Senior Pharmacokineticist Position with PPD

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Dear Colleagues, PPD is looking to recruit a candidate for Senior Pharmacokineticist position with NONMEM experience for our Richmond, Virginia office. For more information, please visit career section of PPD website (www.ppdi.com http://www.ppdi.com/ ). Regards, Keng Prapoch (Keng) Watanalumlerd, PhD Associate Director, Pharmacokinetics Clinical Pharmacology PPD Senior Pharmacokineticist-01454 Job Category Biostatistics Primary Location North America-United States-Virginia-Richmond Description The Senior Pharmacokineticist is responsible for the design, analysis and interpretation of pharmacokinetic, bioavailability, bioequivalence and pharmacodynamic clinical trials. He/she will prepare and oversee the generation of final reports (provided to sponsors for submission to FDA). The Pharmacokinetics Department provides the clinical PK support necessary to elucidate the pharmacokinetics and PK/PD relationships in support of our client's new and generic drug development efforts. The Senior Pharmacokineticist position provides both PK consultation and pharmacokinetic analyses. In addition to managing his or her own projects, the Senior Pharmacokineticist will work with our pharmacokinetics team to assist our clients in the design, analysis, and interpretation of PK, PK/PD and population PK studies. This position requires experience in clinical pharmacokinetic research in a CRO or a pharmaceutical company. The individual filling the position is required to be flexible and extremely adaptive as part of the responsibilities. The position requires one to identify priorities and shift resources to complete initial projects needing immediate attention. The individual must also be able to work effectively on several projects simultaneously. The studies must be conducted according to FDA guidelines, to insure acceptance by FDA. Qualifications Education and Experience: * Ph.D. or PharmD with an emphasis on clinical pharmacokinetics * 3+ years in the Pharmaceutical, CRO industry or other relevant experience * Experience in management of pharmacokinetic programs with a proven record of accomplishment * Experience with medical, pharmaceutical, metabolism and clinical research concepts * Or equivalent combination of educations, training and experience that proved the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Knowledgeable of FDA pharmacokinetic/bioavailability/bioequivalence criteria * Strong theoretical background in Pharmacokinetics with experience in PK/PD * Able to apply PK theory using SAS programming, WinNOnlin, MATLAB, NONMEM or other pharmacokinetic packages * Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills are required PPD is an Equal Opportunity Employer This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner.