Associate Director, PK Scientist/Clinical pharmacologist

Band

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Defines team goals, or provides matrix leadership, aligns and provides input to departmentstrategy to project team or company initiative. Assumes responsibility for project, externalevaluation or initiative and builds a clear connection to department and company goals.

• Successfully leads or operationalizes key scientific/technical/development areas from thediscipline to advance department and company goals.

• May lead PKS sub-team(s) to generate, analyze, integrate data. Works with teams toidentify potential project gaps and identifies mitigation plan (eg, resource needs, strategicalignment)

• Champions and advances new science relevant for project/department goals.

• Completes all required organizational trainings and requirements according to corporatetimelines. Adhere in strict accord to the appropriate SOP and GxP guidelines.

• Leadership, Culture and Impact:

• May develop and lead innovative interdisciplinary team, and/or leads through matrix using a well-developed internal and external scientific network.

• Generates innovative strategy input and project concepts across multiplescientific/technical/development/evaluation domains

• Links scientific strategy with specific objectives in novel areas through flexible matrix communities and/or direct team leadership and empowerment. Conducts long-and mid-term planning to identify specific, measurable impact on team objectives

• Skilled in collaboration across PKS-internal or external business partners. Utilizes established networks and builds new network connections to bring new knowledge into thedepartment/TM/BR/GDD and beyond.

Essential requirements:

• PhD / Pharm.D. level scientist with relevant experience in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics or related biologic background

• 10+ years in the pharmaceutical industry and experience in drug discovery, development or a relevant environment (e.g. Clinical Pharmacology or Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics).

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and experience indealing with regulatory authorities and experienceconducting due diligence.

• Proficient with full range of techniques used in job and corearea. Working knowledge of tools and processes used indrug design and development.

• Extensive library research skills and knowledge of problemsolving techniques

• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of scientific discipline andrelevant laboratory tools and procedures if responsible forlab associated activity

• Good understanding of management and training principles

• Sound and robust list of scientific publications and externalpresentations.

• Fluent oral and written Chinese and English

Desirable requirements:

• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of drug metabolism andpharmacokinetics including, pharmacology PK and PK/PDevaluation, Immunogenicity (for PTM roles), techniques,experience in working in project teams (preferably global)and knowledge of regulatory requirements.

• Demonstrated success of working in cross functional projectteams (preferably global) and sound awareness of recentdevelopments in drug development sciences.

Skills Desired