Pharmacometrician position at Pfizer, China

Pfizer (China) Research & Development Center, Shanghai Pharmacometrician In this key role as a member of our industry leading Global Pharmacometrics group you will be responsible for developing and applying model based drug development (MBDD) across projects in order to optimize prospective studies, inform drug development strategy and project decision-making. Of key importance will be the formation and maintenance of effective collaborations with other pharmacometricians and clinical pharmacology leads of the global Pfizer. Responsibilities: § Contributing MBDD (model based drug development) complementary to Pfizer processes including EQDD (Enhanced Quantitative Drug Development) and Enhanced Clinical Trial Design (ECTD). § Contribute to the Pharmacometric group remit in performing MBDD activities e.g. exposure response analysis, disease progression modeling, quantitative knowledge management, clinical trial design and decision analysis activities. § Organize and manage the agreed project deliverables utilizing the appropriate expertise and resources (internally within the company and/or externally within consultant groups and academic institutions). § Prepare formal presentations and written reports to Pfizer standards § Contribute to Pharmacometrics ability to act as a conduit for cross RU/BU learning's. § Provide effective partnership with other colleagues: proactively providing peer review, mentorship, consultancy, and technical input on quantitative issues. § Promote, educate and mentor others in application of quantitative techniques and share experiences through appropriate local and global discussions. § Prepare and deliver training materials on quantitative tools and methodologies internally to Pharmacometricians and RU/BU colleagues. § Contribute with project teams/partners to regulatory responses and submissions. Qualifications: § An interest and experience of pharmacostatistical methods of data analysis and study design are essential. § Can be a M.S., Pharm.D, M.D and/or PhD with training and/or expertise in one or more areas related to pharmacostatistical modeling. § Candidates from alternative backgrounds e.g. mathematics, engineering, system biology will be considered if they can demonstrate relevant experience and expertise. Attributes: § Strong science and quantitative analysis background, with good working knowledge of biology, chemistry, pharmacology, engineering or statistics. § Good computational skills. § Good knowledge of a range of MBDD software (R, S+, NONMEM, WINBUGS, MATLAB) § Good communication skills (written, oral presentation). § Balance multiple responsibilities, projects and clients simultaneously. § Adapt and be dynamic § Identify and understand relevant scientific literature and apply knowledge gained from these sources desired. § Identify/develop and apply new quantitative methods as needed to solve problems in pharmaceutical research. § Interpret a range of model types and identify scientific, technical and methodology strengths and weaknesses. To apply please visit the careers pages on http://www.pfizer.com and enter the following job opening number: 996010