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January 22, 2007
Cytel SAS jobs
Cytel, Inc is looking for 1 SAS Team Lead and 2 SAS programmers immediately on Corp to Corp/ Contract to hire basis for 6 months. The prospective contractor will be working on site at our client location in Central New Jersey, NJ. Approximate start date of the assignment will be in the second week of February 2007. We require 2 more contractors for every 10 weeks in addition to the current 3 positions for next 50 weeks.
Please send the resumes along with the bill rates to the below mentioned hiring managers. The job description is here with attached.
Ajay Sathe,CEO (Indian Operations)
Tel# +91 (20) 6604-0119 (Direct)
Fax: +91 (20) 6604-0120
Email: ajay.sathe@cytel.co.in
Mayank Shah
Mayank Shah, Executive Director,
Tel# +91 (20) 6604-8056 Ex 35,
Email: mayank@c-bia.com or mayank@cytel.com
Title: SAS Team Lead
Number of positions 1
Skills: SAS, Team Lead, Clinical Trials
Date: January 20, 2007
Location: Central New Jersey, NJ / Cambridge, MA
Area code: 609 / 617
Tax term: Corp to Corp / Fulltime / Contract to Hire
Pay rate: USD 65 per hour, Negotiable
Length: 6 Months, extendable to 12 months after
Position ID: CYTEL/SAS/TL1
Job description: An attractive high-level opportunity at Cytel, Inc a statistical software developer and services leader. We are looking for a seasoned SAS professional who will be responsible for the direct line management of several SAS programmers. Compensation is very competitive and an exceptional benefits package is offered.
• The qualified candidate will manage a group of 2 onsite SAS Analysts/Developers and 10-12 offshore SAS programmers.
• The team leader will be responsible as a Project Team Leader for project planning, management and implementation of Clinical Trials data analysis, reporting and QC efforts.
• A strong working knowledge of SAS is required.
• 12 years experience in pharmaceutical/ CRO industry exposure to clinical trials and pharmaceutical research.
Responsibilities, Challenges, Expectations and Deliverables for this position:
• In a nutshell, report to the senior level Management and line manage a team of 10-12 experienced SAS programmers.
• Hands-on clinical software development (SAS) to documented quality standards (software development life cycle) and documented specifications.
• Software development for phase IIIb and phase IV trials.
• Software development across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Previous experience managing clinical programmers and outside vendors (CROs) essential.
• Prior experience and proven track record in managing a team effectively in a matrix environment.
• MS or PhD degree in a biostatistical discipline.
• Five to six years of experience managing SAS programmers.
• Extensive experience developing quality SAS software.
• Proven leadership and management experience.
Compensation/Benefits: Negotiable Depending upon the experience
Travel 5%
Telecommute: No
Title: Sr. SAS Programmer
Number of positions 2
Skills: SAS, Clinical Trials
Date: January 20, 2007
Location: Central New Jersey, NJ / Cambridge, MA
Area code: 609 / 617
Tax term: Corp to Corp / Fulltime / Contract to Hire
Pay rate: USD 50 per hour, Negotiable
Length: 6 Months, extendable to 12 months after
Position ID: CYTEL/SAS/PRG2
Job description: The purpose of this position is to provide study level statistical programming expertise by:
• Designing and executing analysis deliverables to meet the requirements of clinical studies.
• Managing and enforcing standards for derived datasets and analysis outputs to maximize global data Integrability.
• Directing the work of offshore statistical programming team to achieve quality and timely study deliverables.
Responsibilities, Challenges, Expectations and Deliverables for this position:
• Represent the statistical programming function in support of assigned clinical studies.
• Independently develop, execute, and maintain SAS computer programs, including macro programs, according to Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), cross-study analysis and data specifications, or analysis requests to:
• Produce statistical analysis output (tables, listings and graphs) to support generation of critical (flash) clinical study results, cross-study results for investigator brochures, regulatory submissions, or ad-hoc and exploratory analyses involving descriptive and simple inferential statistics.
• Perform data manipulations, including creation of derived data sets, related to the production of the statistical output.
• Verify (QC) study and cross-study analysis results or derived data sets produced by another statistical programmer, statistician, or an external vendor.
• BS in Statistics, Computer Science, or other related field with minimum 6 years SAS programming experience in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry; or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, or other related field with minimum 5 years SAS programming experience in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry.
• Advanced knowledge of SAS programming language and Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH parts of SAS software, good knowledge of common procedures in SAS/STAT.
• Good knowledge of general programming and computing principles, experience with Windows NT and UNIX operating systems, and common software products and technologies used in conjunction with SAS, expertise in office software (Microsoft Office).
• Good understanding of clinical study documents (protocol, CRF, SAP, Clinical Study Report).
• Working knowledge of clinical study designs, common analysis methods, descriptive and simple inferential statistics, and data presentation practices.
• Good knowledge of data management processes, including EDC processes, documents and data flow in clinical trials.
• Good knowledge of FDA and ICH regulations and industry standards applicable to clinical study data and reporting on clinical trials, including data standards for electronic submissions.
• Good oral and written communications skills.
Compensation/Benefits: Negotiable Depending upon the experience
Travel 0%
Telecommute: No
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