Scientific Director/Scientific Associate Director (Europe)

AspirionPharma have now been retained by our client to search on a new position within the biostatistics and statistical programming area.

This newly created position will offer the right candidate to develop and grow within a firm committed to investing in this area.

This position is for someone who possesses the resilience and energy to flourish in this excit-ing and challenging field, who can inspire, influence and motivate colleagues. We are seeking individuals with passion and enthusiasm and who have a desire to develop their own career.

The company is a leading, innovative organisation committed to pushing forwards boundaries in scientific excellence.

The successful candidate will enjoy a market leading remuneration package, excellent career developmental potential and a chance to work with one of the most exciting product pipelines in the market today.

Our search to find the right candidates is global in nature and we will accept contact from candidates based in any country, as long as they have the necessary experience, ambition and ability.

Therefore if you feel that you are now ready to take the next step in developing your career with a global firm looking to invest in you – contact us now to organise a confidential discus-sion.

MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT

Contribute to clinical development efficiency by providing PK/PD Modeling & Simulation ex-pertise in integrating pharmacokinetics, biomarkers, and surrogate endpoints into study de-sign and reporting, to allow better informed decisions

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• Influence development of well-focused, efficient trial designs and drug development strategies through the use of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and Computer Aided Trial Design (CATD) within the context of Clinical and Project teams, in interfacing and collaborating with the Biometrics department
• Supervise, coach and develop M&S scientists, provide expertise in M&S, develop Clini-cal Trial Simulation platform
• Support Clinical teams and Projects in recommendations and decision-making proc-esses, facilitate communication with Supervisory Committees, Management, Health Authorities, and other stakeholders

EDUCATION/LANGUAGES

• Fluent in written and oral English
• Fluency in other European languages would be an asset
• PhD or equivalent degree in Clinical Sciences related disciplines (Medicine, Physiology, Pharmaceutical Sciences) and strong expertise in Phar-macometrics/biostatistics. Alternatively, MSc/PhD in Biostatistics and strong experience in clinical development involving producing simulations for assessing clinical trial designs.

• 5+ years experience in PKPD Modeling, of which 5+ in BioPharmaceutical Industry.
• PKPD M&S input into drug development.
• Experience/expertise in NONMEM, WinNonLin, SAS and S-PLUS is essen-tial.
• Experience in writing and using PKPD models, particularly mechanistic-models
• Experience in developing disease progression models is an asset.
• Overall good knowledge of common PC software.

• Strong problem solving skills and ability to analyze complex problems
• Has interest in, and knowledge of, both mathematical and (patho-)physiological aspects of Modeling & Simulation in drug development
• Is enthusiastic, self-motivated and has excellent communication skills, and at ease in working in a dynamic matrix organization. Communicate technical details effectively between scientists, clinicians and statistical colleagues

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