Senior Statistical Programmer

Senior Statistical Programmer - R

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.

We are currently seeking a Senior Statistical Programmer to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Senior Statistical Programmer at ICON, you will play a crucial role in analyzing clinical trial data and supporting the statistical analysis process to ensure high-quality results. You will contribute to the success of our clinical studies by developing and validating statistical programs in R, collaborating with biostatisticians, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Developing and validating R programs for statistical analysis and reporting of clinical trial data.

• Leading more than one Statistical Programming team to create, validate and generate statistical outputs, including listings, tables, figures, and CDISC-compliant SDTM and ADaM datasets (including mapping specifications) of low to moderate complexity.

• Collaborating with biostatisticians to define analysis plans and statistical methods to be applied to clinical data.

• Performing quality control and validation of statistical outputs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and regulatory compliance.

• Assisting in the preparation of statistical reports, presentations, and publications to support regulatory submissions and clinical study reporting.

• Contributing to process improvements by identifying efficiencies in programming practices, automation, and the use of R-based analytical workflows.

• Supporting the development, maintenance, and enhancement of standardized R programming tools, macros, and reporting solutions across studies.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience in statistical programming within a clinical research, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical environment.

• Strong proficiency in R programming, including the development and validation of clinical trial datasets, analyses, and reporting outputs.

• Good understanding of CDISC standards, including SDTM and ADaM, and their application within clinical trials.

• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and industry guidance related to statistical programming and clinical data reporting.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and effectively convey complex information.

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:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. 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 or submit a request here

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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