Senior SAS Programmer

Who we are? As the world's largest organization of board-certified pathologists and leading provider of laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing programs, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide.

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The Senior SAS Programmer in the Biostatistics Department is responsible for:

• Having the experience and expertise to handle complex research or development statistical programming assignments in SAS and/or R with little supervision.
• Accepting responsibilities for coordinating all aspects of assigned projects.
• Taking the initiative to assist CAP members and committees with project development.
• Strong R experience, especially generating and formatting PDF reports with precise control over plots, layout, margins, and printed output.

• Program, test, specify, debug, implement, and document application programs used for assigned projects.
• Ensure the validity of statistical programming used in assigned projects.
• Provide timely and accurate statistical summary information for assigned projects and provide results to CAP staff and committee members.
• Create customized reports for CAP products using SAS and/or R.
• Independently consult with committee members and CAP staff to define the focus, scope, and resources needed to complete each assigned statistical programming project.
• Recommend, develop, and implement enhancements to increase productivity and performance.
• Act as the primary contact to address problems and provide interpretation of reports.
• Provide timely corrected participant reports upon request.
• Advise other Biostatistics staff on programming issues.
• Other assignments as directed by the Manager.

• Excellent verbal communication, technical writing skills, and problem solving ability.

• Excellent technical skills and the ability and desire to acquire knowledge, expand expertise, and keep current in the statistical programming field.
• Basic knowledge of statistics as related to medicine.

• Advanced knowledge of SAS, R, and other applications.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

• At least five years experience programming in SAS and/or R required.

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Salary: $87,000 - $111,000

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