Senior Research Investigator, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics

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Associate Director/Senior Research Investigator, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics

Summary

The Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (CP&P) team at BMS is responsible for the pharmacology and pharmacometric support for all pipeline assets throughout the clinical development lifecycle. Composed of pharmacologists, pharmacometricians, and data scientists and modelers, this group oversees the pharmacokinetic evaluation, pharmacometric exposure-response evaluation, quantitative systems pharmacology modeling, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and model based meta-analysis of assets covering all therapeutic modalities, including small molecules, traditional and complex biologics and next gen cell therapies. All therapeutic areas are supported.

The CP&P team interacts with discovery and translational scientists, project leadership, early and late clinical development teams and commercial colleagues to provide input on clinical pharmacology profiling, dose optimization, formulation bridging, and combination strategies to enable faster and more effective drug development informed by core scientific principals and data.

Please Note: This position may be filled at the Associate Director level or Senior Research Investigator level depending on the incumbent’s experience, skills and capabilities determined through the interview process.

Responsibilities

• Independently contribute to compound development across various development phases
• Represent Clin Pharm on asset teams and at governance meetings based on proficiency
• Provide input to Phase 1/2/3 clinical study design and registrational strategy
• Accountable for the Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics development plan
• Lead design of clinical pharmacology studies and manages data analysis, interpretation, and reporting
• Provide PK, PK/PD, and model informed drug development (MIDD) principles and analyses
• Collaborate on cross-functional drug development teams, and regulatory submissions; serves as Clinical Pharmacology subject matter expert
• Lead and participate in departmental initiatives and represent CP&P on cross-functional initiatives / workstreams / taskforces
• Participate in interactions with health authorities; serves as Clinical Pharmacology subject matter expert
• Provide critical expertise to Business Development teams to assess external acquisitions

Requirements

• Advanced Degree in related field (MS, Ph.D. or PharmD)
• For Associate Director, approximately 5+ years of experience with demonstrated progression in clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics
• For Senior Research Investigator, approximately 2+ years of experience

• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic team-oriented environment

• Expertise in drug development
• Knowledge and expertise in small molecule and/or biologic drug property characterization
• Demonstrated stakeholder management with strong influence/leadership skills
• Ability to perform Quantitative data analysis, POP PK/PD, and data visualization skills
• Programming experience (e.g., NONMEN, Phoenix NLME, Monolix, R, WinNonlin, SAS, etc.)

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Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is an essential job function of this role which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and enhances the Company culture.

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