Senior Statistical Programmer Analysis & Reporting Hybrid

Job description

**Job Description**

**Responsibilities** **:**

This position provides high quality statistical programming analysis and reporting deliverables for global stakeholders in Early Development Statistics and global PK/PD modeling and simulation stakeholders spanning both early and late in all our Company therapeutic areas except early oncology.

The senior statistical programmer will gather and interpret user requirements for analysis and programming requests in close collaboration with stakeholders (statisticians/modelers) and clinical colleagues, retrieve the required data, transform the data into analysis/modeling datasets, and develop tables and figures according to statistical/modeling analysis plan.

The senior programmer will partner with stakeholders to solve problems; reduce the amount of programming task being completed by stakeholders to facilitate an increase in efficiency and compliance for statistical/modeling analyses.

The senior programmer will also write programs to analyze data with statistical methods which are not currently available through commercial software packages.

The senior programmer will be a key collaborator with statisticians, modelers, and colleagues in other related function areas.

**Primary Activities** **:**

+ Prepare compliant programming code for regulatory submissions including analysis/modeling datasets, tables, listings, figures and associated documentation
+ Ensure programmatic traceability from data source to analysis/modeling result
+ Support the development of programming standards to enable efficient and high-quality production of programming deliverables
+ Provide technical consultation and analytical support to early development statisticians for exploratory and unplanned statistical analyses
+ Pre-process, filter, and manipulate complex data for the analyses of molecular biomarker data, imaging data, and external data other than traditional laboratory data

**Education and Minimum Requirement** **:**

+ BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 5-9 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment
+ MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 3-7 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment

**Department Required Skills and Experience:**

+ Effective interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate and collaborate effectively
+ Effective written, oral, and presentation skills
+ Effective knowledge and experience in developing analysis and reporting deliverables for research and development projects (data, analyses, tables, graphics, listings)
+ A project leader; completes tasks independently at a project level; ability to collaborate with key stakeholders

**Position Specific Required Skills and Experience:**

+ Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH
+ Experience with at least one other software than SAS (e.g., R, Python, NonMem)
+ Designs and develops complex programming algorithms
+ Ability to comprehend analysis plans which may describe methodology to be programmed; understanding of statistical terminology and concepts; Implements statistical methods not currently available through commercial software packages.
+ Experience in CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards
+ Demonstrated ability to work in an exploratory environment, handling non-standard data in a variety of formats with minimal requirements; knowledge of pharmaceutical development processes
+ Efficiently manipulates very large databases including complex data preprocessing, filtering, and manipulation
+ Programming expertise with clinical endpoint data (efficacy and safety) and pharmacokinetic data (raw concentration data, derived PK parameters).

**Preferred Skills and Experience:**

+ Familiarity with clinical pharmacology concepts and pharmacokinetics concepts
+ Good working knowledge of reporting processes (SOPs) and software development life-cycle (SDLC)
+ Utilizes and contributes to the development of standard departmental SAS macros
+ Ability and interest to work across cultures and geographies
+ Ability to complete statistical programming deliverables through the use of global outsource partner programming staff
+ Active in professional societies

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**Required Skills:**

Clinical Site Management, Clinical Testing, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Modeling, Development Projects, Numerical Analysis, Pharmaceutical Development, PKPD Modeling, SAS Language, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Statistical Analysis Software (SAS), Statistical Methods, Statistical Programming, Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Waterfall Model

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**U.S. Hybrid Work Model**

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Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The salary range for this role is

$114,700.00 - $180,500.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits .

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee).

The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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**Employee Status:**

Regular

**Relocation:**

Domestic

**VISA Sponsorship:**

Yes

**Travel Requirements:**

10%

**Flexible Work Arrangements:**

Hybrid

**Shift:**

Not Indicated

**Valid Driving License:**

No

**Hazardous Material(s):**

N/A

**Job Posting End Date:**

10/28/2025
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**Requisition ID:** R359750

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