Associate Director, Translational Imaging, Clinical Pharmacology & Translational Medicine

Eisai • Woodcliff Lake, NJ

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About The Position

At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai’s human health care (hhc) mission. We’re a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference. If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.
Eisai is searching for a creative, resourceful, integrative thinker with deep expertise in PET imaging within the neurology space to support clinical and translational research. As the Associate Director, Translational Imaging, Clinical Pharmacology & Translational Medicine, the focus will be primarily on PET imaging to design and plan clinical imaging studies for various neurology clinical programs and interact with imaging vendors, help manage imaging studies, participate in data analysis, modeling and presentation of results to International Project Teams. Stay abreast of the PET neuroimaging field in neuroscience and provide guidance for selection of methods of study design and analysis for PET tracers. Provide a global resource for education, preclinical and translational strategy and application of PET methodology. Interact with key opinion leaders and CROs for successful execution of translational PET imaging studies.

Requirements

• PhD in relevant field plus at least 5 years of industry or academic experience
• Expert ability to plan, optimize and conduct PET imaging studies
• Good knowledge of PET instrumentation and acquisition protocols
• Ability to quantitate and interpret PET imaging data
• Ability to support other imaging research activities
• Experience communicating results to the project team members
• Experience preparing reports and giving presentations internally and externally
• Experience working collaboratively with team members, global unit members; key opinion leaders and CROs.
• Proactive, self-motivated and independent working style. Used to work in a multidisciplinary team and understand the needs and goals of the broader organization

Responsibilities

• Quantitate and interpret imaging data
• Support other Clinical imaging research activities including PET tracer identification, development and study utilization
• External collaboration with Key Opinion Leaders in neuroimaging
• Interact with Imaging CROs
• Regulatory interactions regarding PET imaging in clinical development
• Contribute to design, editing, writing and review of protocols and technical imaging documents (e.g., imaging review charters)
• Work with data scientists and statisticians on analysis plans involving imaging endpoints

Benefits

• Eisai Inc. Annual Incentive Plan
• Eisai Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan
• Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. For additional information on Company employee benefits programs, visit https://careers.eisai.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees