Why Join Us? Be a hero for our rare disease patients

At Ultragenyx, we fundamentally believe that taking real impactful action to care for the needs of patients and our people is always the right thing to do. To achieve this goal, our vision is to lead the future of rare disease medicine. For us, this means going where other biopharma companies won’t go – challenging the status quo and creating a new model that advances our field so more patients and caregivers can benefit from life-changing treatments. We do this by following the science, applying a novel rapid development approach, making innovative medicines at fair and reasonable prices, and creating a collaborative ecosystem to reach patients in ways that are most meaningful for them.

Our commitment and care for patients extends to our people, so culture is an essential cornerstone for Ultragenyx. We remain continuously focused on creating a supportive and inclusive environment of profound learning and growth – so employees can thrive in all areas of their lives, in and outside of work. Ultimately, we want to be an organization where we would be proud for our family, friends and children to work.

If you want to have a meaningful impact, do the best work of your career, and grow a lot, both professionally and personally, come join our team. During the COVID-19 Outbreak, we are committed to our hiring process. The health and safety of our employees and prospective employees take priority which means at this time our approach will include video discussions, interviews, and onboarding.

Position Summary – ultrainnovative – Tackle rare and dynamic challenges

Reporting to the Director, Clinical Programming, Data Management, the clinical programmer works in varied therapeutic areas, develops and validates SAS programs and macros, performs data and programming quality checks, generates validation documentation, performs data reconciliation/integration, and liaises with internal teams/external vendor/partners to resolve issues.
Responsibilities

Develop and validate SAS programs to generate data review, cleaning, and reconciliation listings.
Program listings, tables, profiles, figures, and standard datasets per the best practices, standard processes, and specifications as needed. Generate supporting validation and quality check documentation.
Execute existing SAS programs and macros. Perform debugging and error resolutions. Identify and implement improvements.
Perform user administration in the EDC using the templates and best practices.
Develop and apply SAS macros/SQL to increase programming efficiency.
Perform data mappings between different data sources and standard output using industry standard best practices, annotated CRFs.
Perform data quality checks along with supporting documentation.
Develop data visualization packages per the requirements and standard specifications as needed.
Analyze, process, execute data reconciliation and data integration requirements and develop programs as applicable.
Provide input on and facilitate specifications development on complex reports/listings.
Accountable for programming deliverables for the assigned studies, tasks, and/or programming projects.
Assist in resolving data issues with the data providers.
Perform quality checks and assessment on internally and externally developed programs and data packages.
Provide support to routine programming, validation, and documentation activities.
Collaborate with data managers and study team members.

Qualification Requirement:

1-2 years’ experience in Pharma/Biotech/SAS Programming – Bachelor’s degree or higher in the scientific, biological, statistical or computer science field or related discipline.
M.S. in Stats/Math/Epidemiology degree preferred.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, time-management, interpersonal and communication skills
Must be proficient in programming skills (e.g. SAS Certified).
Academic/industry projects demonstrating solid use of programming techniques and/or programming platforms is a plus.
Must be a fast learner and be able to adapt to changing situations.
Must operate with High Integrity and Trust.
Personal Accountability: Will stand up and be counted; doesn’t shirk personal responsibility; is comfortable working alone on tough assignments
General knowledge of industry standards and best practices such as CDISC/CDASH, SDTM, data standardization.

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