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Senior Specialist, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics - Cardiometabolic and Ophthalmic Diseases

Merck
August 29, 2026
Full-time
Remote friendly (Rahway, NJ)
Worldwide
Clinical Research and Development
Role: Senior Scientist in Quantitative Pharmacology supporting cardiometabolic and ophthalmology drug discovery and development within a cross-functional team. Responsibilities: develop and apply model-based strategies (PK/PD modeling, mechanistic modeling, clinical trial simulations) to inform dose selection, trial design, and go/no-go decisions across all development phases; represent QP2 in discovery and clinical teams; collaborate with external vendors and internal functions on study design, execution, and data interpretation. Requirements: Ph.D. or equivalent in biopharmaceutics, pharmacometrics, pharmaceutical sciences, or related; 2+ years (PharmD) or 4+ years (MS) experience in pharmaceutical or academic drug development, with expertise in population PK/PD modeling using tools like NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix; strong communication and collaboration skills. Preferred: experience in cardiometabolic or ophthalmology programs, biological/drug properties of small molecules or biologics, mathematical problem solving, and statistics. HighValue: focus on cardiometabolic and ophthalmic diseases, model-based drug development, cross-functional collaboration, hybrid work setup with ~10% travel. Location: West Point, PA / Rahway, NJ, hybrid arrangement.