Job Duties:

·         Will be collecting information from the Study Teams (includes Biostatisitics, Statistical Programming, Clinical Scientists, Project Data Manager and vendors)

·         With this data, will bewriting data specifications and then reviewing with other team members for consensus

·         Data will go to EDA group (which acts as gateway for external data coming into Genentech) and then the “check process” is done in SAS

·         The data must match the data specifications and if it does, it then goes to the customer, which is Statistical Programming

·         The right person must be very comfortable in asking whatever questions that may come up and must be able to communicate effectively with technical folks as well as non-technical

·         Documentation skills will be very important in this role as this person will be helping to develop new processes which will need to be clearly documented for recreation

·         Must have some experience writing data specifications

·         Must have good data set skills, but not a ton of heads down SAS programming in this role and virtually no production of TLGs

·         Reading Center is where information goes if it needs to be analyzed by subject matter experts

·          Strong preference to be onsite… though telecommuting a couple days a week may be a possibility down the road

·         It will be key to find the right combination of people skills (soft skills) and Programming skills

Summary: Genentech is looking for a competent SAS Programmer with excellent documentation skills, communication skills, soft skills and good experience writing data specifications.  This is also a good opportunity for someone who really wants to make an impact on how this group will operate going forward.