Job Description

　　Responsibilities:

　　This position supports the strategic design, development, and delivery of efficient, flexible, and modular analysis and reporting and submission standards that can be used for drug and/or vaccine projects across all therapeutic areas. Adheres to standard operating procedures and guidelines established by the department. Drives data structures which include analysis and reporting data standards and submission standards. Actively leads and contributes to the department's strategic initiatives.

　　The position is a key collaborator with internal and external stakeholders including Early and Late Stage Statistics, Statistical Programming, Data Management, Clinical Research, Regulatory, Observational Research, Clinical Safety, and PK/PD Modeling and Simulation organizations.

　　Primary Activities:

　　Address operational challenges that require strategic standard-based solutions, resulting in improved analysis and reporting deliverables.

　　Facilitate global adoption of standards and programming best practices.

　　Contribute to strategic solutions in support of cross functional stakeholder groups in BARDS, GCD, and our Research & Development Division.

　　Provide technical consultation and analytical support to statistical programmers and statisticians.

　　Lead and actively contribute to departmental strategic initiative project teams.

　　Represent our company on relevant industry initiatives including CDISC and PHUSE

　　Skills

　　Education and Minimum Requirement :

　　BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 12-15 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment.

　　MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 10 or more years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment and significant experience in developing global standards.

　　Department Required Skills and Experience:

　　Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate and collaborate effectively.

　　Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills

　　Superior knowledge and significant experience in setting strategy and developing analysis and reporting deliverables for R&D projects (data, analyses, tables, graphics, listings)

　　Excellent project management skills; leadership across multiple and complex programs; determines approach and ensures consistency and directs development of others when opportunities arise; ability to engage key stakeholders.

　　Position Specific Required Skills and Experience:

　　Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH and familiarity with at least one other statistical computing software.

　　Superior knowledge and significant experience in setting strategy and developing analysis and reporting statistical programming deliverables (datasets, statistical analyses, report tables, and graphics) according to quality, compliance and timeliness requirements.

　　Strong knowledge and understanding of CDISC SDTM and ADaM analysis dataset standards.

　　Experience working with analytical research databases including various analysis datasets and procedures.

　　Demonstrated understanding of statistics, clinical trial, and data management concepts as applied to drug/vaccine development.

　　Demonstrated success in the assurance of deliverable quality and process compliance.

　　Strategic thinking - ability to analyze operational activities and challenges and develop and implement strategic solutions.

　　Ability to anticipate stakeholder requirements.

　　Ability and interest to work across cultures and geographies.

　　**Preferred Skills and Experience:

　　Experience leading implementation of Analysis & Reporting platform in a large organization

　　Experience in developing flexible and efficient complex analysis and reporting standard SAS macros.

　　Experience in process assessment, improvement and operational excellence methodologies

　　Experience developing and managing a project plan using Microsoft Project or similar package.

　　Active in R and or XML experience

　　Experience with SAS in Unix

　　Active in professional societies

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　　Expected salary range:

　　$164,800.00 - $259,400.00

　　Available benefits include bonus eligibility, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. For Washington State Jobs, a summary of benefits is listed here (https://www.benefitsatmerck.com/) .

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　　Employee Status:

　　Regular

　　Relocation:

　　Domestic

　　VISA Sponsorship:

　　No

　　Travel Requirements:

　　10%

　　Flexible Work Arrangements:

　　Hybrid

　　Shift:

　　Not Indicated

　　Valid Driving License:

　　No

　　Hazardous Material(s):

　　N/A

　　Requisition ID: R276420