Biostatistical Programming Mgr

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Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will ensure all statistical aspects pertaining to clinical activities meet required standards and are statistically accurate.

The Technical Manager will ensure that projects outsourced to our Functional Service Providers (FSPs) are aligned with our priorities and meet Amgen timeline, quality, data standards and compliance expectations. The Technical Manager will also provide technical consultancy to our FSPs on Amgen processes, tools and utilities.

Responsibilities:

Oversee the execution and quality of projects managed by our FSPs per Amgen Global Statistical Programming (GSP) Quality Oversight Plan (QOP)

Align FSP assignments with Amgen Development priorities

Ensure that FSP programming meets quality, compliance, timeline, and productivity expectations

Contribute to FSP training material development and revisions, and conducting the initial training to FSP staff

Provide guidance and technical consultancy to FSP Study Lead Programmers (SLP) on Amgen processes, tools, and utilities

Contribute to FSP performance metrics development, data collection, and reporting

Review project documentations such as specifications, issue logs, deliverable status for accuracy and completeness

Advise FSP SLP on study-specific questions for specifications, documentation, and coding

Lead/contribute to GSP continuous improvement initiatives

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is proficient with these qualifications.

Doctorate degree OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of statistical programming experience OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of statistical programming experience OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of statistical programming experience OR
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of statistical programming experience

Preferred Qualifications:

MSc in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences or another relevant scientific subject

Regulatory submission experience

Vendor and resource management experience

Familiarity with other programming languages such as R or Python

In-depth knowledge of SAS/Graph and Stat packages

Thorough understanding of data compliance checks …