Merck Serono: Manager and Senior Scientist in Pharmacometrics job posting

MERCK SERONO IS THE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DIVISION OF MERCK At Merck Serono, we discover, develop, manufacture and market innovative small molecules and biopharmaceuticals in our focus therapeutic areas: * Oncology * Neurodegenerative diseases * Fertility * Endocrinology * CardioMetabolic Care With headquarter in Darmstadt, Germany, and over 16,000 people worldwide, we're active on all continents and offer leading brands in 150 countries. In the United States and Canada, EMD Serono operates through separately incorporated affiliates. Merck Serono is seeking two creative, motivated scientists to join our Pharmacometric department as local Manager and Senior Scientist. The manager position will be based in Darmstadt (Germany) and the Senior Scientist either in Lausanne (Switzerland) or Darmstadt (Germany). Position 1 based in Darmstadt: Manager, Pharmacometry To apply please visit the careers pages on https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=merckgroup and enter the Requisition ID: 41221. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The manager will report to the head of pharmacometry. He will have her/his own pharmacometric project and will also have to lead and provide input and guidance to a local team of senior pharmacometricians who develop M&S methodologies and expertise in drug development and make them available to facilitate more efficient and informative clinical trials, inform decision making, and globally support Clinical Pharmacology, Exploratory Medicine, Clinical Development, Clinical Teams and Projects. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE SPECIFIC FOR THE MANAGER * Being an established senior scientist * 5 to 7+ years experience in PKPD Modeling, of which 3+ in BioPharmaceutical Industry. * Having successfully run pharmacometric project in drug development and/or having some experience of management over a small team of pharmacometry. * Experience with PKPD M&S input into drug development. Position 2 based in Lausanne or Darmstadt: Senior Scientist, Pharmacometry To apply please visit the careers pages on https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=merckgroup and enter the Requisition ID: 59283. PURPOSE OF THE ROLE To develop M&S methodologies and expertise in drug development and make them available to facilitate more efficient and informative clinical trials, inform decision making, and globally support Enabling Clinical Science, TIPs, Clinical Development, Clinical Teams and Projects. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE SPECIFIC FOR THE SENIOR SCIENTIST * 3+ years experience in PKPD Modeling, of which 1+ in BioPharmaceutical Industry. * PKPD M&S input into drug development. For the two positions the following tasks, skills and values are expected: KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES * Globally support the Quantitative Pharmacology department within Global Early Development * Provide M&S input into Clinical Development Plans * Participate to sound translational science, from animal to healthy subjects, to patients, to special populations * Plan, perform, interpret, present, track and record M&S-related activities within allocated projects and studies * Keep up-to-date with scientific development in M&S, and regulatory guidance and trends * Develop internal expertise in advanced population PKPD modeling, with emphasis on physiological and mechanistic approaches * Explore, evaluate and implement appropriate pharmacometric tools and methodologies; participate to the improvement of the M&S processes and technological platform * Representation of the whole of Quantitative Pharmacology in transactions with internal and external stakeholders EDUCATION/LANGUAGES * Master or higher degree in Clinical Sciences related disciplines (Medicine, Physiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, etc) and strong expertise in Pharmacometrics/biostatistics. Alternatively, degree in Mathematics/Statistics and strong experience in clinical development. * Fluent in written and oral English * Fluency in other European languages, particularly German, is an asset PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE * Good command of NONMEM is an absolute prerequisite, experience with MONOLIX is an asset. * Good command of R is an absolute prerequisite, experience with SAS is an asset. * Experience with PsN and Xpose is another asset. * Experience with Clinical Trial Simulation tools is another asset, alike for other analytical/modeling/ optimization/presentation software or language, e.g. ADAPT, SAAM II, BERKELEY MADONA, SIMCYP * Experience in writing and using PKPD models, particularly mechanistic-models and in developing disease progression models is an asset. * Overall good knowledge of common PC software. PERSONAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES * Strong problem solving skills and ability to analyze complex problems * Has interest in, and knowledge of, both mathematical and (patho-)physiological aspects of M&S in drug development * Is enthusiastic, self-motivated and has good communication skills, and at ease in working in a dynamic matrix organization; is a team-player. Communicate technical details effectively with scientists and clinicians colleagues To apply please visit the careers pages on https://career012.successfactors.eu/career?company=merckgroup and enter the following Requisition ID 41221 for the manager position in Darmstadt or Requisition ID 59283 for the Senior Scientist in Lausanne or Darmstadt. With best regards, Pascal Girard Director, Pharmacometry Merck Serono | Global Early Development "Merck - Living Innovation" Merck Institute for Pharmacometrics - Merck Serono S.A. 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