VP, Clinical Development (MD)
- Employer
- Nektar Therapeutics
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Start date
- Oct 14, 2020
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- Discipline
- Clinical, Clinical Development, Clinical Medicine
- Required Education
- Doctorate/PHD/MD
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Biotech Bay
Job Details
The Vice President, Clinical Development will play a key role in helping to set policy in a variety of organizational areas as the Company continues to evolve.
The Vice President, Clinical Development will oversee the clinical trials, clinical research and data collection activities for the Clinical Research function at a corporate level. S/he will have responsibility for developing the infrastructure to support advanced clinical trials / research / data collective activities and will set strategy for the function and processes, leading interactions with parties including, but not limited to, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Physicians, clinical sites and investigators. This position will contribute to and support the Company's research and development efforts to create high value therapeutics to address unmet medical needs.
- Lead and manage the Company's Clinical Research function, allocating and directing internal resources and effectively utilizing outsourcing to achieve project and business goals in a timely manner.
- Build an integrated organization that takes full advantage of Nektar's technological expertise to create a more powerful and value added products portfolio.
- Will have an integral role as part of the leadership team setting strategy and direction for the development organization
- Identify educational needs, research opportunities and implement tactics to support clinical research / trial programs in coordination with required department heads.
- Oversee the design of pivotal clinical studies for product and registration.
- Identify, develop and drive collaborations with external investigators and opinion leaders.
- Work closely with groups such as Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Operations, Marketing and Business Development.
- Serve as a clinical opinion leader working with physicians at a peer level; oversee and coordinate efforts to address medical and scientific issues.
- Develop and implement methods and procedures for monitoring clinical research projects and deliver scientific presentations to individuals and groups of strategic importance to the Company.
- Identify academic centers, investigators and physicians to initiate and / or participate in clinical trials and identify key areas of future research.
- Support Medical Affairs in the development of publications arising from studies and other relevant initiatives.
- Act as a mentor to junior staff.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Nektar Therapeutics will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in the manner proscribed by the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Company
Nektar Therapeutics is a research-based development stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops innovative medicines in areas of high unmet medical need. Our R&D pipeline of new investigational drugs includes treatments for cancer and auto-immune disease. We leverage Nektar's proprietary and proven chemistry platform in the discovery and design of our new drug candidates. Our success is rooted in four key elements: our track record reflected by a portfolio of successful approved medicines which emanated from our chemistry platform and are made available globally by our pharmaceutical partners, our unique research and development pipeline of new investigational medicines in cancer and immunology, our proprietary and proven science and technology approach that fuels our discovery efforts and our team of dedicated scientists, clinicians and employees focused on bringing new medicines to patients with debilitating diseases.
Stock Symbol: NKTR
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
- Website
- http://www.nektar.com/
- Phone
- 415-482-5300
- Location
-
455 Mission Bay Blvd South
San Francisco
California
94158
United States
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