Senior Principal Clinical Programmer - Data Management SAS

Senior Principal Clinical Programmer (DM SAS)

Senior Principal Clinical Programmer (DM SAS)

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. 

Job Responsibilities

The Senior Principal Clinical Programmer (DM SAS) serves as a senior technical expert and program-level leader within Clinical Programming. This role provides strategic oversight, advanced SAS expertise, and mentorship across multiple studies and programs. The position is accountable for complex SAS macro development, code optimization, cloud-based SAS environments (Azure), and advanced troubleshooting, while also driving process improvements, standardization initiatives, and project oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical SME for DM SAS programming, including advanced SAS macro development and optimization.

• Design, develop, validate, and maintain complex SAS programs and reusable macro frameworks.

• Provide advanced troubleshooting for SAS macro-related issues, including root cause analysis and long-term remediation.

• Demonstrate strong understanding of SAS Azure cloud model and support cloud-based programming environments.

• Provide program-level oversight across multiple studies or large, complex programs.

• Serve as Lead Clinical Programmer or Program Programming Lead as required.

• Review and ensure quality, compliance, and consistency of multi-study and program-level deliverables.

• Support project planning, resource forecasting, bid defenses, and change order assessments.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of SAS Viya and its application in clinical programming workflows.

• Lead or contribute to process improvement, automation, and code standardization initiatives.

• Mentor, coach, and provide technical guidance to Principal, Lead, and Senior Clinical Programmers.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and represent Clinical Programming during audits and inspections.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Experience Requirements

• 8 to 10+ years of progressive experience in Clinical Programming / DM SAS.

• Demonstrated experience in project-level or program-level oversight roles.

Required (Must-Have) Skills

• Advanced SAS macro development expertise

• SAS code optimization and performance tuning

• Understanding of SAS Azure cloud model

• Advanced troubleshooting competency for SAS macro and programming issues

Good-to-Have Skills

• SAS Viya understanding and exposure

• Lead Clinical Programmer or Program Programming Lead experience

• Code standardization and framework development

• Project oversight experience and process improvement leadership

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience Level

Senior Level