About this role
Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You'll Make:
As Vice President, Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics, you will set the enterprise strategy for clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics, and model-informed drug development across Recursion’s advancing clinical portfolio.
You will be accountable for translating nonclinical, translational, biomarker, clinical, and quantitative data into development decisions that help us select the right dose, regimen, population, and study design for each program. Your team will bring together expertise across Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Translational Modeling, and preclinical PK/PK-PD, with close partnership across Toxicology, DMPK, Nonclinical Safety, Clinical Biomarkers, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Biostatistics, CMC, Data Science, and Portfolio Strategy.
This is a highly strategic leadership role for a clinical pharmacology leader who can operate from first-in-human planning through registrational development, regulatory submission, and label strategy. You will build and scale the clinical pharmacology function, represent Recursion in health authority interactions, and help define how clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics should work in an AI-native TechBio company.
In this role, you will:
- Set the enterprise strategy for Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Translational Modeling, and preclinical-to-clinical quantitative integration across Recursion’s clinical and post-candidate nomination portfolio
- Own dose strategy from first-in-human planning through registrational development, including dose escalation, dose optimization, exposure-response, safety, efficacy, and label-supporting dose justification
- Lead quantitative development approaches, including population PK, PK/PD, exposure-response, PBPK, QSP, disease progression modeling, and clinical trial simulations
- Design and oversee clinical pharmacology studies, including food effect, DDI, organ impairment, QT/cardiac safety, bioavailability/bioequivalence, mass balance/ADME, and special population studies
- Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Development Sciences, DMPK, Toxicology, Translational Modeling, Biomarkers, Regulatory, Biostatistics, CMC, and Data Science to inform development strategy and decision-making
- Represent Recursion as the clinical pharmacology expert in regulatory interactions and ensure high-quality clinical pharmacology contributions to INDs/CTAs, briefing books, NDAs/BLAs/MAAs, regulatory responses, and labeling
- Represent Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Modeling in cross-functional program teams, governance forums, regulatory interactions, and alliance settings with Recursion’s external pharma partners
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics function, including internal talent, consultants, CROs, and external modeling partners
- Advance the responsible use of AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve evidence integration, modeling workflows, and clinical development decisions
The Team You'll Join:
You will join Recursion’s Clinical Development organization, reporting to the Chief Medical Officer. The Clinical Development team is an empowered, execution-minded group responsible for translating Recursion’s innovative science into medicines for patients.
You will work closely with leaders across Development, Regulatory, Development Sciences, Clinical Operations, Data Science, Biology, Chemistry, Portfolio Strategy, Communications, Legal/Compliance, and future commercialization functions. Together, you will help ensure Recursion’s clinical programs are informed by robust evidence, external medical insight, patient need, and the full potential of the RecursionOS.
The Experience You'll Need:
- Advanced degree in clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics, pharmaceutical sciences, quantitative pharmacology, biomedical engineering, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field; PhD, PharmD, or MD preferred
- 15+ years of biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience, including significant leadership experience in Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Quantitative Pharmacology, or model-informed drug development
- Proven success leading clinical pharmacology strategy across multiple programs, ideally from first-in-human studies through registrational development, submission, and labeling
- Deep expertise in PK, PK/PD, exposure-response, exposure-safety, population PK, PBPK, QSP, dose optimization, dose justification, and model-based clinical trial design
- Experience designing, interpreting, and defending clinical pharmacology studies and analyses in support of global development and regulatory submissions
- Strong understanding of FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA, and ICH expectations for clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics, dose selection, MIDD, and regulatory documentation
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams, influence senior stakeholders, manage external partners, and communicate complex quantitative concepts clearly to executives, program teams, partners, and regulators
- Experience in oncology, rare disease, and/or small molecule development strongly preferred; experience applying AI, advanced analytics, or automation in clinical pharmacology is a plus
Working Location & Compensation:
Making NYC your home base is ideal, however, we will consider remote work for this position. Remote employees must commit to regular on-site visits for routine work and departmental events.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is:
- New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, & Boston area(s): $353,980 to $443,080
- All other US locations: $321,800 to $402,800
In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.
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The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com , or connect on X and LinkedIn .
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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