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We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced quantitative clinical pharmacologist to join our team supporting CNS therapeutic area as a key member of Clinical Pharmacology, DMPK and BA department. He/she will represent as a Clinical Pharmacology Lead and provide subject matter expertise on cross-functional project teams.
The Clinical Pharmacology Director provides strategic, scientific, and operational leadership for clinical pharmacology activities at the program level. This role serves as the primary clinical pharmacology representative on cross‑functional development teams and is accountable for dose selection and optimization across all stages of development. The Director will design and execute clinical pharmacology strategies by integrating PK/PD principles, quantitative modeling and simulation, translational sciences, and nonclinical ADME/DMPK data. Responsibilities include leading clinical pharmacology components of regulatory submissions, contributing to health authority interactions, and leading Clinical Pharmacology study design and execution.
This role is hybrid and requires the person to be onsite 3x a week in our Waltham, MA office.Â
Why join Team Alkermes?
Alkermes applies its decades of deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we seek to make a meaningful difference in the way people manage their diseases. We have a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and narcolepsy, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various psychiatric and neurological disorders.
We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations. In 2024 and 2025, we were certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. and named one of Massachusetts’ Top Places to Work by the Boston Globe, a Best Place to Work in Greater Cincinnati by the Cincinnati Business Courier and recognized as a Best Place to Work in BioPharma by Fortune Magazine.Â
Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.
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