Senior Scientist, Stat. Programming, Late-Stage Development (Hybrid)
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, application instructions. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. We need to parse the job description and extract sections. Let's read the description: "Job Description In BARDS (Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences), a distinguished department within our Company's renowned Research and Development division, quantitative scientists, in partnership with other subject matter experts, apply state-of-the art scientific methodologies and tools to enable the discovery, development, regulatory approval, manufacturing, and marketing of medical drugs and vaccines for the benefit of patients and global human health. This position supports statistical programming activities for late-stage drug/vaccine clinical development projects. This may include leadership of one or more projects. Accountability predominantly includes the development and execution of statistical analysis and reporting deliverables (e.g. safety and efficacy analysis datasets, tables, listings, figures), the span of which range from individual clinical trials to world-wide regulatory application submissions and post marketing support. The incumbent is responsible for the design and maintenance of statistical datasets that support multiple stakeholder groups which include clinical development, outcomes research and safety evaluation.The position is a key collaborator with statistics and other project stakeholders in ensuring that project plans are executed efficiently with timely and high quality deliverables. For assigned projects the position serves as the statistical programming point of contact and knowledge holder through the entire product lifecycle. Primary Activities Effective analysis and report programming development and validation utilizing global and TA standards and following departmental SOPs and good programming practicesMaintain and manage a project plan including resource forecasting Coordinate the activities of a global programming team that includes outsource provider staffMembership on departmental strategic initiative teams Education Minimum Requirement BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus a minimum of 5 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment OR MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Life Sciences, Engineering or related field plus a minimum of 3 years SAS programming experience in a clinical trial environment Required Experience And Skills Department Required Skills and Experience: Effective interpersonal skills and ability to negotiate and collaborate effectivelyEffective written, oral, and presentation skillsEffective knowledge and experience in developing analysis and reporting deliverables for R&D projects (data, analyses, tables, graphics, listings)A project leader; completes tasks independently at a project level; ability to collaborate with key stakeholders Position Specific Required Skills And Experience Significant expertise in SAS and clinical trial programming including data steps, procedures, SAS/MACRO, SAS/GRAPH; systems and database expertiseDesigns and develops complex programming algorithmsAbility to comprehend analysis plans which may describe methodology to be programmed; an understanding of statistical terminology and conceptsFamiliarity with clinical data management conceptsExperience in CDISC and ADaM standardsExperience ensuring process compliance and deliverable qualityStrategic thinking - ability to turn strategy into tactical activities; design of statistical databases with the end in mind that optimize analysis and reporting and leverage departmental standards and industry best-practices Preferred Experience And Skills Working knowledge or R programming languages for data analysis, automation, and clinical data standards activitiesDemonstrated success in the assurance of deliverable quality and process compliance. Strong working knowledge of reporting processes (SOPs) and software development life-cycle (SDLC)US and/or worldwide drug or vaccine regulatory application submission experience including the development of electronic submission deliverablesExperience assuring programming consistency across protocols and projects, directing the program development effort of other programmers; experience as a programming mentorAbility and interest to work across cultures and geographiesAbility to complete statistical programming deliverables through the use of global outsource partner programming staffExperience developing and managing a project plan using Microsoft Project or similar packageActive in professional societiesExperience in process improvement BARDS2020 eligibleforERP SPjobs VETJOBS EBRG Required Skills Clinical Development, Clinical Trials, Data Management, Data Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Outcomes Research, Project Leadership, Project Management, SAS Macros, Software Development, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Statistical Programming Preferred Skills R Programming, Team Commitment, Team Player, Willingness to Learn Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE US And Puerto Rico Residents Only Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. Requirements As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit: EEOC Know Your Rights EEOC GINA Supplement We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts The salary range for this role is $117,000.00 - $184,200.00 This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits. You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting. San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status Regular Relocation: Domestic VISA Sponsorship Yes Travel Requirements 10% Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid Shift Not Indicated Valid Driving License No Hazardous Material(s) n/a Job Posting End Date 09/25/2026 A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Requisition ID:R407554" We need to extract sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (Primary Activities), Requirements (Education Minimum Requirement, Required Experience And Skills, etc), Qualifications (maybe Education?), Skills (Department Required Skills and Experience, Position Specific Required Skills And Experience, Preferred Experience And Skills, Required Skills, Preferred Skills), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not include sections with placeholder or generic like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content for Pay (salary range), Benefits (list), Schedule (Travel Requirements 10%, Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid, maybe also Relocation, VISA Sponsorship). Also maybe "Shift Not Indicated". We'll include schedule if there is concrete info. We must not include duplicated lines. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, search firm, etc. Must not include application instructions (apply links, deadline, etc). Must not include Job ID/requisition as heading; we can fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Probably we can include a short
with Job ID and posting end date? The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a
with Requisition ID and maybe posting end date. But we need to decide if that's considered minor metadata. Likely okay to include a short paragraph at top or bottom. We must not include markdown fences. Output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
... description about BARDS and role ...
Responsibilities
- ... list items from Primary Activities ...