At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
In this exciting role as the statistical programmer, you will be responsible for providing experienced, comprehensive, and advanced technical expertise as part of the centralized Biostats and Clinical Intelligence (BCI) team in the Medtronic Clinical & Regulatory Solutions organization (MCRS). You will be developing and maintaining programs and process methodology to meet internal and external clients’ needs. You will be planning and leading the development of solutions to all statistical analysis programming needs, particularly complex studies such as Premarket Approval (PMAs) studies.
Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.
MCRS provides end-to-end clinical and scientific solutions for Medtronic including:
• Clinical Operations: Study Administration, Data Solutions, Monitoring, Clinical Safety, Study Solutions
• Evidence Generation: Surveillance Solutions (PACS), Scientific Solutions
• Operational Excellence
• Strategic Account Management
• Operations Support and Analytics
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Plans and coordinates statistical programming for complex studies
May integrate databases from multiple studies or sources
Reviews Statistical Analysis Plans from the programming perspective
Assists in data cleaning process
Programs analysis database manipulations and transfers of data for internal and external clients
Programs, tests, documents, and validates statistical programs and tools in accordance with SP standards and validation procedures
Serves as SP Lead representing Statistical Programming on the corporate team
Develops and maintains good communications and working relationships with teams and external clients
May interact with other SP team members and cross functional teams to negotiate timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables
May serve as Project Manager or technical liaison with other departments
May participate in relevant client presentations and proposal development
Meets milestones as assigned
Assists in the development of training materials for department
Understands and complies with Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions. Assists in developing, revising, and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions
Provides advanced technical expertise in conjunction with internal and external clients
Assists in the collaboration with data management team in developing and implementing new technologies or software
Independently brings project solutions to SP teams
May Oversee the work of outsourcing partners and vendors at study level
Mentors junior programming in departmental procedures and developing technical and/or database expertise
Performs other duties as directed by SP management.
Must Have (Minimum Requirements):
To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of data analysis/programming (SAS) experience or advanced degree and 2 years of experience in clinical trial data submissions to regulatory agencies
Certifications: SAS Base Programming and SAS Advanced Programming are required.
Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):
Master’s degree in Computer science, Statistics or related fields
3-5 years of SAS programming experience
Experience programming ADaM and SDTM data
Experience in PL/SQL, Unix scripting, Python and R programing
Experience in statistical programming for clinical studies
Experience at Medtronic or medical device/pharmaceutical/Biopharm industry
Solid understanding of the clinical trial research development process is preferred.
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Learn more about our benefits at benefits.medtronic.com
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here
