Post Doctoral Fellow – New Biological Entity Pharmacokinetics

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides an opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and the opportunity to directly contribute to the company's success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to join the New Biological Entity Pharmacokinetics (NBE-PK) Group within the Global Biotherapeutics Discovery (BtD) at our US headquarters in Ridgefield, CT. The Ridgefield campus, along with our sister sites in Texas and California, includes a thriving community of postdocs and PhD students that connects globally with their peers on our European campuses. 

As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will be responsible for conducting independent research under the direct guidance of experienced NBE-PK experts. You will interact with individuals from different disciplinary (including mentors, fellow researchers, and collaborators from NBE-PK Group as well as other departments), and help to foster a collaborative research environment that facilitates exchange of knowledge and ideas. Your research will be focused on developing PK/PD models for guiding informed decision-making and translation to clinic of different biotherapeutic modalities (e.g. multi-specific antibodies, gene therapies) and contribute to Boehringer-Ingelheim’s innovative and growing pipeline. You will be expected to present your work to internal leadership and publish your findings in leading journals within the field. 

Duties & Responsibilities

With support from their advisor and team, the ideal candidate is expected to:

• Develop pre-clinical PK/PD and/or quantitative systems pharmacology models that enhance decision making for target/candidate selections and inform translational research strategies by integrating in vitro and in vivo nonclinical and clinical data of different biotherapeutics (e.g. Gene therapies, Multispecific antibodies, etc).
• Utilize mechanism-based PK/PD modeling approach to capture and simulate the biological/physiological processes related to drug administration and response.
• Explore the utilization of data generated from in vitro and in vivo studies to improve model parameterization and validation. 
• Explore innovative approaches applicable for pre-clinical to human translation of the model.
• Design and conduct independent research; communicate and present findings.
• Collaborate with other researchers within and outside Boehringer Ingelheim.
• Effectively communicate and defend own work in the context of team and department goals, both orally and in writing, using appropriate data analysis techniques and visualization tools.

Compensation Data

This position offers a base salary of $80,000.00 USD. For an overview of our benefits please click here.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Quantitative fields such as applied mathematics, biomedical and chemical engineering or related discipline with proven track record, with a preference of no more than three (3) years of previous Post Doctoral experience.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of pharmacokinetics, PK/PD and quantitative systems pharmacology modeling. 
• Experience using one or more commercially available modeling and simulation platforms (e.g. Phoenix/WinNonlin, NONMEM, MATLAB, SimBiology, etc.).
• Experience and the ability to review scientific literature.
• Strong teamwork skills with independent working style, high level of initiative, reliability, and readiness to take on responsibility.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in an interdisciplinary environment.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

• Prior experience in the field of biologics and gene and cell therapy (e.g., gene replacement therapy, bi-/multi-specific antibody, viral delivery system).
• Experience in mechanism-based PK/PD modeling of therapeutic proteins with modeling techniques using ODEs, PDEs, etc. is highly desired.
• Experience with computational tools used for validation and verification of mechanism-based models (e.g. parameter estimation, sensitivity analysis, virtual population/patient simulations).
• Basic knowledge of drug development, ADME, biopharmaceutics, and biology/physiology.
• Ability to collaborate with scientists from other areas and strong aptitude for sharing expertise with cross-functional and global teams.