An emerging Immuno-Therapy Biotech out of Boston is hiring for a VP/Head, DMPK. This company is focused on developing therapeutics in the immune-therapy space (oncology, inflammation). They are focused on Preclinical R&D and looking to continue development in the coming 6 months, requiring leadership for their growing DMPK team.
You will be providing oversight and input into overseeing and designing early preclinical and nonclinical in vivo studies. You will be the touchpoint for various therapeutic area staff and responsible for translating PKPD analysis. You will support Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) requirements for discovery and IND-stage project teams by approving summary reports and documents supporting regulatory findings.
You will oversee a team of multiple scientists, hiring for additional members, as well as play a major strategic part in the day-to-day development of the company. You will have the ability to join the company and take part in its fast-paced, efficient novel therapeutic discovery.
What would you be doing?
- Contribute on and provide leadership to discovery-stage project teams as a subject matter expert for the preclinical group, providing PK and PK/PD input to the design of preclinical studies
- Foster and drive a culture of high quality experimental design, data generation and analysis to support decision making on individual programs
- Provide cross-functional leadership to champion the use of novel approaches for drug discovery and development
- Drive productive and collegial partnerships across clinical, translational and research teams
- Identify and manage consultants and vendors to support DMPK studies
- Effectively communicate functional area matters to stakeholders internally and externally
- Work cross functionally with Therapeutic Area stuff and groups like Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Development & Operations, Regulatory etc.
- Ensure compliant operation of activities including clinical pharmacology trials and GLP laboratory activities. Additionally, be responsible for management of the departmental budgets
- Maintain updated knowledge of scientific literature as well as regulatory guidance and standards as they pertain to PK/PD
Requirements:
- Minimum PhD in Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Biology/Molecular Biology, or Biochemistry
- 10-12 years relevant industry experience (Biotech or Pharma)
- In-depth understanding DMPK and be able to describe pharmacology/ biology of therapeutic proteins
- Experience overseeing DMPK studies across different stages of drug discovery
- Experience leading a team, had previously had 3-4 direct reports
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Previous experience in the following therapeutic areas – oncology, inflammation/immunology
- Experience with small molecules
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