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Novartis is looking for candidates for the position of Associate Director 
Pharmacometrics Scientist. Please apply through the link below.
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Job ID

195300BR

Posting Title

Associate Director Pharmacometrics

Business Unit

Global Develop NPH

Work Location

Cambridge, MA and East Hanover, NJ USA

Functional Area

Research & Development

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

The Associate Director Pharmacometric Scientist will:

*         lead at a global level the planning, execution and delivery of 
modeling and simulation strategy for multiple indications and/or a disease area 
(or equivalent) within (early/full) clinical development;

*         be responsible for the design and implementation of pharmacometric 
methodologies that optimally address the research and development objectives on 
the assigned projects

*         set the strategy for addressing pharmacometric support for regulatory 
submissions, and directly influences drug development decisions with internal 
and external partners;

*         identify the relevant development questions that would benefit from 
model-based methods and develop modeling plans to deliver meaningful and timely 
results clearly to development teams;

*         have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability 
to work independently and effectively on interdepartmental project teams;

*         have good mentoring skills to help less experienced associates and 
good collaborative skills with other quantitative disciplines including 
biostatistics.

The scope of modeling activities include population PK/PD models, drug-disease 
models, clinical trial simulations, literature meta-analyses, and other state 
of the art modeling and simulation techniques.
Key technical responsibilities are to organize, execute, and report modeling 
and simulation independently, as well as to present work at cross-functional 
teams, departmental meetings, senior management review committees, regulatory 
interactions, and scientific conferences.


Minimum requirements


*         Ph.D. in pharmacology, biology, engineering, mathematics, statistics, 
or a field with significant modeling-related experience required (or equivalent 
Ph.D. / MD)

*         Fluent in English (Oral and written)

*         5-10 years industry experience required.

*         Candidates should have expertise in quantitative pharmacology, strong 
hands-on modeling and simulation skills as well as demonstrated experience with 
drug development through quantitative approaches.

*         Experience with mechanistic PKPD and/or system pharmacology modeling 
is preferred.

*         Rich hands-on experience with NONMEM, Monolix, R, Matlab and/or other 
modeling and simulation software is required.

*         Experience working within clinical teams and contributing to 
(early/full-) clinical development strategy with good strategic understanding 
for applying quantitative analysis at the appropriate time.

*         Strong clinical, pharmacological and therapeutic knowledge of at 
least one disease area preferred. Established track record of 
publications/presentations in pharmacometrics.

*         Experience in contributing to scientific improvement/change 
initiatives.

*         Excellent interpersonal and communication skills






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hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of 
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marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.






Gordon Graham
Pharmacometrics I&D Franchise Leader
Novartis Pharma AG
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