Principal Scientist, Stat. Programming- Early Oncology Development (Hybrid)
Merck
August 22, 2026
Remote friendly (Upper Gwynedd, PA)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Primary Activities
- Provide technical consultation and analytical support to early development statisticians for exploratory and unplanned analyses
- Address operational challenges requiring strategic solutions across early oncology development
- Support development of programming standards to enable efficient, high-quality programming deliverables
- Facilitate global adoption of standards and programming best practices within early oncology
- Pre-process, filter, and manipulate complex data for molecular biomarker, imaging, and other external (non-traditional lab) data
- Lead and actively contribute to departmental strategic initiative project teams
Education and Minimum Requirement
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field + 12+ years SAS/R programming in a clinical trial environment; or
- MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field + 10+ years SAS/R programming in a clinical trial environment
Department/Position Required Skills and Experience
- Excellent interpersonal, written/oral/presentation skills; strong project management and leadership across multiple complex programs
- Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming (data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH)
- Experience setting strategy and developing statistical programming deliverables (datasets, analyses, report tables/graphics) meeting quality, compliance, and timeliness requirements
- Ability to design complex algorithms; implement statistical methods not available in commercial software
- Experience with large databases; CDISC and ADaM
- Quality/process compliance; strategic thinking; anticipate stakeholder requirements; work across cultures/geographies
Preferred Skills
- Early oncology development; developing/implementing programming standards; SOPs/SDLC; Microsoft Project; regulatory submission leadership; PK/PD, process improvement methodologies; Python and R
Application
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline per posting).
- Provide technical consultation and analytical support to early development statisticians for exploratory and unplanned analyses
- Address operational challenges requiring strategic solutions across early oncology development
- Support development of programming standards to enable efficient, high-quality programming deliverables
- Facilitate global adoption of standards and programming best practices within early oncology
- Pre-process, filter, and manipulate complex data for molecular biomarker, imaging, and other external (non-traditional lab) data
- Lead and actively contribute to departmental strategic initiative project teams
Education and Minimum Requirement
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field + 12+ years SAS/R programming in a clinical trial environment; or
- MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field + 10+ years SAS/R programming in a clinical trial environment
Department/Position Required Skills and Experience
- Excellent interpersonal, written/oral/presentation skills; strong project management and leadership across multiple complex programs
- Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming (data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH)
- Experience setting strategy and developing statistical programming deliverables (datasets, analyses, report tables/graphics) meeting quality, compliance, and timeliness requirements
- Ability to design complex algorithms; implement statistical methods not available in commercial software
- Experience with large databases; CDISC and ADaM
- Quality/process compliance; strategic thinking; anticipate stakeholder requirements; work across cultures/geographies
Preferred Skills
- Early oncology development; developing/implementing programming standards; SOPs/SDLC; Microsoft Project; regulatory submission leadership; PK/PD, process improvement methodologies; Python and R
Application
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (application deadline per posting).