Associate Director, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Cardiometabolic
Merck
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Responsibilities:
- Develop and apply model-based strategies (translational PK/PD, mechanistic models, population PK/PD, clinical trial simulations) to support quantitative decisions (dose selection, trial design, go/no-go).
- Represent QP2 on cardiometabolic discovery and early/late clinical development teams using quantitative approaches.
- Partner with functional teams, vendors, and partners to build aligned, quantitative, model-informed approaches for drug discovery, development, and regulatory decisions.
- Collaborate across disciplines on study design, protocol development, execution, data interpretation, reporting, and results communication.
- Contribute to regulatory documents/submissions based on global regulatory expectations.
- Provide scientific input on modeling strategies/analyses with pharmacometrics colleagues.
Qualifications (Required):
- PhD (4+ yrs) or PharmD (6+ yrs) or MS (8+ yrs) with increasing responsibility in pharma drug development, regulatory agency, or academia.
- Background in biopharmaceutics/pharmaceutical sciences/pharmacometics or related quantitative discipline.
- Experience with population PK and PK/PD using R, Matlab, Phoenix, NONMEM, Monolix, or similar.
- Strong written/verbal communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration; ability to scope complex problems and plan work.
- Knowledge of modeling complex therapeutics, mechanistic modeling/QSP.
Preferred:
- Knowledge of cardiometabolic clinical drug development programs.
- Advanced math/problem-solving, data analysis/interpretation, experimental design, statistics.
- Understanding of biopharmaceutics/ADME for small molecules and/or biologics.
- Proven impact advancing decisions via model-based approaches.
Skills:
- BI, data modeling/engineering/science/visualization, ML, software development, stakeholder management, waterfall model.
Benefits (if applicable):
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays/vacation, sick/compassionate days.
Application:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (deadline listed on posting).
- Develop and apply model-based strategies (translational PK/PD, mechanistic models, population PK/PD, clinical trial simulations) to support quantitative decisions (dose selection, trial design, go/no-go).
- Represent QP2 on cardiometabolic discovery and early/late clinical development teams using quantitative approaches.
- Partner with functional teams, vendors, and partners to build aligned, quantitative, model-informed approaches for drug discovery, development, and regulatory decisions.
- Collaborate across disciplines on study design, protocol development, execution, data interpretation, reporting, and results communication.
- Contribute to regulatory documents/submissions based on global regulatory expectations.
- Provide scientific input on modeling strategies/analyses with pharmacometrics colleagues.
Qualifications (Required):
- PhD (4+ yrs) or PharmD (6+ yrs) or MS (8+ yrs) with increasing responsibility in pharma drug development, regulatory agency, or academia.
- Background in biopharmaceutics/pharmaceutical sciences/pharmacometics or related quantitative discipline.
- Experience with population PK and PK/PD using R, Matlab, Phoenix, NONMEM, Monolix, or similar.
- Strong written/verbal communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration; ability to scope complex problems and plan work.
- Knowledge of modeling complex therapeutics, mechanistic modeling/QSP.
Preferred:
- Knowledge of cardiometabolic clinical drug development programs.
- Advanced math/problem-solving, data analysis/interpretation, experimental design, statistics.
- Understanding of biopharmaceutics/ADME for small molecules and/or biologics.
- Proven impact advancing decisions via model-based approaches.
Skills:
- BI, data modeling/engineering/science/visualization, ML, software development, stakeholder management, waterfall model.
Benefits (if applicable):
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays/vacation, sick/compassionate days.
Application:
- Apply via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (deadline listed on posting).