Novartis US job opportunity

Dear NMusers, Novartis is looking for candidates for the position of Associate Director Pharmacometrics Scientist. Please apply through the link below. Associate Director https://sjobs.brassring.com/tgwebhost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=13617&siteid=5260&jobid=2438076 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 The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Gordon Graham Pharmacometrics I&D Franchise Leader Novartis Pharma AG Postfach CH-4002 Basel SWITZERLAND Phone +41 61 3246253 Mobile +41 79 3959364 Fax +41 61 3241246 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.novartis.com/