Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology

Teva Pharmaceuticals • West Chester, IA

27d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology is a key leadership role within Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology and Biosimilar Sciences (QPB), part of Global Early Clinical Development (GEC). This role provides scientific and program leadership for clinical pharmacology across Teva’s innovative pipeline, ensuring that quantitative and clinical insights are translated into robust development and regulatory strategies. The Senior Director serves as a Clinical Pharmacology Program Lead, partnering closely with clinical, pharmacometric, and translational teams to guide first in human and early clinical development, dose selection and optimization, and regulatory readiness. This role also drives innovation initiatives that advance quantitative clinical pharmacology capabilities across QPB, GEC, and the broader R&D organization.

Requirements

• PhD, MD, or equivalent advanced degree in clinical pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 12 years of experience in clinical pharmacology within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with strong exposure to early clinical development.
• Experience working across disciplines, integrating clinical development, pharmacometrics, and translational science.
• Demonstrated leadership in first in human and early phase clinical studies.
• Deep understanding and practical application of Model Informed Drug Development (MIDD) principles.
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions and interactions with global health authorities.
• Proven ability to lead and influence in a highly matrixed, global organization.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with hands on execution capability.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaborative leadership skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to scientific excellence, innovation, and talent development.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in immunology, respiratory, and/or CNS disease areas preferred.
• Experience contributing to business development or due diligence activities.
• Exposure to biosimilar development programs.
• Ability to leverage emerging quantitative, digital, or AI enabled approaches to enhance clinical pharmacology decision making.
• Experience presenting complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences, including senior leadership and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior scientific and program leadership for clinical pharmacology across multiple innovative programs, from first in human through regulatory approval and beyond.
• Act as Clinical Pharmacology Program Lead, accountable for integrated clinical pharmacology strategies, study design, dose rationale, interpretation, and regulatory positioning in collaboration with Global Project Teams and Clinical Development Teams.
• Lead and oversee clinical pharmacology studies in healthy volunteers and patient populations, ensuring high quality design, execution, interpretation, and decision making.
• Integrate modeling and simulation outputs developed in collaboration with Pharmacometrics (PMX) into clinical strategy, dose justification, and regulatory narratives, applying Model Informed Drug Development (MIDD) principles.
• Partner closely with Translational & Precision Medicine (TPM) to align biomarkers, mechanistic understanding, and translational strategies with early clinical development plans.
• Lead, mentor, and develop clinical pharmacology team members, fostering a collaborative, high performing, and scientifically rigorous environment within a global matrix organization.
• Drive innovation initiatives, best practices, and cross program consistency in quantitative clinical pharmacology across R&D.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.
• The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree