Senior SAS programmer (RWE)

Katalyst HealthCares and Life Sciences

$110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in New York, US
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or similar field.
  • Minimum four years of experience with SAS statistical programming.
  • Proficient in database programming using SQL.
  • Familiarity with advanced statistical methods like survival analysis and regression.
  • Experience with real-world healthcare data, particularly claims and EHR datasets.

Responsibilities

  • Manipulate large databases for reporting and insights generation.
  • Create complex analysis datasets from multiple data sources.
  • Identify and address outliers and errors in datasets.
  • Build patient cohorts for evaluating healthcare events.
  • Communicate findings effectively, maintaining strong documentation.

Benefits

  • Home-based position providing flexible work environment.
  • Opportunity to work with real-world healthcare data.
  • Engagement in meaningful analysis that impacts patient care.
  • Development of skills in advanced statistical methods.
  • Exposure to various healthcare datasets and frameworks.
Full Job Description
Summary:
  • The senior programmer position will be responsible for manipulating large databases and generating reports to enable analysts to explore real world healthcare data assets. Candidates must have excellent SAS and SQL programming skills and the ability to implement complex logic.
  • Candidates must be comfortable with creating complex analysis data sets derived from various data sources with a careful eye for outliers and errors.
  • Prior experience building patient cohorts and evaluating patient healthcare events in large databases and using observational research methods such as epidemiology and statistical methods is strongly desired.
  • Strong communication, time management, enthusiasm and documentation skills are essential in this home-based position.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other subject with high statistical content
  • Minimum four years SAS statistical programming experience
  • Database programming using SQL
  • Experience with advanced statistical methods such as survival and regression
  • Experience with real world healthcare claims and EHR data such as MarketScan, Optum and Medicare databases

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or other subject with high statistical content
  • Training or experience using the OMOP common data model
  • Experience working with CDISC standards.
  • Training or experience with Python, R, Databricks or other cloud-based software
  • Pharmaceutical industry experience
  • Training or experience in epidemiological methods

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