Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacometrics

Recursion

10d•$261,800 - $346,060•Remote

About The Position

This role is for an Executive Director of Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacometrics within an innovative and passionate clinical development team dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from devastating diseases. The individual will lead the innovative clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics strategy and execution for a portfolio of rare disease and oncology clinical programs. The position involves developing clinical pharmacology and pharmacometric strategies to accelerate and support the overall product development plan, serving as the Clinical Pharmacology lead for various programs, representing the company in regulatory interactions, and proposing innovative strategies to expedite therapy delivery to patients. The role also includes solving drug development questions through modeling and simulation, designing clinical studies with a focus on clinical pharmacology input, and authoring clinical pharmacology sections for regulatory documents. The Executive Director will interface with cross-functional teams, including clinical study teams, translational teams, preclinical teams, and due diligence teams, to ensure clinical pharmacology considerations are addressed.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacokinetics or related discipline, M.D with a Clinical Pharmacology expertise, or a Pharm D. with a Clinical Pharmacology fellowship.
10+ years of experience in biotech/pharmaceutical drug development.
Demonstrated success leading all clinical pharmacology related aspects of drug development.
Ability to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to manage PK, PK-PD, and PK-safety analyses, including non-compartmental analysis, population PK modeling, and PK-PD modeling and simulations to support dose selection, exposure-response and exposure-safety analyses through various phases of drug development.
Proficiency with WinNonlin, Monolix, NONMEM, R or other modeling software.
Effective skills directed toward driving collaboration, achieving results, influencing, and resolving conflicts across internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience responding to regulatory agency questions, preparing clinical pharmacology aspects of regulatory submissions and attending regulatory meetings.
Highly motivated, decisive, and results-oriented individual who is proactive, resourceful, and efficient with the flexibility and creativity to excel in and contribute to a rapidly growing drug discovery and development company.

Nice To Haves

Experience in oncology is preferred, but not an absolute requirement.

Responsibilities

Develop the clinical pharmacology and pharmacometric strategies to accelerate and support the overall product development plan.
Serve as the Clinical Pharmacology lead for various programs in clinical development.
Act as the representative for regulatory interactions.
Propose innovative strategies to get therapies to patients faster.
Perform and/or oversee modeling and simulation with various tools to expedite decision making and solve drug development questions/problems.
Provide clinical pharmacology input on all clinical study designs, from Phase 1-3 and dedicated Phase 1 clinical pharmacology studies.
Author and review relevant clinical pharmacology sections for regulatory documents, including Investigator's Brochures (IB), INDs, NDAs, and other regulatory submissions.
Act as the clinical pharmacology expert during interactions with health authorities.
Work closely with clinical study teams, translational teams (DMPK, Translational Modeling and Toxicology), preclinical teams and due diligence teams to ensure clinical pharmacology-related considerations are addressed.