Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Summarized Purpose:
Join our dedicated team and contribute to our mission of making a significant impact in the field of bioinformatics. As a Programmer Analyst - SAS at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., your hardworking programming skills and innovative solutions will be vital in advancing research projects.
Essential Functions:
- Complete programming tasks assigned by study project team leads, including crafting, driving, and validating programs that transfer data across multiple systems. Merge data from various sources, generate summaries, and generate reports using SAS and standard tools.
- Prepare and analyze clinical trial patient datasets, such as laboratory data, vital signs data, tumor response data, imaging data, quality of life and well-being questionnaire data, or adverse events data, for clinical research purposes. Consult with researchers and multi-disciplinary project teams to determine technology-based solutions and computational strategies tailored to specific projects.
- Develop customized codes to apply existing tools and applications, ensuring flawless outputs or validating outputs for clinical bioinformatics or technical use.
- Act as the programming lead on studies of simple to moderate complexity, successfully implementing lead tasks and responsibilities.
- Actively seek information to understand the lead programmer's role in the overall process and may lead on simple to moderately complex projects under close supervision. Ensure adherence to departmental working practice documents and SOPs, contributing to the development of informal training materials.
- Develop your programming, technology, clinical trials, and pharmaceutical industry skills. Collaborate with mentors, participate in presentations, and contribute to department documents and policies to expand your expertise.
Qualifications:
- Minimum requirement: MS/MA degree in computer science, statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, or related field. Also open to candidates with a Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
- Proven ability to lead programming activities for a project team and develop specifications for SDTM and ADaM derivations.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong understanding of one or more programming languages
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with teams and clients.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments with challenging timelines
- Adaptability to changing priorities
- Positive attitude and ability to work collaboratively
- Demonstrated initiative and motivation
- Solid understanding of relational database structures and complex data systems
- Ability to capture biostatistical metrics and provide quality control support for statistical programming
Top Skills
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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