Associate Director SAS Statistical Programming

Are you ready to fuse science and data to develop bold solutions? We are seeking an Associate Director Statistical Programmer to lead, manage, and develop a team of programmers. This role presents an opportunity to showcase your delivery/department mindset and management skills in overseeing one moderate scope and complexity drug project or multiple smaller ones. As a recognized expert within your field, you will often be the first point of contact for related queries, act as a coach or mentor for staff, and act as a specialist within cross-functional teams to deliver continuous improvement.

**Accountabilities**
- Leads, manages and develops a group of programmers, providing guidance and mentorship. Manages training and timesheet compliance
- Work according to agreed functional and regional SHE strategy by ensuring proper management of SHE risks, incidents, reporting, follow-up and improvements.
- Arranges and structures the team in order to create an environment where the team can work productively and collaboratively together
- Defines, monitor and assess objectives for team
- Provides input to capacity management for all projects in scope
- Captures business needs and plans recruitment accordingly
- Recruits and builds the team with the appropriate skill set
- Maintains talent and ensures talent development
- Maintains own and team knowledge of the latest industry and regulatory requirements to stay current in the Programming practices
- Leads Implementation of statistical programming aspects of the of the protocol or clinical development program
- Manages activities of our external partners (i.e. Contract Research Organisations)
- Accountable for managing contracting staff
- Manages and escalate risk in complicated or novel situations within their study and/or projects
- Overall accountability for the quality and compliance to internal, external and regulatory requirements for the delivery of programming aspects in clinical development; holds partners and providers accountable for the quality of their deliverables
- Leads or participates in cross-functional administrative or process improvement initiative(s)
- Drives the continuous improvement of the team and function through personal action and process initiatives
- Drives the development of best practices to improve quality, efficiency and/or effectiveness within function
- Contributes to the function by providing training and mentorship
- Drives standards development and implementation
- Measures the compliance of and ensures that there is a consistent approach to data standards and automation and its implementation
- Collaborates/influence cross-functionally and represents Programming leadership where required

**Essential Skills/Experience**:

- Degree in Mathematics (i.e., Applied Math, Engineering, etc), Statistics, Computer Science, Life Science, or equivalent experience
- Thorough knowledge of the clinical development process
- Thorough knowledge of industry standards
- Demonstrated leadership capability and proven ability to lead teams towards a common goal
- Demonstrated planning and organisational skill
- Ability to influence relevant stakeholders and global teams
- Ability to develop individuals
- Ability to manage risk in complicated or novel situations
- Current knowledge of technical and regulatory requirements relevant to the role
- Project mindset

**Desirable Skills/Experience**:

- Experience implementing business processes
- Willingness and ability to travel
- Experience in problem solving and conflict resolution skills

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