Senior Specialist Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Senior Specialist Programmer in the Gaithersburg, MD area. (100% remote)
• The Senior Statistical Programmer is a delivery focused role responsible for programming deliverables with quality and timeliness, following established standards and processes.
• This position requires high technical skills and thorough industry knowledge to independently perform the programming tasks while using judgement about seeking guidance in complex situations.
• They can be responsible for leading the programming deliveries of clinical studies or small to medium sized clinical projects and can lead cross-functional teams to deliver continuous improvement
• Primarily responsible for coordinating the various tools for collecting different types of data.
• Responsible for ensuring databases are created and adjusted for the end user.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of analysis and reporting applications.
• Able to solve complex problems within own area and will participate in a range of projects.
• Responsible for leading the programming deliveries of a clinical study or a small to medium sized and complex clinical project
• Implements statistical programming aspects of the protocol or clinical development program
• Ensures high quality is built into own deliverables and the quality delivered by other programmers
• Programs independently with high efficiency and quality
• Writes specifications and oversee completeness of relevant documentation
• Contributes to or drives the development of best practices to improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness within function
• Ensures compliance to standards and automation usage
• Plans and leads team activities and tasks
• Identifies, manages and communicates risk within the assigned studies and/or projects
• Works proactively with study team members including but not limited to the statistician, lead programmer, data manager and study leader
• Works cooperatively with contract programming providers
• Influences stakeholders by providing subject matter expertise on programming related items
• Contributes to or leads technical initiatives
• Employs Project Management practices in managing programming aspects of drug or technical projects

• Vaccine experience highly desired
• Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics (i.e., Applied Math, Engineering, etc.), Statistics, Computer Science, Life Science or equivalent
• 8-10 years of strong Programming experience
  Ability to proactively manage concurrent activities within a study or part of project
• Excellent programming skills including macro language
• Proficient knowledge of the clinical development process
• Thorough knowledge of industry standards
• Ability to apply Programming knowledge to problem solving
• Ability to manage relevant documentation
• Ability to influence relevant stakeholders on Programming related items
• Ideally candidate would have previous vaccine experience.
• Ability to proactively manage concurrent activities within a study or part of project