As a SAS clinical programmer, your primary responsibilities are the management and analysis of large datasets of information from clinical trials. Your job duties include using and programming the statistical analysis system, or SAS software suite, to develop tables and reports about the interdependencies of data points and the efficacy of trial-phase clinical therapies. The qualifications for a career as a SAS clinical programmer are a bachelor’s degree in statistics or computer science and experience in the pharmaceutical or clinical industries. You must develop strong SAS technical skills and problem-solving skills to succeed in a career as a SAS clinical programmer.