Senior Statistical Programmer
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
Join ICON as a Senior Statistical Programmer II and take your career to the next level by working directly with one of our major global biopharma partners through an embedded Functional Service Provider (FSP) model. This opportunity gives you the benefits of ICON’s supportive, collaborative environment while working closely with a world‑leading sponsor on impactful clinical research programs.
In this role, you will play a critical part in the analysis and reporting of clinical trial data, ensuring scientific rigor, compliance, and high‑quality deliverables. You’ll contribute to the advancement of global clinical studies by developing complex statistical programs, validating key datasets, and shaping reliable analytical outputs.
What You Will Be Doing
* Designing, developing, and validating SAS programs to support statistical analysis and reporting across multiple clinical studies.
* Leading the creation, validation, and documentation of SDTM and ADaM datasets, ensuring strict adherence to CDISC standards and regulatory expectations.
* Collaborating closely with biostatisticians to develop robust statistical analysis plans and implement appropriate statistical methodologies.
* Performing high‑quality review and quality control of statistical outputs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with study specifications and regulatory guidelines.
* Supporting the preparation of analysis summaries, statistical reports, data presentations, and materials for regulatory submissions.
* Mentoring and guiding junior programmers, sharing expertise, and promoting best practices within the programming team.
* Working in close partnership with sponsor teams within the FSP model, contributing to efficient workflows, knowledge sharing, and project delivery.
Your Profile
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
* Extensive experience in statistical programming within the pharmaceutical, CRO, or biotech industry.
* Strong hands‑on experience with SDTM and ADaM dataset development and validation.
* High proficiency in SAS programming, with a solid grounding in statistical concepts and clinical data structures.
* Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
* Strong communication and interpersonal abilities, with a collaborative mindset suited to working with multidisciplinary project teams, including embedded sponsor colleagues.
What ICON Can Offer You
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our Benefits Examples Include
* Various annual leave entitlements
* A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
* Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
* Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
* Life assurance
* Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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