Programmer Analyst

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. 

Summarized Purpose: 

Performs bioinformatics programming activities for the statistical and computational considerations of research projects. Serves on a study team under the direction of a lead programmer.

Key responsibilities:

• Performs programming tasks as assigned by study project team leads that includes but is not limited to independently crafting, executing, maintaining, and validating programs that transfer data across multiple data management systems or operating systems, combining data from a variety of sources and structures, generating and storing summary data from a variety of sources, generating reports or combining multiple databases and validating programs that generate listings, tables and figures using SAS and standard tools and processes.

• Prepares and analyzes clinical trial patient datasets, such as laboratory data, vital signs data, tumor response data, imaging data, quality of life and well-being questionnaire data, or adverse events data, for clinical research purposes. Consults with researchers and multi-disciplinary project teams to analyze problems and recommend technology-based solutions and computational strategies for the specific project as assigned.

• Develops the customized codes to utilize existing tools and applications to provide the outputs or to validate outputs for clinical bioinformatics or technical use.

• Functions as a contributing member of a multidisciplinary team, and under the oversight and review of management, may begin to assist with some lead programming activities. Ensures adherence to departmental working practice documents and SOPs, and contributes to informal training materials.

• Increases knowledge base and professional skills in areas including programming, technology and techniques, clinical trials, and the pharmaceutical industry by working closely with mentors, attending presentation / teaching events, and contributing to other general department documents and policies by assisting mentors with implementing best practice documents and articles.

Keys to Success

Education and Experience: 

MS/MA degree in computer science, statistics, biostatistics, mathematics or related field, and abilities to perform the job, or Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, biostatistics, mathematics or related field or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification, and at least 2 years of experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job requirements.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Proven understanding of one or more programming languages

• Good attention to detail

• Satisfactory problem solving skills

• Satisfactory written and verbal communications skills, including proficiency in the English language

• Capable of optimally organizing and managing multiple assignments with challenging timelines

• Positive attitude and capable of working well with others

• Proven initiative and motivation

• Solid understanding of relational data base structure and sophisticated data systems

• Good organizational skills and capable of adapting and adjusting to changing priorities

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. 

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