Senior Director, Quantitative Pharmacology

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior Group Director in Quantitative Pharmacology. This individual will be responsible for managing a team functioning in one or more therapeutic focus area. In this capacity the SGD is accountable for the successful and timely completion of QP related activities, encompassing a broad array of deliverables in support of Drug Safety and Pharmacometrics. The successful applicant will support a range of assets from Early Clinical Development through submission and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Managing and mentoring a broad spectrum of individual contributing scientists.
• Providing technical guidance and mentoring of colleagues within the function and across the organization.
• Performance management and assessment of staff and providing guidance and training to enable their success.
• Utilizing a mastery level of PK/PD knowledge and strategic leadership skills, effectively developing and implementing strategic analyses in support of research and development projects.
• Taking accountability for the PK/PD evaluation of a portfolio of products or projects, and/or highly complex projects that are wide in scope.
• Identifying opportunity for process and procedural improvements, product or service improvements.
• Solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience (with a Ph.D.) or 12+ years (with an M.S.), focusing on modeling and simulation, PK/PD (pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics), systems pharmacology, and quantitative drug development strategies.
• Hands on usage of a broad range of quantitative tools and systems is required, as is a strong publication record in the field.
• A proven ability to display excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral and ability to communicate complex information succinctly.
• Strong collaborative skills and effective at building alliances across functions, as well as the ability to effectively influence colleagues and multi-disciplinary project teams.
• The ability to handle all types of projects and leverage higher level staff for technical input and brainstorming to implement solutions for complex projects.
• Proven experience interacting with regulatory agencies without supervision, and within the company to develop regulatory strategy.

Skills

• PK/PD expertise
• Modeling and simulation
• Systems pharmacology
• Strategic leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Regulatory strategy development

Education

• Ph.D. or M.S. in a relevant field (or equivalent with extensive industry experience)

Additional Requirements

• Location flexibility to be based in Tarrytown, NY; Warren, NJ; or Cambridge, MA (as applicable).