ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development
We’re looking for a talented Senior Statistical Programmer to become a key contributor within our diverse, collaborative, and forward‑thinking team. At ICON, you’ll play an integral role in transforming clinical trial data into meaningful insights that drive critical decision‑making in global healthcare.
In this role, you’ll take ownership of developing and validating high‑quality statistical programs, partnering closely with expert biostatisticians, and ensuring our outputs meet the highest scientific and regulatory standards. Your expertise will directly support the success of our clinical studies and the advancement of life‑changing therapies.
What You Will Be DoingDesigning, developing, and validating SAS programs to support statistical analysis and reporting of clinical trial data.
Collaborating with biostatisticians to shape analysis plans, identify appropriate methodologies, and deliver reliable insights.
Conducting comprehensive quality control checks to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of statistical outputs.
Supporting the creation of statistical reports, presentations, and regulatory submission documentation.
Identifying opportunities to enhance programming processes, contributing to continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Proven experience in statistical programming, ideally within clinical research or the pharmaceutical industry.
Strong command of SAS programming, with a solid grounding in statistical concepts and clinical data analysis.
Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with meticulous attention to detail.
Effective communicator with strong teamwork skills and the confidence to translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights.
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
Various annual leave entitlements
A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
Life assurance
Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here.
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline
- Proven experience in statistical programming, ideally within clinical research or the pharmaceutical industry
- Strong command of SAS programming
- Solid grounding in statistical concepts and clinical data analysis
- Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving abilities
- Effective communicator with strong teamwork skills
ICON plc Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ICON plc and has not been reviewed or approved by ICON plc.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with medical coverage and wellness initiatives highlighted. Larger sites are also associated with added wellness supports such as onsite fitness options and access to an employee assistance program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off and flexibility provisions are positioned as a meaningful part of the total package, including vacation/annual leave and flexible work scheduling. Flexibility is sometimes cited as helping offset long hours in certain roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and savings support is presented as a core component of the benefits package, including offerings such as pension arrangements in some locations and a U.S. 401(k) plan with company match. Financial planning resources are also emphasized as part of broader security benefits.
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What We Do
Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.
