MSD Director – Pharmacometrics Quantitative Pharmacology 

United States, New Jersey, Rahway 

595860180

Job Description

The Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2) department drives model-informed drug discovery and development (MIDD) to routinely enable efficient drug

Directors (Pharmacometrics) are expected to provide expertise in one or more of the pharmacometrics capabilities through the following responsibilities.

Responsible for achieving results on major program deliverables by identifying, driving the development and implementation of one or more novel quantitative approaches that seek to improve cycle time, cost/size, number of trials, clinical trial design and Go/No Go decisions

Mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues to perform the above duties and to develop the above capabilities

Leverage significant pharmacometrics and subject matter expertise in a broad range of therapeutic areas, modalities and stages of drugto independently provide day-to-day coaching/guidance to individual contributors.

Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of global regulatory expectations for small molecules and biologics, authoring regulatory documents (INDs, CSRs, CTDs)

Required Experience and skills:

(A Ph.D. or equivalent degree with at least 7 years of experience) OR (a PharmD or equivalent degree with at least 9 years of experience) OR (an MS or equivalent degree with at least 11 years of experience), where “experience” means having a record of increasing responsibility and independence in a similar role in pharmaceutical drug development or academia.

Educational background in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacometrics, mathematics,computational biology/chemistry, chemical/biomedical engineering, or a related field

Extensive experience in performing population PK and PK/PD analyses using standard pharmacometrics software (e.g., NONMEM, R, Monolix, etc.)

Deep expertise in pharmacometrics with ability to understand how (MIDD can drive portfolio and regulatory decisions

Deep knowledge of drug development, pharmacokinetics and pharmacology and basic science skills required.

Preferred Experience and skills:

Expertise in advanced PK/PD modeling and Pharmacometrics

Demonstrated external visibility in the field of pharmacometrics, through publications, presentations, and involvement in professional organizations.

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Expected salary range:

$181,600.00 - $285,800.00

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