Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology Lead

Exciting opportunity in Clinical Pharmacology! Our Clinical Pharmacology Team is looking for an Associate Director to support the exciting portfolio in Internal Medicine. Our team members champion the innovative use of MIDD for efficient drug development and robust decision-making. A great environment for learning and professional growth!

Our Clinical Pharmacology Leads have key roles to play in influencing the discovery and development of drugs. Pfizer is a leader in model informed drug discovery and development (MIDD), and we are expanding in influence and impact. We have an open position as Clinical Pharmacology Lead supporting our End-to-End Internal Medicine portfolio. The ideal candidate is responsible for providing the clinical pharmacology and MIDD components of clinical plans and provide clinical pharmacology expertise to the project team and regulatory interactions. Working with multifunctional study team, Clinical Pharmacology Leads utilize innovative methods to integrate knowledge of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, patient characteristics and diseases for rational development strategies and decisions, as well as optimal study designs and dosage regimen selections.

Role Responsibilities

• Act as Clinical Pharmacology representative on Clinical Sub Team and Development Team and other multifunctional teams as appropriate.
• Responsible for providing expertise, leadership, and deliverables of clinical pharmacology for the assigned projects within sphere of influence.
• Design and execute clinical pharmacology plans and implement clinical pharmacology best practices on project teams.
• Work closely with other disciplines to ensure that sufficient preclinical PK/PD knowledge exists to underwrite safe human administration and to establish the structure of a predictive model prior to FIH.
• Responsible for planning and overseeing clinical pharmacology aspects at the project level (e.g clinical development plan, implementation and interpretation of PK/PD analyses, PK/immunogenicity/biomarker measurement strategies etc.).
• Plan and oversee study level activities including protocol authoring, clinical phase oversight, and reporting.
• Responsible (with clinicians and statisticians) for ensuring appropriate dose-range finding strategies which ultimately will lead to optimal doses and dosage regimens in patients.
• Accountable for ensuring appropriate design and implementation of End-to-End MIDD plan that conforms with best practices.
• Responsible for ensuring use of innovative analytical methods to integrate knowledge of PK, PD, patient characteristics and disease states to optimize doses, dosage regimens and study designs.
• Provide End-to-End clinical pharmacology contribution to regulatory documents (e.g., Briefing documents, Regulatory queries, Investigator's Brochures, IND, NDA/MAA, etc.).
• Develop new methodologies through internal and/or external collaborations with world leading experts.
• Coach less experienced colleagues and team members.
• Stay abreast of literature, regulatory guidelines, and internal guidances and SOPs.
• Influence external environment through publications, presentations, and representation at scientific societies and industrial consortium.

Qualifications

• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Strong quantitative skills and expertise (e.g. experience in mechanistic PK/PD modeling/systems pharmacology, literature meta-analyses, population modeling, and clinical trial simulations using NONMEM, R, etc.).
• M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent training/experience in pharmacokinetics, pharmacometrics, clinical pharmacology, engineering, or related discipline.
• 1+ year industry experience in clinical pharmacology and/or clinical PK/PD and/or Pharmacometrics/Systems Pharmacology.
• Pharm D. or equivalent training/experience in pharmacokinetics, pharmacometrics, clinical pharmacology, engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years industry experience in clinical pharmacology and/or clinical PK/PD and/or Pharmacometrics/Systems Pharmacology.
• Intimate knowledge of drug development and experience in applying quantitative pharmacology approaches to knowledge integration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated presentation skills.
• Ability to attend global meetings periodically across different time zones.

Other Job Details

• Eligible for Relocation Package: YES
• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus: YES
• Work Location Assignment: This is a hybrid role requiring you to live within commuting distance and work on-site an average of 2.5 days per week or more as needed.