Associate Scientist-pharmacokinetics - Montréal, Canada - Certara

Description

Overview:

About Certara
Certara is a growing company that provides a dynamic and exciting place to work.

Our purpose is to assist in accelerating the development of meaningful medicines that make an impact on our society and the people that need them most.

Innovation and creativity are highly valued, and everyone is given the opportunity for training and continuous development.

Our portfolio spans the discovery, preclinical, clinical and post-marketing phases of drug development, working with 1,200 commercial companies, 250 academic institutions, and numerous regulatory agencies.

Certara Strategic Consulting is the largest pharmacometric consultancy organization in the world and assures that various career pathways are offered to match the ambition and personal interests of our employees We are a division of Certara and deliver value by integrating advanced simulation approaches into the most crucial drug development deliverables—to inform internal decision-making and strengthen global regulatory submissions.

Leveraging our experience working on thousands of key drug development projects on behalf of hundreds of biopharma companies, we bring a track record of success and a broad range of expertise to each assignment.

Responsibilities:

Junior Scientists, Pharmacometricians are responsible for providing hands-on analysis of data relating to the conduct and interpretation of relevant clinical pharmacology and PK/PD studies.

They usually perform non-compartmental analyses on pharmacokinetic concentration data and basic exploratory data analyses using WinNonlin or R. They can template datasets, reports and their supporting documentation.

• Is a billable consultant (>65% of "time in the office"). Consulting typically via handson modeling (NCA, simple PKPD).
• Support projects for Certara's clients by working in teams with other scientist, senior expert modelers, and drug development consultants.
• Actively engaged in continuing education on modelinformed drug development approaches in at least 1 technique (e.g. PopPK/PKPD, MBMA, NCA, stats).
• Conduct quality control activities on analyses and reports.
• Documents their activities according to ALCOA (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate) principles.

Qualifications:

• BS, MSc, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Some experience in pharmacometrics, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, or a related discipline in a project team setting is preferred, whether in academia or industry.

Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work in cross functional project teams
• Shows a willingness and ability to quickly learn new skills
• Good project management skills
• Excellent team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English