Statistical Programmer

Senior Statistical Programmer or Associate Director Statistical Programmer

Does it excite you to work with clinical data, statistical programming, and collaborate with CROs/external vendors, and do you have experience with SAS and CDISC standards? If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities, then you could be our new colleague.

Your new position

Join as a Senior Statistical Programmer or Associate Director Statistical Programmer (depending on experience), focusing on statistical programming for assigned clinical trials and contributing to regulatory submissions and requests. The role is integral to ensuring robust data structure, documentation, and data quality across trials. As a cross-functional trial team member, you will collaborate with Biometrics, Clinical, and external vendors to deliver high-quality analyses and reporting.

We offer exciting responsibilities:

Define and lead statistical programming activities for assigned clinical trials

Provide oversight and review of programming deliverables from CROs and external partners

Ensure adherence to CDISC data standards (SDTM and ADaM) across clinical trials

Program SDTM and ADaM datasets to support analyses

Program tables, figures, and listings (TFLs) for clinical study outputs, with deep, hands-on experience in complex TFL development and validation

Contribute to programming at program level for regulatory submissions and regulatory requests

Your profile

A proactive and collaborative professional who thrives in cross-functional environments and maintains high standards for data integrity and documentation. Comfortable working independently as a subject matter expert while driving alignment with internal and external stakeholders. Curious, structured, and motivated to continuously improve data standards and processes.

Master’s degree or equivalent experience within data science, natural or technical sciences, or similar

Extensive experience with statistical programming within clinical development

Extensive experience with CDISC data standards (SDTM and ADaM)

Skilled programmer within SAS; experience with R is a plus

Demonstrated, long-standing expertise in programming and validating TFLs to clinical and regulatory expectations

Your new team

You will join the Biometrics Department at Zealand Pharma. This is a growing team that contributes to the overall clinical development strategy by providing expertise in study design and methodology, data capture and structure, conduct, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials. Together, the team ensures scientific integrity, quality of clinical trial data, data standards, and oversight of outsourced Biometrics activities.

Let's bond and be bold

We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization. And we want you to help us strengthen this culture.

Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. From discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, to engaging with our partners or connecting with each other. We bond through curiosity and playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking and drive future innovation. Join us and let's bond and be bold.

Interested in bonding with us? Then please apply no later than January 11, 2026, or as soon as possible. The applications will be reviewed as they come in. While a cover letter is not required, please include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

For further information, please contact Director, Head of Statistical Programming, Toni Auene Tuxen and .

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from all job applicants.

About Zealand Pharma A/S

Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of peptide-based medicines. More than 10 drug candidates invented by Zealand Pharma have advanced into clinical development, of which two have reached the market and three candidates are in late-stage development. The company has development partnerships with a number of pharma companies as well as commercial partnerships for its marketed products. Zealand Pharma was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a team in the U.S. For more information about Zealand Pharma's business and activities, please visit

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