Senior Statistical/SAP Programmer (with Clinical Trials Experience)

Our client, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies based in Basel, is looking for a SENIOR STATISTICAL/SAS PROGRAMMER who has extensive SAS MACRO DEVELOPMENT experience such as additional system experience with UNIX Scripting/Perl/entimICE/Python etc.

This is a contracting role based in Basel and planned to start ASAP until the end of the year with extension opportunities.

Are you a SENIOR SAS PROGRAMMER with EXPERIENCE analysing CLINICAL TRIALSin a PHARMACEUTICAL ENVIRONMENT and currently looking for your next challenge?

If so, please have a look at the opportunity we can offer you:

TASKS:

- Provide statistical software and software development and documentation support to all groups within the Biometrics Department
- Develop and maintain analysis system tools and requirements with the user community
- Liaise with data managers, statisticians and statistical programmers working on early and/or development stage projects and participate in the life cycle activities for generic tools (across project programs)
- Give advice and provide training on SAS and other software usage and support users in problem solving and business need analysis
- Provide input to process development and ensure compliance with group processes and overall company standards

IDEAL PROFILE:

- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION or equivalent with major emphasis on NUMERATE DISCIPLINE or equivalent IT diploma
- AT LEAST 5 YEARS of WORKING EXPERIENCE as a STATISTICAL/SAS PROGRAMMER
- Solid advanced MACRO DEVELOPMENT experience
- 7-10 YEARS of experience ANALYSING CLINICAL TRIALS DATA in the PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
- Expert knowledge of SAS with strong UNIX skills and PC experience
- Additional system experience such as UNIX Scripting/PERL /entimICE/PYTHON
- Fluency in English (ideally native speaker)
- Ability to work in a global team
- Fast learner (ie Able to adapt quickly to a complex and dynamic technical environment)
- Great team-player
- International travel 2-4 times per year

Please note, we can only consider EU/CH candidates or those with a valid work permit for Switzerland.

Are you interested with this opportunity and would like to have more information? Please get in touch with Florence Wespiser ( (see below) )