About This Role:
As a Senior Principal Analyst, Statistical Programming at Biogen, you will lead and oversee the statistical programming activities both internally and through external vendors. You will be responsible for ensuring the application of data standards and the production of high-quality analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures. This role is pivotal in delivering submission-ready statistical outputs in partnership with Biostatistics. Your input will be crucial for planning study timelines, monitoring milestones, and liaising with Data Management counterparts. You will lead a team of statistical programmers, ensuring seamless communication and quality oversight. As a key player in implementing Data and Programming Strategy, you will collaborate closely with the Portfolio Lead to maintain statistical programming standards and drive process improvements. Your contributions will ensure that Biogen continues to set the standard in patient-focused drug development.
This role is available on a hybrid office working basis, with flexibility for remote working dependent on individual’s location.
What You’ll Do:
Lead and manage the creation and delivery of statistical programming activities and deliverables for study projects.
Serve as a statistical programming expert, authoring CDISC ADaM analysis dataset specifications.
Oversee the end-to-end programming of deliverables, ensuring compliance with electronic submission standards.
Identify and lead efforts to remedy process inefficiencies, training the department on new processes.
Act as the Statistical Programming Lead to achieve program milestones, evaluating task objectives and resource needs.
Ensure program consistency and usage of data, analysis, and submission standards across the department.
Communicate statistical programming requirements and deliverable status to internal and external project team members.
Who You Are:
You have a strong background in statistical programming and are adept at leading and collaborating across functions. Your attention to detail is exceptional, and you can manage competing priorities with ease. You embody Biogen’s culture essentials by pioneering new ideas, thinking broadly, driving results, and maintaining ethical and inclusive practices.
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s degree required, Masters or PhD in Statistics or Mathematics preferred.
Significant and proven years of relevant work experience in the pharma/biotech industry with a focus on data management and analysis.
Extensive years of experience in:
SAS Base programming, including using SAS STAT, GRAPH, and MACRO.
Clinical trials.
Clinical database experience.
Experience with CDISC and/or submissions.
Extensive knowledge of the drug development process and clinical trials.
Familiarity with drug submission requirements and relevant guidelines (ICH, FDA/EMEA/ROW).
Familiarity with UNIX, software development packages (R, Imaging, and Genomics software packages).
Familiarity with AI and ML concepts.
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and often perceived as fair across roles, with total compensation framed as strong when bonus and equity are included. Compensation sentiment is described as above-average overall, though it varies by function and business cycle.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are described as distinctive, including a year-end shutdown and a paid sabbatical after extended tenure. Vacation, holidays, sick time, and personal-significance days are also presented as supportive of work-life needs.
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What We Do
Through cutting-edge science and medicine, Biogen discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies worldwide for people living with serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded in 1978, Biogen is a pioneer in biotechnology and today the Company has the leading portfolio of medicines to treat multiple sclerosis, has introduced the first and only approved treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, and is at the forefront of neurology research for conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biogen also manufactures and commercializes biosimilars of advanced biologics. With approximately 7000 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries. For more information, please visit www.biogen.com. Follow us on social media – Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube.
