Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology

Job overview

The Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology role is onsite in Thousand Oaks or San Francisco, CA; compensation is not specified. Latigo Bio is developing non-opioid pain medicines intended to provide effective, rapid-acting pain relief without addiction risk. Reporting to the Head of Clinical Pharmacology, this role shapes clinical pharmacology strategy and delivers the clinical pharmacology package for multiple clinical and pre-IND programs. It contributes expertise across development stages by leading studies, interpreting results, preparing regulatory documents, and coordinating specialist vendors and consultants.

What you'll do

• Provide clinical pharmacology expertise for small-molecule development programs
• design and oversee clinical pharmacology studies
• analyze, interpret, and author protocols, reports, Investigator’s Brochures, and regulatory submission sections
• interact with US and international regulatory agencies as needed
• oversee consultants and vendors supporting pharmacokinetics, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic work, and clinical assay development.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

associate director

clinical pharmacology

biopharmaceuticals

small molecules

clinical development

clinical studies

regulatory submissions

pharmacokinetics

pain medicines

thousand oaks ca

san francisco ca

latigo bio

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role supports programs from pre-IND and first-in-human through registration. PharmD or PhD is preferred; 8+ years of clinical pharmacology experience supporting early development and robust small-molecule experience are required.

About the employer

Latigo Bio is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology). Sector: 54.