Veramed prides itself on providing the highest quality statistics and programming consultancy for its clients, and offering its employees an industry-leading working environment with support and training for career growth. We are seeking a hands-on Programmer with attention to detail and a strong work ethic to work as part of the statistical and programming team, providing programming support to a variety of clients in the Veramed portfolio. This role provides the opportunity to progress towards becoming a Lead Programmer at Veramed. This role entails a wide variety of responsibilities and client exposure - you are certainly not pigeonholed. Below is a range of the types of tasks you could be carrying out on a daily basis: As with many roles at Veramed, you have the opportunity to shape their direction dependent on client needs and your own career. Some key responsibilities include: - Developing and maintaining complex SAS programs for data manipulation, statistical analysis, report generation, and data visualization. - Utilizing advanced SAS procedures and techniques. - Managing and manipulating large datasets, including data cleaning, transformation, and integration from various sources. - Applying statistical methodologies and techniques to analyze data and interpret results. - Collaborating with statisticians and other team members on study design and analysis plans. - Creating high-quality reports, tables, and graphs to effectively communicate data insights. - Ensuring the accuracy and validity of SAS programs and output through rigorous quality control procedures. - Adhering to regulatory guidelines and industry best practices. - Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior programmers. - Serving as a subject matter expert in SAS programming. - Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, including statisticians, clinicians, data managers, and other stakeholders. - Identifying opportunities to improve programming efficiency and streamline processes. - Developing and implementing programming standards and best practices. - Creating and maintaining clear and concise documentation for SAS programs and analyses. Required Skills: - Advanced proficiency in SAS programming language and various SAS procedures. - Strong understanding of statistical concepts and methodologies. - Experience with data manipulation, cleaning, and transformation techniques. - Ability to write efficient and optimized SAS code. - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills. - Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Opportunities For: - Development into lead programmer or technical role. - Gaining experience across different therapeutic areas and phases. - Presenting at conferences. - Peer mentoring and/or line management. - Developing innovative solutions to aid study reporting. - Contributing to initiatives that consider employees, the environment, and local communities as part of our B Corp accreditation.,
Purpose The Contracts Administrator will work within the [Veramed Finance / Veramed C&P] team and will be responsible for the consultant and contractor resource life cycle, including independent and third-party consultants. Key Responsibilities Work closely with recruitment team and account managers to keep abreast of new consultant engagements and contract renewals. Create all new consultancy agreements and renewals. Liaise with new and existing consultants and respond to queries. Liaise with the legal team to manage queries about data protection, privacy, and insurances. Manage all consultant onboarding including pre-screening. Send termination notices and respond to short notice changes. Manage consultant leavers offboarding. Maintain Cezanne HR with details of global consultants. Maintain consultant trackers, checking for daily updates or changes. Run ad-hoc reports from Cezanne HR as required. Create Veramed profiles. Coordinate signing of compliance documents. Manage all consultant Qdos assessments and escalate queries when required. Keep up to date with related guidance and regulations, including IR35 (UK) and 1099 (US). Liaise with resource partners and umbrella companies. Create third party resource agreements. Perform work in full compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, company policies, procedures and training. Minimum Qualification Requirements Educated to degree level. Experience of document management and administration, particularly of a sensitive and/or confidential nature. Experience working in a professional environment. Other Information/Additional Requirements Excellent administration skills with the ability to manage several diverse tasks efficiently. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. Demonstrates assertiveness and the confidence to push back when appropriate. Excellent attention to detail. Responsiveness with a sense of urgency. Problem solving skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google applications.
Purpose The role of the Principal Programmer is to provide programming support to the statistics and programming department across a range of projects, clients and therapeutic areas. Key Responsibilities The study programmer position will be responsible for manipulating large databases and generating reports to enable analysts to explore real world healthcare data assets. Candidates must have excellent SAS and SQL programming skills and the ability to implement complex logic. Candidates must be comfortable with creating complex analysis data sets derived from various data sources with a careful eye for outliers and errors. Prior experience building patient cohorts and evaluating patient healthcare events in large databases and using observational research methods such as epidemiology and statistical methods is strongly desired. SAS is also fine. R programming is preferred. We are open to any therapeutic area experience. The team primarily supports rare diseases so if we present candidates with this area of expertise then that will be a plus, but no emphasis on therapeutic area. Real World Healthcare claims database experience is must. Any equivalent EU database experience to US Market scan/Optum is fine. OMOP-Common data model experience is a huge plus. We are fine with someone with even 1 year experience, familiar with this experience. SQL is must specially querying and extracting from database. Strong communication, time management, enthusiasm and documentation skills are essential in this position. Technical Proficient in R and SQL programming - Expertise in Oncology databases such as Flatiron, COTA - Has good understanding of Oncology specific analyses such as Line of Therapy algorithms, Survival analysis, different statistical models - Preferable to have R Shiny or Instant Health Data (IHD) experience - Experience with Analytic Datasets, patient cohorts is good to have. General Lead internal and client study team meetings effectively Present study updates internally and at client meetings Share scientific, technical and practical knowledge within the team and with colleagues Perform work in full compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, company policies, procedures, and training Build effective collaborative working relationships with internal and client team members Seek opportunities to develop innovative ideas, sharing when appropriate Line management or mentorship of more junior team members Contribution to development of internal training materials Contribution to internal process improvement initiatives Minimum Qualification Requirements Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Mathematics, or other subject with high statistical content Minimum 7-8 years SAS statistical programming experience Database programming using SQL Experience with advanced statistical methods such as survival and regression Experience with real world healthcare claims and EHR data such as MarketScan, Optum and Medicare databases Other Information/Additional Requirements Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or other subject with high statistical content Training or experience using the OMOP common data model Training or experience with Python, R, Databricks or other cloud-based software Pharmaceutical industry experience Training or experience in epidemiological methods