Merck & Co, Inc

Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming

Merck & Co, Inc$145K — $224K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a technical field plus 7 years of SAS/R programming experience in clinical trials, or a Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience.
  • 7 years of direct experience with SAS, including data steps and procedures, SAS/MACRO, and SAS/GRAPH.
  • Familiarity with CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards for clinical data.
  • Proven experience in preparing eSubmission packages and managing global programming deliverables.
  • 5 years of experience handling large databases and complex data manipulation in oncology studies.
  • Experience leading programming deliverables across multiple studies.
  • At least 1 year of experience with software other than SAS, such as R.

Responsibilities

  • Provide statistical programming and reporting deliverables to global Research and Development stakeholders.
  • Gather user requirements and work closely with stakeholders to interpret analysis requests and retrieve relevant data for analysis.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to streamline programming tasks, improving efficiency and compliance for analyses.
  • Write custom programs for statistical analysis that may not be available through commercial tools.
  • Act as a key collaborator with statisticians and modelers to support ongoing projects.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families.
  • 401(k) retirement benefits to support long-term financial security.
  • Generous paid time off policies including holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
  • Access to additional compassionate leave benefits for personal emergencies.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Responsibilities:
  • Provide high quality statistical programming analysis and reporting deliverables for global stakeholders, within our Research and Development division.
  • Gather and interpret user requirements for analysis and programming requests in close collaboration with stakeholders (statisticians/modelers) and clinical colleagues, retrieve the required data, transform the data into analysis/modeling datasets, and develop tables and figures according to statistical/modeling analysis plan.
  • Partner with stakeholders to solve problems and reduce the amount of programming tasks being completed by stakeholders to facilitate an increase in efficiency and compliance for statistical/modeling analyses.
  • Write programs to analyze data with statistical methods which are not currently available through commercial software packages. Act as key collaborator with statisticians, modelers, and colleagues in other related function areas.


Educational Requirement:
  • Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 7 years of SAS/R programming experience in a clinical trial environment.
  • OR a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus 9 years of SAS/R programming experience in a clinical trial environment.


Position Specific Required Skills and Experience:

Requires 7 years of experience with all of the following:
  • Experience in SAS and clinical trial programming including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, and SAS/GRAPH;
  • Experience in CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards;
  • Experience in preparing eSubmission packages including ADRG, XPT files, and Pinnacle 21 validation; and completing statistical programming deliverables through the use of global programming staff.


Requires 5 years of experience with all of the following:
  • Manipulating very large databases including complex data preprocessing, filtering, and manipulation;
  • Oncology franchise studies; applying oncology concepts; experience programming with oncology therapeutic area clinical endpoint data (efficacy and safety) and pharmacokinetic data (raw concentration data and derived PK parameters);
  • Experence leading study programming deliverables for multiple studies.


Requires 1 year of experience with at least one software other than SAS (e.g., R).

The salary range for this role is

$145,475.00 - $224,100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at Compensation and Benefits Webpage.

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Applicable

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
11/2/2026
*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

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Schering-Plough Corporation is a major U.S.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. It operates in three segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals, Animal Health, and Consumer Health Care. Schering-Plough develops products targeting on allergy, cancer, hepatitis, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory system, and more.  It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. Schering-Plough manufactured several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which were the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, an anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin, and a brain tumor drug Temodar. It also developed drugs targeting on central nervous system and the respiratory system. Schering Plough also owned and operated the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone. These also became a part of the new company. Schering-Plough was a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), a membership which is also maintained by the new Merck.

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