Senior Clinical Pharmacologist (Oncology)

About the role

Conceive and execute novel scientific research or development in Clinical Pharmacology that achieves projects and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (CPPM) goals. Generate new PK/PD proposals and lead those efforts. Investigate, identify, develop, and optimize new methods and techniques in PK/PD field. Act as a lead PK scientist in his/her area of expertise and critically evaluate relevant Clinical Pharmacology, PK/PD and regulatory advances and integrate this knowledge into research or development programs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to clinical development by supporting Phase 1–4 studies including study design and clinical pharmacology strategy.
• Author regulatory documents including protocols, study reports, population PK reports, exposure–response analyses reports, relevant sections of investigator brochures, common technical documents, white papers, and other similar documents.
• Conduct data analyses including non-compartmental analyses, modeling and simulation, and literature data analyses.
• Participate in and present at various departmental and cross-functional teams such as study teams, Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics, Clinical Strategy Team, Clinical Pharmacology Leadership Team, and Journal Club.
• Collaborate with scientific support from other Clinical Pharmacology functional groups to provide a unified clinical pharmacology position to clinical, CMC, and regulatory teams.
• Author scientific publications and present at scientific conferences.

Qualifications

• PhD with 0 years of experience, or PharmD with 2+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Master’s degree or equivalent education and typically 8+ years of experience, or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and typically 10+ years of experience.
• Relevant field includes experience with PK, PBPK, PK–PD, Pharmacometrics or systems pharmacology, drug metabolism/transporters.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact externally and internally and perform in a team setting.
• Demonstrates scientific acumen and has technical skills to perform the role.
• Key Leadership Competencies:
  • Persistent and resilient; finds the way to move good ideas forward.
  • Uses mistakes, failure, and reflection as vehicles for learning and improvement.
  • Delivers business results while also positioning AbbVie for long-term success.
  • Connects unrelated concepts and generates original or unique ideas.
  • Influences colleagues to achieve cross-functional alignment.