Senior Director PBPK Consultancy

Overview

Certara accelerates medicines using proprietary biosimulation software, technology and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Its clients include more than 2,000 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and regulatory agencies across 62 countries.

The Certara Simcyp PBPK consultancy team is a global organisation focused on using the Simcyp physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) platform to influence decision-making on drug development programs from discovery to regulatory filing. Our PBPK consultants work with 100s of clients to inform human PK prediction, drug-drug interaction assessment, special population predictions, and biopharmaceutics strategy.

We are seeking highly motivated and talented PBPK modelling scientists and experts with a DMPK, PBPK, and / or a biopharmaceutics modelling background who share our passion for using PBPK models to understand and impact drug discovery and development questions. The successful candidate will join an internationally recognised, multidisciplinary company, providing opportunities for further development of knowledge and skills. We offer a unique and exciting mix of academic and commercial environments, which encourage regular attendance at scientific meetings as part of our continuous education programmes.

The post does not include routine laboratory or clinical work.

Responsibilities

The role involves contributing to and leading consultancy projects with clients in the Pharmaceutical Industry to develop PBPK models for particular projects of interest.

Apply PBPK models in support of a number of applications including but not limited to the following :

• DDI liability prediction;
• Food effect prediction
• PK prediction in special populations
• Biopharmaceutics / bioequivalence prediction
• Large molecule PK prediction.
• Is expected to be self running in consultancy projects
• You will need to keep abreast of the latest scientific development in the area of PBPK and IVIVE to enable effective communication with colleagues, clients and the wider scientific community.
• You will engage with potential and existing clients on a regular basis.
• You will oversee work performed by others in your team, including reviewing modelling work, regulatory responses and developing modelling and simulation plans.
• You will grow and mentor the PBPK consultancy group.
• You will have a high profile in the scientific community - you will continue to publish your work, give talks at scientific meetings and engage in scientific debate with clients.

Qualifications

Certara bases all employment-related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.