Senior Scientist, Translational Pharmacology – Oncology

Suomen Solubiologit ry; Jyväskylä; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Pharma is seeking a Senior Scientist to join Translational Pharmacology in Turku, Finland, with hybrid work options. The role focuses on turning discovery science into clinical development strategies for oncology, including nonclinical PK, translational studies, and regulatory documentation.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, CROs and external partners to shape human dosing, exposure–response analyses and project decisions, contributing to high-quality regulatory submissions and

Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD or MSc in pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical sciences, pharmacokinetics, or another relevant discipline.
• ≥5 years biotech/pharma experience with drug discovery or development of biologics, antibody-based therapies or other therapeutic modalities.
• Relevant hands-on experience in pharmacology, biology, translational pharmacology, nonclinical development, PK/DMPK or clinical pharmacology.
• Experience in designing, execution, interpreting or communicating nonclinical studies or complex nonclinical datasets supporting drug discovery or development.
• Good understanding of nonclinical study design, data interpretation and how pharmacology, exposure and safety data support project decisions.
• Ability and motivation to develop further expertise in pharmacokinetics and translational pharmacology.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and communicate scientific information clearly in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide PK and translational pharmacology expertise to R&D projects from discovery toward clinical development.
• Design, monitor, interpret and report nonclinical PK and related translational studies, including studies conducted with CROs.
• Analyze PK data and integrate exposure information with pharmacology, safety and bioanalytical results to support project decisions.
• Contribute to translational strategies, human dose projections, exposure–response assessments and regulatory documents such as IBs, IND/CTA modules and briefing packages.
• Collaborate with internal project teams, bioanalysis, pharmacology, toxicology, regulatory affairs, CROs and external partners.
• Communicate scientific conclusions and recommendations clearly in reports, presentations and cross-functional discussions.

Skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Scientific communication in English

Education

PhD in pharmacology

PharmD

MSc in pharmaceutical sciences

Tools

PK analysis software

PBPK modelling

Job description

Orion Pharma is seeking a Senior Scientist to join Translational Pharmacology in Turku, Finland, with hybrid work options. The role focuses on turning discovery science into clinical development strategies for oncology, including nonclinical PK, translational studies, and regulatory documentation.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, CROs and external partners to shape human dosing, exposure–response analyses and project decisions, contributing to high-quality regulatory submissions and