Sr Director, Clinical Scientist, Oncology (Solid Tumors)

Job Description

The Senior Director, Clinical Scientist, Oncology will lead and manage the Oncology Therapeutic Area Functional Center of Excellence for Clinical Scientists. This role provides functional supervision to Clinical Scientists which includes skill development within the four pillars of Medical/Scientific, Operational, Resource Management and People Management. This role identifies and implements best practices in trial management and execution. It is a key contact for Oncology trial management and execution within the Oncology TA, and representative of TA Clinical Scientists to the GCD organization. This role will be accountable for functional talent and career development of the other Clinical Scientists within Oncology including performance management, in collaboration with operational supervisor.  The role holder may also have their own projects, and will report to the SVP, Translational Sciences and Oncology.

Major Accountabilities:

• Drive efficient and transparent allocation and assignment of activities to Clinical Scientists according to program priorities and program/trial deliverables to ensure timely completion in accordance with TA objectives.
• Accountable for overall management of Clinical Scientists in collaboration with operational supervisors.  Establish annual objectives according to TA priorities and define functional and people objectives.
• Responsible for the development of Clinical Scientist hiring strategic plan, by establishing priority and overseeing the hiring process to ensure talent continuity.
• Participate in the hiring, on-boarding, training and mentoring of new Clinical Scientists. Identify individual training needs to foster high levels of performance, support career development through quality development plans and proactively manage performance issues.
• Serve as knowledge source for clinical trial staff on processes related to trial deliverables and coordinate knowledge sharing. Contributor/reviewer for clinical SOPs and ensure alignment with GCD organization.
• Perform skill-gap analysis and provide recommendation for soft skills training to Talent Management or develop specific training programs for the needs of the TA to improve the medical/scientific, operational and resource management capabilities of staff.
• Develop and implement process standards and tools to achieve excellence in trial operations and management. In collaboration with Global Clinical Operations and key stakeholders, drive implementation globally in a manner that creates consistency, efficiency and with a high level of compliance within GCD across programs. 
• May participate in or lead cross functional GCD process improvement initiatives. 

Job requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life science/healthcare preferred (MS/PhD/PharmD).
• Languages: Fluent English (oral and written)

Experience and Required Skills:

• Extensive experience including a minimum of 15 years in clinical research or equivalent required
• ≥6 years people management including leadership/mentoring and talent development experience required, this may include management in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and accomplishment in all aspects of conducting global clinical trials and programs. 
• Expert ability to lead activities and teams within a matrix environment
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Expert analytical and influencing skills; High level of critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skill. Expert ability in communicating concise and clear messages
• Extensive knowledge of clinical development process, regulatory requirements and GCP.
• Able to rapidly review and contribute to study related documents such as: medical monitoring plans, statistical analysis plans, data management plan, eCRF completion guidelines, data validation manuals.
• Proven track in clinical trial process improvements.
• Considerable organizational awareness, including significant experience working cross-functionally and responsibility for internal resource estimation/allocation.

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