Senior Statistical Programmer I

ICON Strategic Solutions
South Africa
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
Job description

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.


What you will be doing:
  1. Create or review mapping specifications for internal data and/or SDTM.
  2. Generate or review internal data and/or SDTM datasets using internal conversion framework, utilities, and global checks. Ensure quality review of all datasets (e.g., Pinnacle 21 compliance checking); ensure datasets are available for stakeholder use (medical review, central monitoring, adaptive design, etc.) and compliant for interim and final database.
  3. Program, or oversee programming of, quality review checks and reports for use by Data Managers and other team.
  4. Responsible for creation of submission-ready SDTM packages for FDA/PMDA or other regulatory authority submissions and keeping abreast in changing regulatory.
  5. Responsible for acquiring and maintaining working knowledge in the various and future evolving data collection tools applied in the clinical trial space such as Medidata Rave, Clinical Data Tools such as LSAF, Pinnacle 21, and in CDISC standards such as SDTM, CDASH, Controlled terminology and xml.
  6. Support the development of standards and drive their implementation within the organization.
  7. Training/Mentoring of flex resources is expected to be done by higher experience level when applicable.
  8. Leading a support team when applicable is expected to be done at the higher experience level.

You are:
  1. Bachelor's degree within a Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering or Statistics related fields.
  2. Minimum 5 years' experience with SDTM and SAS programming.
  3. In depth knowledge of data structures.
  4. Experience working in a highly diverse team within clinical research.
  5. Project management skills.
  6. Highly organized with excellent written and verbal communication.

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:
  1. Various annual leave entitlements
  2. A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
  3. Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
  4. 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
  5. Life assurance
  6. Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. 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 through the form below.


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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