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Senior Scientist (Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics)

South San Francisco, US💼 Full-time💰 $124,300–$230,900🗓 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead DMPK strategy and oversee non-clinical studies to elucidate ADME and PK properties of small molecule drug candidates for discovery and development.

Role type

Senior IC drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics project leader

Builds

Non-clinical DMPK studies and regulatory briefing packages for small molecule drug candidates

Domain

Pharmaceutical R&D, Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

ADME and PK data integration, non-clinical study design and interpretation, regulatory filing support, risk identification and mitigation, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

Multi-modality project experience (peptides, degraders, conjugates), IND-enabling and clinical development support, PK/PD and PBPK modeling

Technologies

Bioanalysis, drug transport, pharmacokinetics modeling platforms

Responsibilities

Serve as DMPK representative on multidisciplinary project teams, lead DMPK strategy and author regulatory briefing sections, design and oversee in vitro and in vivo ADME/PK studies, translate nonclinical data into human PK and dose predictions, identify DMPK-related risks and develop mitigation strategies

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with project leadership

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