Senior Statistical Programmer

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About the role: The Senior Statistical Programmer provides statistical programming expertise and support in analyzing data from a large real-world data source from electronic health records, with a strong background in healthcare data informatics and analysis, in support of the Peripheral Interventions Vascular division.This position offers an opportunity to expand your knowledge and skill sets in a collaborative environment that encourages showcasing your talent and progression into areas of advanced statistical programming and interactions with various internal and external stakeholders to support business objectives. Your responsibilities will include: Leverages technical skillsets to define patient cohorts from large real-world data source(s) to perform both outcomes and statistical analysis. Uses technical expertise to receive incoming customer requests and produce custom analyses. Scopes requirements for research projects, asks questions to clarify objectives, methods, and details, conducts custom analyses in R or Python on electronic health record (EHR) data, produces results outputs (tables and figures). Collaborates with internal or external team members (e.g., Statisticians, Medical Writers, Medical Directors, and Physicians), to lead the activities for data extraction, integration, and analysis required for evidence generation strategies, regulatory submissions, and data publications. Leverages knowledge of statistics, regression, propensity score matching, Kaplan-Meier and other survival analyses to support project objectives. Performs quality control and/or validation according to departmental processes and procedures. Ensures analysis is performed in accordance with applicable statistical methods and in compliance with regulatory and company standards. Works with cross-functional team members to contribute to study design and analysis plan as needed. Required qualifications: Minimum Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, clinical informatics, or related field with 7 years' experience Minimum 3 years of experience analyzing Electronic Health Record data or other real-world healthcare claims data sources. Advanced skills using SQL, R and Python, including familiarity with data modeling to conduct data analyses. Attention to detail with excellent problem-solving skills and ability to proactively identify and address issues. Ability to interact and communicate with people effectively and to explain results clearly as well as strong experience working with a global team. Preferred qualifications: Advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience. Experience with sample size calculation and simulations. Ability to effectively explain statistical methods and interpret results. Familiar with other statistical programming package or software, SAS programming language and common statistical methods/tests. Proficient in SAS Macro programming, ODS/RTF, ODS/GRAPH. Extensive working experience using various SAS/Stats Procedures (e.g., Logistic, GLM, Phreg, and Lifetest). Experience of Common Data Model (CDM) or related data model and database structures. Experience with data mining or data science related to clinical evidence. Apache Spark/PySpark/SparkR experience Requisition ID:586853 As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, w are committed to solving the challenges that matter most - united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. 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