Tools & Standards Senior Specialist/Statistical Programmer with R (FSP)

Sponsor-dedicated: 

Working fully embedded within a tools and standards development team of one of our pharmaceutical clients, with the support of Cytel right behind you, you'll be at the heart of our client's innovation. As a Tools and Standards Specialist you will be dedicated to one of our global pharmaceutical clients; a company that is driving the next generation of patient treatment, where individuals are empowered to work with autonomy and ownership. This is an exciting time to be a part of this program.

Position Overview: 

This position reports to the Director, Biostatistics and Programming in the FSP Services business unit in Cytel.  The Tools and Standards Specialist will have a background in Statistical Programming using R and (desirably) SAS as well as experience participating and leading in standardization and automation. We are looking for highly talented and technically skilled specialist who can convert their knowledge into tools that help make reporting of data from clinical trials and projects more efficient with high quality. 

As a Tools and Standards Specialist, your responsibilities will include: 

• Participate in developing and maintaining solutions based on R and other languages/tools . 
• Implement and maintain workflows in compliance with CDISC standards, using R toolchains 
• Automate clinical (and statistical) data processes, with an aim to provide tools that are scalable for repeated use 
• Identify opportunities for automation in collaboration with cross-functional team.
• Create proof-of-concept models to demonstrate innovative new ideas and drive towards production-ready solution.
• Support documentation, sharing of knowledge, process improvement.

Here at Cytel we want our employees to succeed and we enable this success through consistent training, development and support. To be successful in this position you will have:   

• At least 8 years of programming experience in a drug development setting; strong with R, SAS is desirable.
• Experience developing R Shiny web apps and validating R packages.
• Strong understanding of CDISC standards for SDTM and ADaM and experience in development of tables, listings and figures.
• High sense of accountability while working independently.
• Good Team Player and Driver capabilities
• A flexible and creative mindset with strong problem-solving skills. Strong cross-functional collaborator who is able to explain technical matters in lay language.
• Being proactive and having the desire to improve upon the existing processes.

Preferred Qualifications (nice to have)

• Familiarity with other programming languages such as Python.
• Git knowledge 
• Familiarity with Domino Data Lab
• Experience supporting customers and users, including giving training