About The Job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Translational Pharmacology Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $175–$250/hour
Role Responsibilities
* Develop golden FIH dose rationales and escalation strategies for representative programs.
* Encode decision heuristics and trade-offs used by senior translational leaders into structured guidance and rubrics.
* Surface unwritten decision rules to understand when and why experienced teams override model-based recommendations.
* Create Golden Decision Memos that reflect top-tier reasoning and format expected from translational pharmacologists.
* Design Decision Rubrics to capture acceptable vs. unsafe dose rationales, missed edge cases, or failure modes.
* Provide Meta-Layer Commentary explaining unspoken heuristics and how senior teams weigh risk tolerance, potency data, or tox uncertainty.
Qualifications
Must-Have
* 10+ years in major biopharma or biotech or specialized translational pharmacology consulting.
* Experience leading FIH dose and/or SAD/MAD escalation for 2–3 assets.
* Proven governance experience: IND sign-off, dose justification memos, exposure–response presentations.
* Ability to balance nonclinical → clinical translation: tox, PK, PD, potency, and MoA.
* Capable of turning narrative judgment into explicit decision rules and rubrics for AI training and evaluation.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
* Upload resume
* AI interview based on your resume
* Submit form
Resources & Support
* For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
* For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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