include additional responsibilities including, but not limited to:

- Develop and validate technical programming specifications for analysis datasets using Alexion or ADaM standards.
- Independently develop and validate programs that generate analysis datasets based on Alexion or ADaM specifications.
- Develop and validate technical programming specifications for protocol specific efficacy tables, listings, figures/graphs.
- Independently develop and validate programs that generate protocol specific efficacy tables, listings, figures/graphs using Alexion specifications.
- Ensuring that the filing of study documentation is maintained to the standard required according to processes and acceptable for audit.
- Directly support the Clinical and Statistical Programming Director in all aspects of the management and development of the Statistical Programming team.
- Participate in the ongoing review of the processes used by the Statistical Programming group to ensure processes are continually complied with and updated as vital.
- Build and/or review programming plans, and ensure appropriate prioritisation and prioritization.
- Act as the primary department contact, when vital, to ensure that department standards are implemented in all studies.
- Manage adherence to all company policies, SOPs, and other controlled documents; and ensure all programming activities adhere to departmental standards

**You will need to have**:

- 7+ years statistical programming experience in the CRO or Pharmaceutical Industry.
- 2-5 years people and project management experience
- Experience with CDISC SDTM and ADaM models and transforming raw data into those standards.
- Strong people management skills and supervisory skills gained from direct line management or supervisory experience. Proven abilities to lead and manage cross-functional projects, and people, from concept to completion.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills - ability to clearly and effectively present information.
- An excellent understanding of the roles and responsibilities of all related disciplines, in particular Biostatistics, Clinical Data Management, and Pharmacovigilance.
- Sophisticated knowledge of SAS/Base, SAS/Macro, SAS/STAT, SAS/Graph, and SAS/SQL in a window's environment with a demonstrated proficiency in SAS/STAT procedures.
- Extensive experience and proven skills in the use of SAS within a Statistical Programming environment to develop and validate analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures/graphs.
- Knowledge of clinical database design, specifically electronic data capture using Inform, Medidata, and Oracle.
- Sophisticated experience with:

- Constructing technical programming specifications.
- Relational Databases.
- Good Clinical Practices.
- Good Programming Practices.
- 21CFR Part 11 Standards.
- Coordinated Summary Safety/Efficacy Analyses.
- Crafting all files vital to support an electronic submission in the eCTD format.

**We would prefer for you to have**:

- BS/MS/MA in Statistics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Mathematics or related area.
- Proficiencies
- Accountability
- Teamwork
- Decision Quality
- Drive for Results
- Perseverance
- Problem Solving
- Informing
- Peer Relationships
- Time Management
- Building Effective Teams
- Managing Through Systems



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