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Updated: June 23, 2011 Senior Programmer
Job Title: Senior Programmer
Department: Clinical Drug Development
Location: RTP, NC
Reports to: Manager or Director, SAS Programming or VP
Biostatistics and Data Management
FLSA Status: Exempt
Essential Functions
The Senior Programmer will be responsible for performing and assisting biostatisticians and other Programmers in the summary of clinical trial data needed for clinical trial reports and/or regulatory submissions as well as the supervision of more junior programmers. In collaboration with Data Coordinators/Clinical Data Managers, they design and review CRF and data validation directives for a clean and accurate database. They program, validate and test programs in support of statistical analysis, while maintaining good programming skills as applied to the data manipulation and statistical analysis for clinical trials. In collaboration with other SAS programmers/biostatisticians, they create derived datasets, display, summarize and analyze data for clinical trials, and QC the results.
Specific Duties Include:
• Lead programming responsibilities for projects
• Review of data management documentation
• Creation of Analysis Plan documents
• Creating specifications for and programming of CDISC compliant datasets
• Lead the programming activities of summary tables, listings, and figures
• Provide leadership for project teams
• Other duties as assigned
Relationships
Works Closely With
• Data Management
• Other SAS Programmers
• Clinical Project Managers
• Biostatisticians
• Client Contacts
Qualifications
Education
• Master’s Degree in Statistics/Biostatistics or comparable field, or
• Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ years experience Minimum Work Experience
• 2 years working with clinical trials in industry, or
• 3 years working with clinical trials outside of industry (e.g. academia, research centers, etc.)
Special Skills
• Organized, Detail Oriented, Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must speak fluent English and able to communicate effectively in study teams.
• Minimum 3 years experience using SAS.
• Solid understanding of macros, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/STAT, and data step programming.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work on a multi-disciplinary project team
• Basic knowledge of clinical data and medical terminology.
• Ability to function independently
• Able to work with tight deadlines
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities • Ability to plan project time lines and forecast necessary hours needed to complete tasks.
Contact: Bill Wasserman
Senior Vice President
D.H.I Executive Search Consultants
88 Inverness Circle East Suite N104
Englewood, CO 80112
303-649-9418 office
954-817-5706 cell
WILLIAM_WASSERMAN@msn.com
Source -- "William Wasserman" (william_wasserman@msn.com)
Updated: June 22, 2011 SAS Applications Developer - Waltham, MA and Hooksett, NH
Job Description:
OptumInsight is currently recruiting for a full-time SAS Applications Developer to join our Custom ETL Development team in either the Waltham, Massachusetts office or the Hooksett, NH office. Working with a team of SAS programmers, BAs and Analysts, the individual will be responsible for updating and maintaining the ETL that integrates our clients' data into our software products. This includes working on client requested customizations surrounding these products. The SAS Applications Developer will need to work closely with our Operations, Implementation, software development and account management teams. The main analytics tools necessary to perform these tasks include SAS, Ingenix specific product software, healthcare analysis skills.
Primary Responsibilities:
· Update and maintain the BPO ETL (Extraction, Transformation & Loading) system
· Handle custom process change requests from BPO clients
· Support production processes in a timely manner
· Document new and existing processes as well as changes to them
· Write SAS programs that use health insurance claims data, eligibility and various other data types
· Create data sets that combine multiple data sets
· Perform data cleansing, transformation, aggregation, summarization as needed to support the software products
· Investigate data quality issues and research data (business logics, any transformation being done) as needed
· Provide accurate and timely estimates for tasks
· Provide support and leadership in critical production support issue resolution
· Support the team for application availability, reliability and stability on a 7 by 24 by 365 basis
· Conduct or facilitate root cause analysis on all in-scope incidents and recommend a corrective action plan
· Work with team to achieve timely resolution of all production issues meeting or exceeding Service Level Agreements
· Conduct code review to ensure the work delivered by the team is of high quality standards
· Work with business to prioritize production issue resolution
· Work with the Service Manager in process improvement initiatives as directed by the service
What makes your technology career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You'll have the most opportunities to grow and develop. We invest in rich technology resources and talented people to help glean and use intelligence in ways that drive quality and affordability of healthcare for millions of people worldwide. It's your chance to be a transformational force in the industry and within UnitedHealth Group. If you believe there is always a better way, take the next step in exploring your potential with UnitedHealth Group.
OptumInsight is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.
OptumInsight is one of the largest and fastest growing health information companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.
What can YOU do with the right information? At OptumInsight, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at OptumInsight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.
Requirements:
· 4+ years of experience using SAS (Base, Macros, SQL, Access).
· 2+ years experience writing advanced data step and macro code.
· 2+ years of experience with healthcare data (claims, eligibility, etc.).
· 3+ years experience of Microsoft SQL Server experience
· Bachelors degree
Asset: · Knowledge of HIPAA requirements
To apply for Requisition # 354972, please follow the steps below:
Go to http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/
Under the “Find Jobs” section, enter the requisition number above in the blank that reads “Enter keyword (e.g. sales) job title or job number”
Click “Search” to view the job listing, then click “Apply Online” to apply
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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
Source -- Recruitement_Services@UHC.com

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