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

Job title: Senior Specialist, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Cardiometabolic and Ophthalmic Diseases in West Point, PA at MSD Company: MSD Job description: Job DescriptionThe Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2) Department of our Company's Research Laboratories in West Point, PA / Rahway, NJ is seeking a curious and collaborative Senior Scientist to support our rapidly expanding cardiometabolic and ophthalmology pipelines.As a senior specialist you will be part of a cross-functional teams of experienced scientists to discover and develop novel therapeutic agents of various modalities for cardiometabolic and ophthalmic diseases. The senior specialist is a skilled quantitative scientist, with a good understanding of the strategic elements of drug discovery and development. The senior specialist should demonstrate collaborative work spirit and excellent communication skills.Within QP2, you have a unique opportunity to accelerate your professional career as a quantitative drug developer taking advantage of our end-to-end pipeline support in one of the world’s most research-intensive biopharmaceutical companies.Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of model-based strategies (translational PK/PD strategies, mechanistic model, POPPK/PD, clinical trial simulations, etc) for quantitative analyses, within and across development programs and/or departments, to inform and optimize drug discovery and all phases of drug development including, but not limited to dose selection, clinical trial design, and go/no-go decisions.
• Represent QP2 on cardiometabolic and ophthalmology discovery, early clinical development and late clinical development teams, leveraging quantitative approaches to drive streamlined development of programs within our growing portfolio.
• Collaborate with other functional areas, as well as with external vendors and partners, on activities related to study design, protocol development, study execution, reporting and interpretation of data.

Required:

• A Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR a PharmD or equivalent degree with at least 2 years of experience OR an MS or equivalent degree with at least 4 years of experience, where “experience” means having a record of increasing responsibility and independence in a similar role in pharmaceutical drug development, regulatory agency, or academia.
• Educational background in biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacometrics, chemical/biomedical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in performing population PK, PK/PD analyses using standard pharmacometrics software (e.g. NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix, etc.).
• Good written and verbal communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and problem scoping and planning.

Preferred:

• Knowledge in cardiometabolic and/or ophthalmology clinical drug development programs
• Skills in experimental design, mathematical problem solving, critical data analysis/interpretation, and statistics.
• Scientific understanding of biopharmaceutical and ADME properties of small molecules and/or biologics

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