Senior Statistical R Programmer

Company : Katalyst HealthCares & Life Sciences

Location : San Francisco, CA, 94102

Posted Date : 8 October 2025

Job Type : Other

Category : Software Development

Occupation : Programmer

Job Details

Job Description:

The candidate will have the opportunity to help shape data and programming infrastructure, drive the adoption of R in a regulated environment, gain an in-depth understanding of drug development in a fast-moving industry environment and subject domain knowledge in neurodegeneration.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience supporting drug development and clinical study projects; will have excellent statistical programming and problem-solving skills; and will be able to function as a leader and individual contributor.
The candidate will take the initiative to stay current on technologies and methods, will champion the use of open-source software for clinical trial reporting, come up with innovative solutions to challenging problems, and work with Biometrics management to help set the overall strategic direction of the group.

Responsibilities:

Lead statistical programming deliverables including: generation of data visualizations or summary reports to support internal decision making and regulatory interactions (IND/CTA filings, annual safety reporting, etc.); providing input for statistical analysis plans, study protocols and clinical study reports; reviewing study randomization specifications; collaborating with Clinical Data Management on case report form design, data review plans, and external data transfer specifications; collaboration with the study team to review data and manage timelines; oversight of Biometrics CRO deliverables.
Design, develop, and validate CDISC analysis data (i.e., SDTM, ADaM) for use with statistical reporting code and analytics applications.
Develop and manage reusable code for interactive data visualization, exploratory analysis, and statistical summaries in clinical study reports.
Work with the Biometrics Team to establish innovative processes to ensure high data quality, reporting of analysis results, and analysis reproducibility.
Support the Biometrics Team in efforts to build, maintain, and continuously improve an R infrastructure that is suitable for regulatory submission work.

Requirements:

At minimum, a bachelor's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related field is required.
At least five years of experience as a Statistical Programmer on a Biotech/Pharma Clinical Development Biometrics Team or with a similar team and experience supporting drug development, medical device development, or intervention studies.
Demonstrated ability to effectively lead projects and collaborate cross-functionally.
Exceptional R programming skills (including tidy verse, Markdown, Shiny, HTML widgets, development of R packages, working with IT staff to build R infrastructure), experience applying software development concepts, well versed in reproducible research methods, and proficiency in using code repositories like Git/GitHub (or similar tools) for collaboration and versioning of operational, robust, and well documented code.
Able to work in a Linux/Unix environment (including shell scripting).
Applied experience with SDTM or ADaM CDISC data.
Demonstrated experience in creating compelling data visualizations to help teams make correct data driven decisions and effectively communicating results to team members.
Able to demonstrate a solid understanding of statistical principles and methods used in clinical study reports or scientific publication analyses.