Senior Principal Programmer, Raleigh, NC

About The Role

You will help clinical programming teams move to and work confidently within UCB’s modern Statistical Computing Environment. You will translate clinical reporting needs into well-governed study setups, support compliant platform operations, and help improve the way teams generate, validate, and deliver clinical trial analysis and reporting outputs.

Who You’ll Work With

You will work with the Programming, Visualization and Reporting team, statistical programming teams, platform administrators, Biometrics partners, and business stakeholders. You will connect technical and business needs, support users through onboarding and daily operations, and help teams follow consistent, compliant, and practical ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Review and coordinate clinical trial analysis and reporting setup requests, making sure they are complete, accurate, and delivered on time.
• Configure study structures, repositories, datasets, reporting components, and access in line with CDISC and governance requirements.
• Manage role-based access, study configurations, and Git/Azure DevOps resources using approved requests and compliant processes.
• Coordinate environment provisioning with platform administrators so study teams can begin work in a ready and reliable environment.
• Support programming teams during onboarding, transition from legacy systems, and ongoing operations as a first-line technical contact.
• Improve lifecycle management and workflows by documenting processes, supporting validation activities, and automating practical solutions that enhance quality and user experience.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in clinical trial results generation, reporting, and submission processes.
• Experience supporting Statistical Computing Environments, including process flows, user access, and Biometrics requirements.
• Understanding of CDISC standards, including SDTM and ADaM, and experience with Tables, Figures, and Listings.
• Experience working in regulated pharmaceutical environments and understanding of SDLC, validation, audit readiness, and compliant configuration expectations.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical teams and business stakeholders, while tracking setup processes across systems and teams.
• Practical experience with tools such as Domino Data Lab, SAS, R, Git, Azure DevOps, VS Code, or SAS Studio.

About Us

UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are over 9,000 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Benefits

At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet.

Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential. At UCB, we’ve embraced a hybrid-first approach to work, bringing teams together in local hubs to foster collaborative curiosity. Unless explicitly stated in the description or precluded by the nature of the position, roles are hybrid with 40% of your time spent in the office.