Biostatistical Programming Manager

Amgen•Thousand Oaks, CA

About The Position

The Biostatistical Programming Manager supports Amgen’s CfOR organization and its Data & Analytic Center. Reporting to a Senior Manager, the role sets goals with CfOR epidemiologists, develops strategies to achieve them, and coordinates a functional service provider (FSP)-based team of contract programmers. The Manager stays informed of evolving departmental needs and industry best practices, identifies proposals to improve efficiency, and supports organizational growth strategies. The position leads and coordinates programming work to support analyses, maintains performance and quality standards, and ensures biomedical data analyses and presentations are accurate and complete. It also contributes to programming plans, analysis specifications, study-related document reviews, and continuous improvement across programming, CfOR, and Research and Development.

Requirements

Meet one of the following education and experience combinations: doctorate degree; master’s degree and 2 years of experience; bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience; associate’s degree and 8 years of experience; or high school diploma/GED and 10 years of experience.
Programming skills in SAS, R, SQL, Python, or other procedural languages.
Demonstrated technical excellence, leadership, innovation, project management, teamwork, problem solving, attention to detail, and oral and written communication skills.
Understanding of computer operating systems, including cloud-based AWS, Databricks, and UNIX.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or another subject with high statistical content.
Vendor relationship management or related experience with functional service providers.
Experience with real-world healthcare data, such as MarketScan, Optum, Komodo, Medicare, and EMR databases.
Pharmaceutical industry experience.
Database programming using SQL.
A minimum of five years of SAS programming experience.
Experience with advanced statistical methods such as survival and regression analysis.

Responsibilities

Lead an FSP-based programming team conducting analyses for CfOR’s Data & Analytic Center.
Coordinate with functional leads to prioritize and manage workflow.
Identify potential efficiency improvements and propose solutions.
Collaborate with the CfOR FSP liaison to ensure performance and quality standards for the FSP-based programming team.
Ensure biomedical data analysis and presentation are accurate and complete.
Adhere to Amgen policies, SOPs, and other controlled documents.
Write, test, and validate programs in SAS, Databricks, or R.
Manage the FSP-based programming team to deliver work on time and to specifications.
Review and approve key study-related documents produced by other functions, such as SAPs and Data Management Plans.
Write, review, and approve programming plans and analysis dataset specifications.
Represent the programming function and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
Contribute to continuous improvement in programming, CfOR, and Research and Development.
Write, test, and validate department-, product-, and protocol-level macros and utilities.
Participate in intra-departmental and CfOR meetings.
Support and mentor junior programmers.

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions.
Group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Life and disability insurance.
Flexible spending accounts.
Discretionary annual bonus program, or a sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives.
Stock-based long-term incentives.
Award-winning time-off plans.
Flexible work models where possible.
Career development opportunities.
Financial plans with opportunities to save toward retirement or other goals.
Work/life balance support.