Truven Health Analytics delivers the answers that clients need to improve healthcare quality and access while reducing costs. We provide market-leading performance improvement built on data integrity and empirical truth. For more than 30 years, our insights and solutions have been providing hospitals and clinicians, employers and health plans, state and federal government agencies, life sciences firms, and policymakers the facts they need to make confident decisions that directly affect the health and well-being of people and organizations in the U.S. and around the world.
Truven Health Analytics owns some of the most trusted brands in healthcare, such as MarketScan, 100 Top Hospitals, Advantage Suite, Micromedex, Simpler, ActionOI, Heartbeat Experts, and JWA. Truven Health has its principal offices in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chicago; and Denver. For more information, please visit truvenhealth.com.
Responsible for technical design, implementation, development and maintenance of Truven products.
Note: This position may be located in either Santa Barbara, CA; Ann Arbor, MI; Bethesda, MD; Durham, NC; Cambridge, MA or a Virtual Home Office.
Essential Responsibilities
Design, code and test software to ensure correctness and completeness of function; adhere to software standards; write clear external and in-code documentation.
Provide input and feedback on functional designs; produce technical designs; evaluate technical design options based on scope of effort, computer resource costs, production efficiencies and ease of maintenance.
Maintain and improve current initiatives, tools, processes, and methodologies. Work with the customer service center to resolve complex user problems.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
QualificationsREQUIRED Skills and Experience
Candidate must have strong knowledge and understanding of SAS Programing, Macros, templates, and utilities
5+ years experience with SAS or other structured or object-oriented programming language.
Experience with the full systems development life cycle.
Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
Capable of identifying issues and driving them to resolution.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Experience with Microsoft Office products.
Ability to estimate and track project/task timelines.
Experience with formal specification and testing documentation.
Ability to work independently in a team environment.
Experience in leading and developing large projects.
PREFERRED Skills and Experience
SAS Certification
Education / Certifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
If you are QUALIFIED and interested, please apply directly on our website at: http://bit.ly/TRUVEN2246
We seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Truven Health Analytics is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the 2015 fiscal year (October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015).
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
The Life Sciences business of Truven Health Analytics (www.truvenhealth.com/life-sciences) is a trusted, full service market access, stakeholder management, and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) consultancy serving the global pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech industry.
With the 2014 acquisition of Heartbeat Experts (www.heartbeatexperts.com) into our Life Sciences business, we offer the leading KOL and market access stakeholder identification, profiling, mapping and engagement solutions.
Truven Health Life Sciences enables our 150+ customers to effectively reach out to the right people with the right scientific evidence to demonstrate product value – anywhere in the world. (www.truvenhealth.com/life-science)
