Senior Specialist, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (qsp) - Oncology

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA

Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Base: $129,000.00 - $203,100.00; bonus/equity: eli...
Hybrid
Quantitative systems pharmacology (qsp)
Mechanistic pk/pd models
Oncology drug development
Serve as a QSP expert for developing and executing model-based analyses including QSP models and mechanistic PK/PD models into programs

Job Summary

  • Serve as a QSP expert for developing and executing model-based analyses including QSP models and mechanistic PK/PD models into programs.
  • Bring forward combination drug approaches by leveraging QSP models to design and prioritize combination clinical trials.
  • Work in close collaboration with biologists, clinicians, clinical pharmacologists, pharmacometricians and other line functions to improve our understanding of disease mechanisms and modalities.

Matching Summary

Serve as a QSP expert for developing and executing model-based analyses including QSP models and mechanistic PK/PD models into programs.

Salary

Base: $129,000.00 - $203,100.00; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive; Benefits: Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid holidays, vacation, sick days

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP)
  • mechanistic PK/PD models
  • oncology drug development
  • model-based analyses
  • cross-functional collaboration

Nice-to-have

  • leveraging QSP models for combinations
  • stakeholder relationship management
  • data science and visualization

Key Requirements

  • Ph.D., PharmD with 2+ years experience, or Masters with 4+ years experience
  • Experience in developing mechanistic PK-PD and QSP models
  • Experience with modeling and simulation packages (MATLAB/SimBiology, QSP Designer, R)
  • Hands on experience building, calibrating, and validating QSP models

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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