RWD Programmer

Cytel provides unrivaled biostatistics and operations research knowledge to our customers in the life sciences industries in the form of both software and services. At Cytel, we work hard to create successful careers with significant professional growth for our employees, as a result of which they work hard to make Cytel successful. Cytel is a place where talent, experience and integrity come together to advance the state of drug development.

In this role you will join our FSP team and work in a Real-World Evidence and Analytics group within our client, a top pharmaceutical company.

For this role, we are seeking a Real-World Data (RWD) Programmer.  Strength in programming and analytical abilities is more important than a set number of years of experience.  The level of the position will be determined based on the candidate’s experience.  There is openness for career advancement in this team.

Note: MARKET SCAN and/or OPTUM experience is a must have.

You will contribute by:

• The position provides support to the Epidemiology and Value Evidence Strategy teams by preparing Real World data, advising on data analytic strategies, and supporting stakeholders in various epidemiology analytic activities.
• Understand, interpret, and integrate data from various sources to ensure clinical/biological/regulatory questions can be answered appropriately with the available data.
• Assist in development of study protocols and analyses plans leveraging large RWD sources (Claims and/or EMR).
• Creation statistical programming of high quality and well documented data manipulation, analysis, outputs, and reports.
• Extensive experience in burden of disease / HCRU / cost of illness, and/or pharmaco-epidemiological studies – please include publication in the resume.
• Extensive experience selection of databases, study protocol design, statistical analysis plan, inclusion/ exclusion criteria, definitions of exposures, outcomes and covariates by medical codes for observational studies
• Plan, understand, manage expectations of stake holders in terms of project resourcing, feasibility, deliverables, and timeline.
• Additionally, this position will be expected to solve technical problems with experience and expertise.

What we’re looking for:

• Must have a Master’s degree or PhD in related field (epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, bioinformatics, economics) and relevant years of experience conducting RWE analytics for pharma industry, CRO.
• You have strong recent experience in evidence generation using RWE data (Optum Clinformatics Datamart®, Merative MarketScan® Databases, EHR, or other types).
• Familiarity with relational databases and proficient understanding of claims and ancillary file layouts
• You have knowledge of applied statistics including regression analysis (OLS, longitudinal, logistic, Cox, GLM/GEE), survival analyses (Kaplan-Meier, cumulative incidence, accelerated failure time models), and propensity weighting.
• You have excellent programming skills with SQL, SAS, R.
• You can work independently and in a team.
• You are confident, self-reliant, and a quick learner.
• Good oral and written English communication skills are mandatory.

What’s in it for you:

• You will have the opportunity to play an integral role helping our clients and the industry shape the future of drug development.
• You will be part of an exciting new chapter in Cytel’s history with high growth and opportunities to progress in Senior and Leadership positions within the company.
• Work in an environment designed for an entrepreneurial minded person with a lot of energy, ideas and courage for their implementation.
• Work with and leverage the best and brightest minds in the industry.