R&D
Where your curiosity drives the
miracles of
science
Senior Stats Programmer (VAX)
At a glance
Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.
About the job
Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives.
Ready? As a Senior Statistical Programmer within our Hyderabad Hub, you’ll be part of a performing team, delivering biostatistics and programming activities throughout the Vaccines R&D value chain (Pre-Clinical, Clinical, Translational, CMC) with our Vaccines Global Biostatistical Sciences team.
We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.
Main responsibilities:
Perform programming activities for all statistical deliverables (i.e.: SDTM, ADaM, Tables Listings and Figures (TLF)) for various analyses within a study (e.g.: interim/final analyses, internal or external data monitoring committees, statistical surveillance) or within a project (i.e.: ISS, ISE, ISI, DSUR, PBRER,…)
Review and provide feedback on study documents, such as protocol (statistical section), Case Report Form (CRF), Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) and mock TLFs
Write and provide the programming specifications for the SDTM/ADaM/TLFs to fulfil the study or project objectives
Deliver compliant CDISC data package with all relevant documentation (ie: aCRF, reviewers guide, define.xml) fulfilling Heath Authorities expectations
Ensure TLF’s format fulfil the requirements of targeted publishing (i.e.: clinical study report, publication, Transparency like Eudract, CTT.gov, lay summaries,...)
Perform quality control for statistical programming deliverables and complete the associated documentation: Validation plan and quality control (QC) documentation.
Program exploratory and/or post’hoc analyses with minimum specifications
Create core integrated clinical database, pooling SDTM/ADaM datasets across several studies within an asset
Ensure compliance to SOP's, standards, and guidelines.
About you
You are a passionate leader with following experience and competences who like the challenge and growing into a new environment:
Experience:
Experience in statistical programming clinical research with some Vaccines experience (designs, endpoints, statistical methods, …)
SAS (>3 years): excellent technical skills in BASE, STAT, MACRO, GRAPH, SQL, R, and familiar in statistical programming
Experience programming CDISC SDTM/ADaM datasets and notably vaccines specifics (including writing specifications, P21, proficiency with controlled terminology, value-level metadata, analysis results metadata, define.xml, Reviewers Guide)
Experience pooling data from multiple studies according to existing specifications
Experience planning and drafting specifications for pooling data from multiple studies
undefined
Skills:
Good understanding of processes associated with clinical trials
Ability to independently create specifications
Knowledge of descriptive statistics
Demonstrate interpersonal skills necessary for effective teamwork
Demonstrate ability to organize multiple work assignments and establish priorities
Demonstrate critical thinking skills beyond simply following directions or specifications
Education:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related health sciences or equivalent experience
undefined
Languages:
English: Highly effective communication, both oral and written
Why choose us?
From providing protection against disease at every stage of life to protecting humanity against emerging epidemics, vaccines help create and maintain healthy communities that keep life moving forward. With a clear and strong ambition to deliver a robust Vaccines portfolio, we aim to create an environment that
Brings the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team
Provides opportunities for people to learn, gain experience and share knowledge
Is obsessed by leveraging your expertise in bringing data to life at the heart of decision making
Values team work and collaboration, taking care of each other, rowing all in the same direction to the finish line
Nurtures diversity and inclusion, complementing each others
Seeks constantly opportunities to re-invent ourselves
This role is critical to our team’s success and offers exposure to a broad range of activities within Biostatistics and Programming and a broad range of stakeholders.
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com
Find out more about this location
Why work with us
- Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.
- Accelerate results with technology. Harness the power of AI and automation to push scientific boundaries and reimagine what's possible in drug discovery.
- Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.
- Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.
Meet Nils Libert, Associate Scientist
Meet Nils Libert, an Associate Scientist in Belgium, where he plays a key role in advancing groundbreaking research. Learn how his work helps drive innovation, uncover new scientific possibilities, and contribute to life-changing treatments that impact patients around the world.
"At Sanofi, we are building an R&D engine powered by the best science, digital innovation, and a commitment to transforming the lives of patients around the world."
Houman Ashrafian
EVP & Head of R&D
Discover more
Our R&D focus areas
Discover how we're reshaping the future of medicine through immunoscience – unlocking bold, cross-disease breakthroughs that were unimaginable just a decade ago.
Meet Sanofians in the labs
Step inside our labs and hear from the scientists turning cutting-edge science into real-world impact – driven by curiosity, collaboration, and purpose.
Join our
talent community
What could we achieve together? Every Sanofian works on projects that truly make a difference to people’s lives.
Sign up today and discover our latest opportunities as soon as they’re available.