Pharmacometrics Disease Area Point of Contact Job in Groton, Connecticut US
Pharmacometrics Disease Area Point of Contact
Org Marketing Statement Pfizer Inc: Working together for a healthier world Founded in 1849, Pfizer is the world's premier biopharmaceutical company taking new approaches to better health. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver quality, safe and effective prescription medicines to treat and help prevent disease for both people and animals. We also partner with healthcare providers, governments and local communities around the world to expand access to our medicines and to provide better quality health care and health system support. At Pfizer, colleagues in more than 90 countries work every day to help people stay happier and healthier longer and to reduce the human and economic burden of disease worldwide. Responsibilities "Contribute significantly to the development and application of model-based drug development strategies across projects in order to design and optimize prospective studies. "Act as ""player-coach"", both conducting modeling and simulation and facilitating conduct of analyses with individual contributors. "Provide strategy to EQDD plans and coordinate implementation with appropriate resources. "DA POC should bring cutting edge methods/analysis to project teams, enabling strategic, efficient and appropriate utilization of quantitative approaches within/across a DA. "Contribute to Coordination and Oversight Group (COG) to ensure the timely, efficient, reconciliation of internal and external resources and finance considerations. "Act as an effective contributor to and participate in DA-specific forums (e.g., disease area technical review committee (TRC), disease area strategy team (DAST), etc). "Recruit, train, develop, mentor, motivate and retain highly skilled Pharmacometricians. "Work with quantitative colleagues across disciplines to ensure delivery and communication of best practices, i.e. TRCs, DASTs "Collaborate with, enable and influence external key opinion leaders and regulatory authorities in best practices for drug development science through publication, external presentation. "Develop best-in-class strategic alliances with academic centers of excellence for drug development and research. Qualifications "An interest and experience of pharmacostatistical methods of data analysis and study design are essential. "Can be a M.S., Pharm.D, M.D and/or PhD with training and/or expertise in one or more areas related to pharmacostatistical modeling. "Candidates from alternative backgrounds e.g. mathematics, engineering, system biology will be considered if they can demonstrate relevant experience and expertise. Attributes: "Strong science and quantitative analysis background, with good working knowledge of biology, chemistry, pharmacology, engineering or statistics. "Good computational skills. "Good knowledge of a range of MBDD software (R, S+, NONMEM, WinBUGS, MATLAB) "Good communication skills (written, oral presentation). "Balance multiple responsibilities, projects and clients simultaneously. "Adaptable and be dynamic "Identify and understand relevant scientific literature and apply knowledge gained from these sources desired. "Identify/develop and apply new quantitative methods as needed to solve problems in pharmaceutical research. "Interpret a range of model types and identify scientific, technical and methodology strengths and weaknesses. "Ability to gain an appropriate level of expertise in new Disease areas "Demonstrated understanding of drug development process, from discovery through loss of exclusivity Equal Employment Opportunity Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Pfizer in the U.S. In certain circumstances it may be advantageous to Pfizer to support the application(s) for temporary visa classification and/or sponsor applications for permanent residence so that a foreign national colleague can accept or remain in a work assignment in the U. S. For certain classes of temporary visas, the resulting work authorization may be specific to Pfizer and the specific job and/or work site. Pfizer may at its business discretion decide to or refrain from obtaining, maintaining and/or extending the temporary visa status and/or sponsoring a colleague for permanent residency and /or employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified U.S. workers and the colleague's long-term prospects for securing lawful permanent residence, among other reasons. 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