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# Principal or Senior Statistical Programmer - Remote or Hybrid - UK

- **Company:** Veramed
- **Location:** Crawley, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Coherent Remote File System (CRFS), R (Programming Language), SAS (Software)
- **Published:** May 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/37098751/

## About the Role

Minimum Qualification Requirements* BSc, MSc or PhD in numerical discipline (or relevant equivalent industry experience)* At least 6 years of relevant industry experienceOther Information/ Additional Requirements* Understanding of clinical drug development process, relevant disease areas, endpoints and studydesigns
WHAT TO EXPECT:A warm, friendly working environment in which to thrive both personally and professionally.A supportive, open-door management policy that will aid in your development and provide you with the tools to take your career to the next level.A truly unique CRO that's doing something different when it comes to managing staff, projects and building relationships in the industry.The ability to own your role and develop your skills and experience.

## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal or Senior level Statistical Programmer skilled in SAS to join us on a permanent basis in the UK. If you have any R Programming skills this would be a bonus. We can offer home and/or office working, training and support and a competitive package.
The purpose of the role is to provide programming support to the statistics and programming department across a range of projects, clients and therapeutic areas. The Senior or Principal Programmer may also perform a supervisory role (e.g. line management and/or project management).
Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical* Previous experience with SAS and some R experience/knowledge.* Perform review of clinical trial documents including protocols, SAPs, CRFs, CSRs* Author, review and approve study TFL shells and dataset specifications* Author, validate and document SAS programs for datasets, TFLs and macros, applying goodprogramming practice* Identify data issues and outliers* Complete, review and approve CDISC Validation tool reports* Identify data and standards issues and resolve or escalate as appropriate* Awareness of emerging standards and associated impact to ongoing and future planned trials* Maintain proficiency in SAS and awareness of developments* Maintain study master file documents and any other documents that are required to be audit ready
General* Lead internal and client study, project and cross functional 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 internal and client policies, procedures, processesand training* Build effective collaborative working relationships with internal and client team members* Ensure learnings are shared across projects or studies* Develop and provide internal technical training where appropriate* Lead process improvement initiatives


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