Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming
Merck
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Responsibilities:
- Provide high quality statistical programming analysis and reporting deliverables for global stakeholders (Research and Development division).
- Gather and interpret analysis/programming user requirements with statisticians/modelers and clinical colleagues; retrieve and transform data into analysis/modeling datasets; develop tables and figures according to the statistical/modeling analysis plan.
- Partner with stakeholders to solve problems and reduce stakeholder programming effort to improve efficiency and compliance for statistical/modeling analyses.
- Write programs to perform statistical methods not available in commercial software; collaborate with statisticians, modelers, and cross-functional colleagues.
Educational Requirements:
- 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 Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) plus 9 years of SAS/R programming experience in a clinical trial environment.
Position Specific Required Skills and Experience:
- 7 years experience in: SAS clinical trial programming (data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH); CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards; preparing eSubmission packages (ADRG, XPT files) and Pinnacle 21 validation; completing statistical programming deliverables using global programming staff.
- 5 years experience in: manipulating very large databases (complex preprocessing/filtering/manipulation); oncology franchise studies with oncology endpoint (efficacy/safety) and pharmacokinetic data (raw concentrations and derived PK parameters); leading study programming deliverables for multiple studies.
- 1 year experience with at least one software other than SAS (e.g., R).
Benefits/Compensation (as stated):
- Salary range: $145,475.00 - $224,100.00; eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable).
- Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, other insurance, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate/sick days.
Application Instructions:
- Current Employees apply HERE; Current Contingent Workers apply HERE.
- Provide high quality statistical programming analysis and reporting deliverables for global stakeholders (Research and Development division).
- Gather and interpret analysis/programming user requirements with statisticians/modelers and clinical colleagues; retrieve and transform data into analysis/modeling datasets; develop tables and figures according to the statistical/modeling analysis plan.
- Partner with stakeholders to solve problems and reduce stakeholder programming effort to improve efficiency and compliance for statistical/modeling analyses.
- Write programs to perform statistical methods not available in commercial software; collaborate with statisticians, modelers, and cross-functional colleagues.
Educational Requirements:
- 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 Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) plus 9 years of SAS/R programming experience in a clinical trial environment.
Position Specific Required Skills and Experience:
- 7 years experience in: SAS clinical trial programming (data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH); CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards; preparing eSubmission packages (ADRG, XPT files) and Pinnacle 21 validation; completing statistical programming deliverables using global programming staff.
- 5 years experience in: manipulating very large databases (complex preprocessing/filtering/manipulation); oncology franchise studies with oncology endpoint (efficacy/safety) and pharmacokinetic data (raw concentrations and derived PK parameters); leading study programming deliverables for multiple studies.
- 1 year experience with at least one software other than SAS (e.g., R).
Benefits/Compensation (as stated):
- Salary range: $145,475.00 - $224,100.00; eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable).
- Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, other insurance, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate/sick days.
Application Instructions:
- Current Employees apply HERE; Current Contingent Workers apply HERE.