Director - DMPK (m/f/d)

Client Scientific
Location Europe, remote
Region Europe, remote
Offer description

Selvita is a global integrated service provider with laboratories in Poland (Krakow, Poznan, and Wroclaw), Croatia (Zagreb), and offices in Cambridge, UK, as well as the Greater Boston Area and San Francisco Bay Area in the US. Our company is dedicated to delivering comprehensive solutions that support our international clients in drug discovery and drug development.

As one of the largest preclinical contract research organizations in Europe, Selvita is driven by a clear mission: to bridge the gap between early drug discovery and the clinical stage of drug development.

At Selvita, we value partnership, excellence, passion, commitment, and integrity. We build strong, collaborative relationships with our clients and commit to the highest standards of quality. We fuel our pursuit of innovative solutions with enthusiasm, advance drug development with focused dedication, and ensure honesty and transparency in all our work.

Currently we are seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented candidate to create, communicate and execute DMPK strategy as a project representative person within integrated discovery project teams, facilitating the identification and development of drug candidates.

Join us at Selvita, where these values guide our mission to advance drug discovery to the clinical stage of drug development.

This is a remote position open to candidates located in Europe.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work collaboratively within multiple cross-functional teams, in particular Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology, to identify and progress candidate molecules from hit-finding through to candidate selection.
  • Design and direct research strategies and activities to meet program objectives as the DMPK expert within project teams.
  • Provide guidance, design, analyze and interpret ADME, PK, PK/PD studies to support compound design, selection and project progression.
  • Conduct human PK and dose prediction using routine approaches.
  • Contribute to Business Development activities (e.g. proposal preparation, discussions with potential clients).
  • Develop and mentor junior team members.
  • Provide project leadership, timelines, and contingency plans. 

Your Background
  • A degree in relevant scientific discipline, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences with > 10 years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Broad understanding of the overall drug discovery process and experience serving on project teams and managing ADME/PK screening strategies in drug discovery projects.
  • Experience in PK modelling using software packages e.g. GastroPlus® PBPK & PBBM Software, Phoenix WinNonLin.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and an ability to interact and conduct strategic planning with colleagues in other scientific disciplines.
Your Benefits Package
  • Long-term stable employment conditions based on a large global client base.
  • Daily cooperation and know-how exchange with an experienced IDD research team.
  • Responsibility for multiple IDD projects, across a broad range of therapeutic areas, with a global client base.
  • Participation in IDD training programs.
  • Representing Selvita in business development activities for prospective clients.
  • Employee referral program.
  • Recognition Program.
 
Last modified Friday, March 13, 2026