Director Translational Medicine-Non-Oncology

ROLE SUMMARY

As a member of the Global Clinical Pharmacology with Global Product Development, Clinical Assay Group, the Translational Clinical Biomarker Lead will be responsible for defining late-stage development and ensuring continuity of the overarching clinical biomarker strategy.

The individual in this role will work collaboratively across medical, early translational medicine, clinical and research teams as well as partnering closely with biostatistics, relevant KOLs and biomarker assay leads to establish end to end clinical biomarker strategy that will support efficacy, safety, patient/dose selection, potential companion diagnostics assays and submissions.

The candidate will have a deep understanding of disease biology and relevant biomarkers and experience in execution of clinical trials to help design late-stage clinical translational biomarker plans and support post marketing questions.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with clinical, research, and partner line colleagues to develop a late-stage biomarker plan that includes transition of selected biomarkers from proof-of-concept trials that will support submission, label or/and influencing medical community.

• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize candidate predictive biomarkers and enable the development of potential clinical companion diagnostic tests that will appropriately transition from early to late phase clinical development.

• Work directly with academic collaborators and key opinion leaders refine clinical translational research efforts.

• Work collaboratively within highly matrixed, multi-functional Global Medicine Teams and across organizational boundaries to successfully achieve goals and deliverables ensuring prioritization of science-driven drug development.

• Serves as a member of the clinical study team to interpret biomarker results in the context of the clinical study.

• Scientifically evaluates complex data able to appropriately guide study teams through complex issues resolution.

• Establish visibility with key stakeholders and the scientific community through external and internal presentations and peer-reviewed publications.

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of disease area clinical research, global regulatory guidance’s & expectations, and industry best practices.

As appropriate, additional responsibilities may include the following:

• Supports challenging clinical trials and programs involving novel modalities, cross-company collaborations and/or external partnerships.

• Interface with external biomarker consortia and initiatives

• As SME, assists clinical pharmacology leads and medical affairs in conducting due diligence activities.

• Leads internal and cross-functional organization initiatives, development and implementation of the relevant policies and best practices and demonstrates internal and external influence.

• Provides subject matter expertise, guidance and mentoring to colleagues.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in biology, molecular biology, immunology, pharmacology or related field and research background in a relevant disease area with approximately of 10 years of experience.

• Demonstrated current understand of disease biology, genetics and relevant immunology in one or more therapeutic areas including: Infectious diseases, Rare diseases, Inflammation and Immunology and Metabolic and Cardiovascular disease.

• Demonstrated ability or potential to design, initiate and conduct clinical studies focusing on integrating and executing biomarker plans that support clinical development objectives.

• Experience in clinical protocol design, late-stage clinical development, clinical trial operations, clinical validation of biomarker assays, and interaction with KOLs

• Working knowledge of biomarker measurement methods such as NGS, IHC, qPCR, FISH, FACS, and other technologies and related data analysis tools.

• Direct experience interacting with regulatory authorities and supporting regulatory submissions & regulatory queries, and inspections.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, work effectively in a highly matrixed environment, and execute multiple projects simultaneously.

• Highly effective communication skills: verbal, written, and presentation. Demonstrates ability to present clinical data, study plans and strategy to relevant audiences to inform and direct decisions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Industry experience in clinical biomarker development preferred.

• Understanding of clinical pharmacology, PK/PD and MIDD.

• Understanding of pre-clinical and clinical biology, and the ability to apply that knowledge to drug development.

• Good understanding of steps required for biomarker assay analytical validation, and sample analyses.

• Prior experience with training and mentoring colleagues.

Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Other Job Details
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