Clinical Statistical Programmer

Primary Talent Partners has a 12 month contract opening for a Clinical Statistical Programmer to join a multinational pharmaceutical company for a 100% remote contract position. 

Pay: $60.00/hr - $70.00/hr based on experience. 
Contract: W-2, 12 months, extensions likely, conversion possible, cannot support C2C or provide sponsorship
Type: 100% Remote - candidates within east coast preferred, as the candidate may be required to visit the site in Jersey City, NJ once a quarter. 

Summary:
The Outcomes Research Stats Analyst/ Statistical Programmer will report to the Director of Data Analytics OR of Medical Affairs Outcomes Research. Core elements enabling success in the role will include: Focusing across Women’s Health, Established Brands, Biosimilars and in-licensing opportunities. In this role you will be responsible for the internal analysis for all internal projects research programs that include design and delivering internal research projects and insights.

Responsibilties:

• The role is responsible for the delivery of internal data analysis of studies involving observational studies for all developmental products and commercialized projects across the company portfolio.
• The data is to be communicated to all internal stakeholders and for support for research projects that are reviewed and go to congress and manuscript submission.
• Develop protocols and Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) based on the study concept, and ensure appropriateness of study design, sample size and statistical methodologies proposed.
• Develop and implement rigorous QC processes and programming templates to ensure quality of data and analyses.
• Conducts statistical analyses to generate tables, listings, and figures for use in publications/presentations and for internal purposes
• Must be able to meet timelines with minimal supervision, have excellent verbal and written skills.
• Solid ability to translate statistical information.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Masters degree in Health Economics, Biostatistics, Health Services Research, Public Health, Epidemiology, Pharmacy Administration, or other relevant discipline, with experience in coding and developing analytical datasets and conducting statistical analysis.
• Advance degree (eg, PhD, DrPH, PharmD) is nice to have -- Must have publications on the resumes.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in SAS programming and a minimum 2 years of hands-on work experience with real world studies using large claims/EMR databases in HEOR.
• Strong programming skills in SAS / R programming and data analysis.
• Extensive work experience with large US insurance claims databases, electronic medical records, registry databases for health outcomes research (e.g., Optum, Premier, Marketscan, Humedica, IMSPharmetrics , GEhealth, Flatiron, etc.)
• Experience with Ex-US healthcare databases such as THIN database is a plus
• Experience working with medical and billing coding systems such as ICD-10, SNOMED, LOINC, NDC, HCPCS, CPT.
• Familiar with cloud and high-performance computing environments (Azure, AWS).
• Looking for candidates who have worked in the pharma industry (have some therapeutic area expertise) and have experience with any of claims (Marketscan, OPTUM, Premier etc) or EMR databases(THIN) for research purposes.
• Candidates we hire will be directly working with Outcomes research group on a retrospective study from start to finish (developing research protocol, write SAS programs, analyze and provide summary of results that can be publishable).

Preferred Skills:

• R shiny -- good to have.
• Python would be good to have. 

Not Looking For:

• Oracle
• GCP / ICH Experience
• Clinical Research Experience 

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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