Assoc Director, Statistical Programming
Novartis
August 15, 2026
On-site
East Hanover, NJ
Clinical Research and Development
Key responsibilities:
- Lead statistical programming activities as a Lead/Program Programmer for large-sized/complex projects or groups of projects globally or locally, or a disease area with phase I–IV clinical studies.
- Coordinate programmers (internal/external); make statistical programming decisions and propose project/disease-level strategies. Develop statistical programming strategy and scientific documentation with Biostatisticians. Assign resources/workload within the TA community and ensure resource sharing to meet company objectives.
- May serve as functional manager for local/global associates, providing supervision and advice on expertise and processes.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Biostatistics, Data Management) to track deliverables and critical programming aspects (timelines, scope, resource planning). Act as SP representative at project level and in Submission team (or local leadership team).
- Develop programming strategy to drive standardization and adopt R (e.g., Tidyverse), R Shiny, AI-enabled tools, for visualization, Git-based version control, and reproducible workflows. Partner with functional mentors for capability development and tool adoption.
- Ensure timely, high-quality development/validation of statistical programming components; support quality control and audit readiness; ensure accuracy/reliability of statistical analysis results.
- Provide authoritative technical/professional recommendations as statistical programming representative for the project or major non-clinical initiative.
Essential requirements:
- Degree in life science, computer science, data science, pharmacy, statistics, nursing, or equivalent.
- Proven leadership, collaboration, and organizational skills; ability to manage simultaneous trials and meet deadlines.
- Strong understanding of clinical trials methodology, GCP, and medical terminology.
- Ability to anticipate challenges/risks and proactively suggest/implement solutions.
- Ability to work under pressure with agile, innovative team leadership.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; effective in global environments; ability to influence and communicate across functions and external stakeholders.
- Experience in drug development with experience in statistical programming.
- Management or leadership experience.
Location note: East Hanover, USA; relocation support not provided. Please apply only if accessible for you.
- Lead statistical programming activities as a Lead/Program Programmer for large-sized/complex projects or groups of projects globally or locally, or a disease area with phase I–IV clinical studies.
- Coordinate programmers (internal/external); make statistical programming decisions and propose project/disease-level strategies. Develop statistical programming strategy and scientific documentation with Biostatisticians. Assign resources/workload within the TA community and ensure resource sharing to meet company objectives.
- May serve as functional manager for local/global associates, providing supervision and advice on expertise and processes.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Biostatistics, Data Management) to track deliverables and critical programming aspects (timelines, scope, resource planning). Act as SP representative at project level and in Submission team (or local leadership team).
- Develop programming strategy to drive standardization and adopt R (e.g., Tidyverse), R Shiny, AI-enabled tools, for visualization, Git-based version control, and reproducible workflows. Partner with functional mentors for capability development and tool adoption.
- Ensure timely, high-quality development/validation of statistical programming components; support quality control and audit readiness; ensure accuracy/reliability of statistical analysis results.
- Provide authoritative technical/professional recommendations as statistical programming representative for the project or major non-clinical initiative.
Essential requirements:
- Degree in life science, computer science, data science, pharmacy, statistics, nursing, or equivalent.
- Proven leadership, collaboration, and organizational skills; ability to manage simultaneous trials and meet deadlines.
- Strong understanding of clinical trials methodology, GCP, and medical terminology.
- Ability to anticipate challenges/risks and proactively suggest/implement solutions.
- Ability to work under pressure with agile, innovative team leadership.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; effective in global environments; ability to influence and communicate across functions and external stakeholders.
- Experience in drug development with experience in statistical programming.
- Management or leadership experience.
Location note: East Hanover, USA; relocation support not provided. Please apply only if accessible for you.