Sr. Analyst, Stats Programming
Neurocrine Biosciences
June 26, 2026
Remote friendly (San Diego, CA)
United States
$110,800 - $151,000 USD yearly
Clinical Research and Development
About The Role
Designs, develops, tests, maintains, validates, and documents SAS programs to evaluate clinical data and meet project requirements for SAS statistical programming efforts for clinical and non-clinical projects and studies. Provides technical expertise in the development of programming standards and procedures.
Your Contributions (include, But Are Not Limited To)
- Serves as the primary project team representative, delegating work as appropriate
- Generates SDTM domains, ADaM data sets, and Define.xml files; creates specification files for these domains
- Generates analysis data sets, tables, figures, and listings for clinical trial data analysis
- Reviews output across programs for consistency
- Reviews, maintains, and approves study documents per standard procedures
- Provides programming support for supplemental/exploratory analyses and ad-hoc requests
- Programs, tests, and documents global utility programs and tools per standards and validation procedures
- Provides technical expertise in analysis/reporting standards and procedures
- Participates in development/maintenance of departmental procedures and standards
- Performs programming using macro language, advanced data manipulation, and statistical procedures
- Implements data management plans to meet project/protocol deadlines
- Acts as a liaison between clinical management, subcommittees, and project teams
- May train and mentor new programmers
Requirements
- BS/BA in CS, math, statistics, or related + 4+ years biopharmaceutical (or CRO) SAS statistical programming (Base, Stat, Macro, graph), including 3+ years in supervisory/lead capacity; or Master’s with 2+ years; or PhD with similar experience
- Knowledge of ICH, CDISC, 21 CFR Part 11, FDA guidelines; strong SAS (and R/STAT or similar)
- Strong knowledge of SDTM, ADaM, Define.xml; writing/validating/documenting statistical programs; integrated programming libraries; relational databases
- Strong communication, problem-solving, analytical thinking, project management, organizational skills; detail oriented; meets multiple deadlines with high accuracy/efficiency
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Retirement savings plan (with company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision)
- Annual bonus (target 20% of earned base salary) and eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive program
Designs, develops, tests, maintains, validates, and documents SAS programs to evaluate clinical data and meet project requirements for SAS statistical programming efforts for clinical and non-clinical projects and studies. Provides technical expertise in the development of programming standards and procedures.
Your Contributions (include, But Are Not Limited To)
- Serves as the primary project team representative, delegating work as appropriate
- Generates SDTM domains, ADaM data sets, and Define.xml files; creates specification files for these domains
- Generates analysis data sets, tables, figures, and listings for clinical trial data analysis
- Reviews output across programs for consistency
- Reviews, maintains, and approves study documents per standard procedures
- Provides programming support for supplemental/exploratory analyses and ad-hoc requests
- Programs, tests, and documents global utility programs and tools per standards and validation procedures
- Provides technical expertise in analysis/reporting standards and procedures
- Participates in development/maintenance of departmental procedures and standards
- Performs programming using macro language, advanced data manipulation, and statistical procedures
- Implements data management plans to meet project/protocol deadlines
- Acts as a liaison between clinical management, subcommittees, and project teams
- May train and mentor new programmers
Requirements
- BS/BA in CS, math, statistics, or related + 4+ years biopharmaceutical (or CRO) SAS statistical programming (Base, Stat, Macro, graph), including 3+ years in supervisory/lead capacity; or Master’s with 2+ years; or PhD with similar experience
- Knowledge of ICH, CDISC, 21 CFR Part 11, FDA guidelines; strong SAS (and R/STAT or similar)
- Strong knowledge of SDTM, ADaM, Define.xml; writing/validating/documenting statistical programs; integrated programming libraries; relational databases
- Strong communication, problem-solving, analytical thinking, project management, organizational skills; detail oriented; meets multiple deadlines with high accuracy/efficiency
Benefits (explicitly stated)
- Retirement savings plan (with company match), paid vacation/holidays/personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision)
- Annual bonus (target 20% of earned base salary) and eligibility for equity-based long-term incentive program