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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Sr RW Programmer/Sr Data Scientist/Analyst - Real World Data

Syneos Health senior full-time

Salary

$80,600 - $145,000 per year

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Description

Syneos Health is seeking a Senior RW Programmer/Senior Data Scientist/Analyst to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing programs and providing statistical programming support for epidemiologists or for client or business use to address needs for sourcing, organizing, and interpreting complex data sets.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop programs and provide statistical programming support for epidemiologists or clients
  • Work with commercial databases such as Optum, HealthVerity, or PharmMetrics
  • Support protocol and SAP review in support of the epidemiologist
  • Apply ICD knowledge and experience
  • Derive programmatic cohorts and define index dates
  • Perform modeling and programming tasks using GLM, logistic, Cox, propensity score matching, and incidence computation
  • Prepare data specifications and develop a strong understanding of study protocols
  • Review data and program outputs against protocol requirements
  • Identify and address issues with messy data
  • Understand follow-up periods and impact
  • Use OMOP CDM to transform healthcare data into a common format
  • Apply AI/ML for LLM and workflow and scaffolding (ideal)

Requirements:

  • Undergraduate or master's degree in a scientific or statistical discipline
  • Extensive programming experience in SAS, R, Python, or other required software in a RW environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English
  • Experience with commercial databases such as Optum, HealthVerity, or PharmMetrics
  • Programmatic cohort derivation experience
  • Index date definition experience
  • Modeling/programming experience with GLM, logistic, Cox, propensity score matching, and incidence computation

Nice to Have:

  • AI/ML modeling experience
  • Github experience and versioning
  • Experience with MarketScan, VA data, Medicaid, Medicare

Benefits:

  • Salary range: $80,600.00 - $145,000.00
  • Company car or car allowance
  • Health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
  • Company match 401k
  • Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

Skills

Required

  • SAS
  • R
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Optum
  • HealthVerity
  • PharmMetrics
  • ICD
  • OMOP CDM
  • GLM
  • logistic
  • Cox
  • propensity score matching

Nice to have

  • AI/ML modeling
  • Github
  • MarketScan
  • VA data
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
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