Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology

Role Overview

• Lead the clinical pharmacology (CP) group of ~10 members, including clinical pharmacologists, pharmacometricians, and toxicologists.
• Support global and/or regional development projects, ensuring all deliverables are based on science with high quality and timeliness.
• Provide CP expertise and guidance in clinical drug development programs of all therapeutic areas in study design.
• Supervise and work with pharmacometricians in conducting PK (and/or PD) analysis for regulatory submissions in China.
• Engage with management and stakeholders to drive CP strategies at project and portfolio levels.
• Establish best practices for CP processes activities to seek efficiency.
• Implement and explore process and data analysis strategies including AI/ML for science/innovation and productivity.
• Guide CP members in career development; coach and train junior members in applying quantitative methods and PK-PD knowledge.

Requirements

• Ph.D./PharmD/MD in relevant disciplines (CP, pharmacokinetics [PK], toxicokinetics, pharmacometrics) or other equivalent degrees or knowledge/expertise
• 8+ years of relevant clinical development experience in CP or Modeling & Simulation (M&S) roles
• Adequate people management experience with proven track records as a coach/trainer
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills with fluent in English (oral and written)
• Decent scientific publication records.

Benefits

• AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.
• We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible.
• We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
• We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.