Associate Director, Pharmacometrics - Must be local to Wilmington, DE

Description

Associate Director, Pharmacometrics

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.  

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health•    We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.•    We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. •    We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job responsibilities •    Plans, organizes, manages and monitors the sector’s activities/operations according to his/her field of expertise, strategic and tactical alignments, and the needs of the organization in order to achieve the expected results.      a)    Manages all operations activities related to the Pharmacometrics sector.     b)    Provides quotes for all services provided by the team (e.g., Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics analyses, toxicokinetics analyses, additional analyses not included in the original scope of work, etc.)     c)    Provides other consultation services in clinical pharmacology field.•    Acts as a pharmacometrician.     a)    Acts as a scientific consultant/clinical pharmacologist for clients, proposing methodologies or performing pharmacometrics analyses (e.g., PK/PD analyses).     b)    Ensure proper training and development of pharmacokineticists and pharmacometricians.     c)    Review/prepare pharmacometric section of study protocols and/or Pharmacometric analysis plans for preclinical or Phase I to IV studies.•    Manages human capital including workforce planning and hiring activities, performance management and the daily monitoring of productivity; facilitates knowledge development and transfer; and ensures the efficiency and mobilization of the team in order to achieve the expected results. •    Helps develop and analyze the sector’s performance indicator systems according to the established objectives. Identifies opportunities to improve the division and/or service’s master plan and processes. Determines, as needed, the necessary actions in order to increase efficiency.•    Contributes to the development of the sector’s budget, ensures that it is being adhered to, performs budget follow-up for pertinent stakeholders and recommends actions in an effort to achieve the expected results. •    Communicates the necessary information to keep the team, the organization, and external clients abreast of the sector’s work plan, policies, projects processes, results, and actions and recommendations taken to meet arising needs and to achieve the expected results.•    Advises internal/external clients of the division and/or service’s particular areas of expertise by assessing needs, and carrying out analysis and follow-up.      a)    Acts as a consultant and resource person for external clients and Business Development employees with respect to pharmacometric issues.     b)    Acts as a clinical Pharmacologist.•    Represents the sector, both internally and externally, as a source for consultation and/or information and/or reference.      a)    Promotes clinical pharmacology services.     b)    Fosters the company’s scientific outreach by attending seminars, writing scientific articles, participating in conventions, interacting with the academic community, etc. •    The employee may be called upon to perform other tasks related to their skill set, and for which he/she has been trained. 

Qualifications

What we’re looking for •    MSc or PhD in Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Experimental Medicine or in another relevant field. •    Word, Excel, and software used in pharmacometrics analyses: WinNonlin, SAS, NONMEM, etc.  •    Required bilingualism includes communicating verbally and in writing on topics that are often technical, and writing procedures or technical reports.  •    Candidate who does not possess the required training and/or experience may be considered under different criteria.

Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health

Additional Information: Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities.  Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description.  The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.  Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.