Senior Specialist, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics - Cardiometabolic and Ophthalmic Diseases
About The Position
The Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2) Department of our Company's Research Laboratories is seeking a curious and collaborative Senior Scientist to support our rapidly expanding cardiometabolic and ophthalmology pipelines. As a senior specialist, you will be part of cross-functional teams of experienced scientists to discover and develop novel therapeutic agents of various modalities for cardiometabolic and ophthalmic diseases. The senior specialist is a skilled quantitative scientist with a good understanding of the strategic elements of drug discovery and development. The senior specialist should demonstrate a collaborative work spirit and good communication skills. Within QP2, you have a unique opportunity to accelerate your professional career as a quantitative drug developer, taking advantage of our end-to-end pipeline support in one of the world’s most research-intensive biopharmaceutical companies.
Requirements
- A Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR a PharmD or equivalent degree with at least 2 years of experience OR an MS or equivalent degree with at least 4 years of experience, where “experience” means having a record of increasing responsibility and independence in a similar role in pharmaceutical drug development, regulatory agency, or academia.
- Educational background in biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacometrics, chemical/biomedical engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in performing population PK, PK/PD analyses using standard pharmacometrics software (e.g. NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix, etc.).
- Good written and verbal communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and problem scoping and planning.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge in cardiometabolic and/or ophthalmology clinical drug development programs
- Skills in experimental design, mathematical problem solving, critical data analysis/interpretation, and statistics.
- Scientific understanding of biopharmaceutical and ADME properties of small molecules and/or biologics
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of model-based strategies (translational PK/PD strategies, mechanistic model, POPPK/PD, clinical trial simulations, etc.) for quantitative analyses, within and across development programs and/or departments, to inform and optimize drug discovery and all phases of drug development including, but not limited to dose selection, clinical trial design, and go/no-go decisions.
- Represent QP2 on cardiometabolic and ophthalmology discovery, early clinical development and late clinical development teams, leveraging quantitative approaches to drive streamlined development of programs within our growing portfolio.
- Collaborate with other functional areas, as well as with external vendors and partners, on activities related to study design, protocol development, study execution, reporting and interpretation of data.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
