[Hiring] Sr Clinical IT Developer- SAS Programming @Medtronic

Role Description

In this exciting role as the statistical programmer, you will be responsible for providing experienced, comprehensive, and advanced technical expertise as part of the centralized Biostats and Clinical Intelligence (BCI) team in the Medtronic Clinical & Regulatory Solutions organization (MCRS). You will be developing and maintaining programs and process methodology to meet internal and external clients’ needs. You will be planning and leading the development of solutions to all statistical analysis programming needs, particularly complex studies such as Premarket Approval (PMAs) studies.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Designs, develops, evaluates and modifies computer programs to analyze and evaluate clinical data.
• Recognizes inconsistencies and initiates resolution of data problems.
• Implements data management plans designed to meet project and protocol deadlines.
• Provides expertise in the design and development of clinical trials, protocols and case report forms.
• Plans and coordinates statistical programming for complex studies.
• May integrate databases from multiple studies or sources.
• Reviews Statistical Analysis Plans from the programming perspective.
• Assists in data cleaning process.
• Programs analysis database manipulations and transfers of data for internal and external clients.
• Programs, tests, documents, and validates statistical programs and tools in accordance with SP standards and validation procedures.
• Serves as SP support programmer representing Statistical Programming on the corporate team.
• May serve as SP Lead in the absence of Lead Programmer.
• Develops and maintains good communications and working relationships with teams and external clients.
• May interact with other SP team members and cross functional teams to negotiate timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• May serve as Project Manager or technical liaison with other departments.
• May participate in relevant client presentations and proposal development.
• Assists in the development of training materials for department.
• Understands and complies with Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Assists in developing, revising, and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Provides advanced technical expertise in conjunction with internal and external clients.
• Assists in collaboration with data management team in developing and implementing new technologies or software.
• Independently brings project solutions to SP teams.
• May oversee the work of outsourcing partners and vendors at study level.
• Mentors junior programming in departmental procedures and developing technical and/or database expertise.
• Meets milestones as assigned and performs other duties as directed by SP management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of data analysis/programming (SAS) experience or advanced degree and 0 years of experience.
• Certifications: SAS Base Programming is required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer science, Statistics or related fields (Nice to Have).
• 3-5 years of SAS programming experience (Nice to Have).
• Experience programming ADaM and SDTM data (Nice to Have).
• Experience in PL/SQL, Unix scripting, Python and R programming (Nice to Have).
• Experience in statistical programming for clinical studies (Nice to Have).
• Experience at Medtronic or medical device/pharmaceutical/Biopharm industry (Nice to Have).
• Good understanding of the clinical trial research development process is preferred (Nice to Have).

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.
• A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values.
• We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).