Senior Pharmacometrician

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a PhD-level Pharmacometrician to conceive and execute multidisciplinary PK/PD modeling and simulations to support development plans and regulatory strategies. You will lead PK/PD modeling efforts across multiple functions and generate novel proposals while driving methodological innovations.

The role requires collaboration with Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics management, and external stakeholders, with responsibility for authoring regulatory documents and presenting

Qualifications

• PhD with typically 3+ years of experience in Pharmacometrics, data science, mathematics, biostatistics, modeling and simulation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with internal stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking with enterprise view and proven scientific/technical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary PK/PD modeling and simulations to support development plans and regulatory requirements.
• Assist senior management in selecting action plans for drug development.
• Author PK/PD analysis plans, study reports, exposure–response analyses, and regulatory documents.
• Represent Pharmacometrics in Clinical Pharmacology teams and present to leadership.
• Collaborate to develop a unified Clinical Pharmacology position across teams.
• Author scientific publications and present at national and international conferences.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder communication

Strategic thinking

Scientific track record

Education

PhD in Pharmacometrics/related

Master’s degree in a related field

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Conceive, execute and communicate multi-disciplinary modeling and simulations exercises to support development plans and strategies to achieve commercial goals and regulatory requirements for multiple functions.

Generate new PK/PD modeling and simulation proposals and leads those efforts.

Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques in the field of PK/PD modeling and statistical data analysis.

Consistently demonstrates excellent record of accomplishment of Pharmacometric and business objectives.

Leads Pharmacometric and PK/PD modeling aspects of multiple projects.

Responsible for critically evaluating technical and scientific aspects along with Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics management.

Responsibilities

• Execute strategy, lead teams and various data analyses and interpretation by providing necessary context (including explaining MoA and disease specifics, available relevant internal and external data, analysis plans, interpretation and discussion of model results in the context of research question).
• Assist Clinical Pharmacology senior management in the selection of action plans that best meet business needs in drug development.
• Author regulatory documents including PK/PD analysis plans, study reports, population PK reports, exposure-response analyses reports, common technical documents, label, white papers, and other similar documents.
• Represent Pharmacometrics in Clinical Pharmacology and clinical project teams and presents in project team meetings and to Clinical Pharmacology Leadership.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Pharmacology TA leads to develop a unified Clinical Pharmacology position.
• Authors scientific publications and present at national and international conferences and interact with external stakeholders.
• Participate in internal and external initiatives/working groups (e.g., process harmonization, IMI calls, ISoP groups).

Qualifications

• PhD with typically 3+ years of experience in a relevant field, Master’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 9+ years of experience, Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and typically 13+ years of experience;(*relevant field includes experience with data science, mathematics, biostatistics, modeling and simulation, Pharmacometrics or systems pharmacology)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact with functional representatives internally
• Strategic thinking and enterprise view
• Proven scientific track record and technical skills to perform the role

Key Leadership Competencies

• Delivers business results while also positioning AbbVie for long-term sucesso
• Persistent and resilient finds the way to move good ideas forward
• Acts respectfully yet courageously
• Connects unrelated concepts, generates original or unique ideas
• Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment
• Gives full accountability when delegating and accepts full accountability when delegated to by others

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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