Senior Statistical Programmer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Biostatistics

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are currently recruiting for a Sr Statistical Programmer to join our team based in Irvine, CA. This role can be based in any of the J&J MedTech locations.

This person will be responsible for development and generation of analysis datasets, tables, listings, and graphs from assigned clinical sources using SAS and/or R; leading development and maintenance of associated operating procedures; and participating in external industry forums (e.g., CDISC, SDTM, and relevant User Groups). This individual performs with minimal guidance on moderately difficult deliverables.

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:             

• Utilize programming standards to develop efficient and accurate programs using SAS and/or R

• Support creating and/or maintaining Programming Infrastructure in SAS and/or R

• Support the maintenance of established SAS platform

• Support the maintenance of a global SAS macro library

• Support in developing and maintaining R scripts for data analysis, statistical modeling, and visualization is a plus

• Keeping up-to-date with the latest R packages, techniques, and best practices is desirable

• Work with Data Management leadership to provide input on reporting processes and standards

• Support programming deliverables for clinical trials and support for any custom Data Management reports

• Participate in the development and maintenance of global harmonized processes and procedures for programming

• Provide quality programming deliverables

• Work with Clinical Data Science (CDS) partners, and leadership in Clinical Operations and Franchise to set implement plans for timely delivery of reports, metrics, and study deliverables

• Facilitate the delivery of standard metric reports

• Ability to design, implement and maintain moderately complex programming deliverables across a wide variety of  clinical platforms and thereputic areas

Functional and Technical Competencies:

• Proficiency in Base SAS, SAS/STAT and SAS Macro language. Advanced SAS certification desirable.  Experience in programming with R is a plus

• R Programming Proficiency: Expertise in/exposure to R syntax, functions, and packages is preferred

• Conduct independent QC programming and peer review of code and deliverables

• Demonstrated ability work in teams to deliver critical milestones

• Experience with CDISC datasets, tables , listings and figures desirable

• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and documentation skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Leadership Competencies:

• Connect – Participate in strategic partnerships with Clinical and Biostatistics functions at the Enterprise level to ensure MD programming practices meet the needs of the organization

• Shape – Develop knowledge of therapeutic areas within the Franchises and adapt ADaM and SDTM standards for medical devices for use in the MD sector; participate in industry initiatives to define/refi