Manager Clinical Pharmacology

Role Summary

The candidate will be working in a team of scientists reporting to a group lead in San Diego supporting early and late-stage oncology programs. The candidate will be a part of the Pfizer Oncology Clin Pharm team with approximately 35 scientists. We emphasize on the candidate’s quantitative pharmacology skills, scientific reasoning, regulatory affairs skills, written and verbal communication skills, exploratory graphical analysis skills, study design and report writing skills.

The candidate will act as the primary clinical pharmacology lead providing clinical pharmacology expertise to multidisciplinary study teams supporting early and late-stage oncology programs.

“Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.”

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacology expertise to multidisciplinary study teams for early and late-stage oncology programs.
• Under the supervision of the ClinPharm group leader, work closely with clinicians, statisticians, translational oncology and clinical operations colleagues to design, conduct and report results of clinical trials.
• Responsible for designing and implementing dose finding strategies to ensure optimal dose and dosing regimens in clinical trials.
• Analyze pharmacokinetic data and integrate this knowledge into clinical trial design.
• Draft clinical pharmacology components of protocols, clinical development plans and regulatory documents.

Qualifications

• PhD with 0 years of experience, PharmD with 1 year, or MS with 3+ years of experience.
• The candidate should have demonstrable skills in quantitative clinical pharmacology, including hands-on implementation of tools such as NONMEM, R, or Monolix for data analysis and handling.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills are essential for the role.

Additional Requirements

• Physical/mental requirements: Sitting, standing, walking, ability to perform mathematical calculations and ability to perform complex data analysis.
• Work arrangement: Full-time, exempt; hybrid work location. Some limited business travel.