Hiring company: Merck
Job Description
New hires based in the US & Puerto Rico will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption or accommodation to this vaccination requirement, subject to applicable law.
Principal Scientists in Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2) apply quantitative approaches to characterize clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of new chemical entities and biologics, inform dose selection and go/no-go decisions, and shape, present and defend regulatory strategies to support global regulatory submissions and post-approval expansions in indications. Principal Scientists perform job duties independently with minimal supervision, lead QP2 efforts on drug development programs, and author strategic documents. Principal Scientists are expected to have or be developing expertise in several areas, including:
Serving as an expert representative for QP2 on drug/vaccine development teams
Framing critical drug development questions for optimizing model-based development
Developing and executing translational PK/PD models, population pharmacokinetic models, exposure-response and, stratification biomarker models, quantitative system pharmacology (QSP) and disease progression models, clinical trial design via outcome/enrollment modeling and simulation, comparator modeling, absorption/biopharmaceutical modeling, clinical utility index modeling, and other model-based analyses
Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of global regulatory expectations for small molecules and biologics, authoring regulatory documents (INDs, CSRs, CTDs), and representing QP2 at regulatory meetings
Mentoring and/or supervising junior colleagues to perform the above duties and to develop the above capabilities
The Principal Scientist is a skilled quantitative drug/vaccine developer, with a strong, integrated understanding of the strategic elements of drug discovery and development. They develop strategies for quantitative analyses (and commensurate experiments/trials) within and across development programs and/or functions. In addition to the responsibilities described above, Principal Scientists demonstrate outstanding leadership and communication skills. They collaborate with other functional areas, as well as with external vendors and partners, creating an aligned, quantitative and model-informed regulatory framework to impact strategies and decisions of drug development teams.
This role will be focused on efforts in the infectious disease therapeutic area.
Required:
(a Ph.D. or equivalent degree with at least seven years of experience) OR (a PharmD or equivalent degree with at least nine years of experience) OR (an MS or equivalent degree with at least 11 years of experience), where “experience” means having a record of increasing responsibility and independence in a similar role in pharmaceutical drug development or academia.
Educational background in biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacometrics, mathematics, statistics/biostatistics, computational biology/chemistry, chemical/biomedical engineering, or a related field.
Experience with modeling programing language(s) (e.g. R, NONMEM, Matlab, SAS, or other similar )
Direct experience in regulatory interactions and filings for small molecule and/or biologic drug development
Preferred:
An exemplary record of increasing responsibility, independence, and demonstrated impact in driving drug development decisions through application of model-based approaches in the pharmaceutical industry.
Ability to influence regulatory strategies including independently formulating registration packages to support global filings, a strong understanding of clinical pharmacology studies to support intrinsic/extrinsic factors, ability to independently author, defend regulatory filings.
Experience in performing population PK/PKPD analyses using standard pharmacometric software (e.g. NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix, etc.)
Expert 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
Proficiency in written and verbal communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and problem scoping and planning.
Demonstrated ability to participate in and to lead an interdisciplinary team, and to oversee the work of other scientists
We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.
Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for …
In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization.
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