Medical Director, Clinical Sciences, CV Metabolism

The Medical Director, Clinical Sciences should be a qualified physician with pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in Cardiovascular/Metabolism Therapeutics Development. She/he will work closely with other members of Global Clinical Development, contributing to the creation of Clinical Development Plans (CDP) that meet international regulatory standards. S/he will serve as Scientific and Medical Lead for clinical trials in the CDP according to GCP. S/he will work in close collaboration with Clinical Project Managers and Clinical Trial Managers at the study level, and with Therapeutic Area Program Managers at the CDP level. She/he is responsible for the design of clinical study concepts leading to clinical trial protocols and also for the medical/scientific supervision of individual clinical trials, accountable for all deliverables of clinical trials under her/his direct responsibility. S/he contributes to scientific advisory boards, study steering committees and safety monitoring boards.

A typical day in the life may include the following responsibilities:

• Defines clinical trial-related Clinical Development Program (CDP) goals and objectives

• Responsible for the relevance and accuracy of medical science underpinning of clinical study concepts (CSC) based on thorough scientific review and consultation with internal and external experts

• Reviews and finalizes clinical study concepts for presentation to TA Head and Development Teams

• Reviews and finalizes the medical and scientific portions of clinical trial protocols derived from CSCs

• Accountable, along with CTM, for timely clinical trial execution and quality of deliverables

• Leads and supervises the work of Clinical Team to produce high quality program deliverables on schedule

• Identifies program risks, creates and implements mitigation strategies

• Maintains and develops relationship with key program investigators

• Organizes clinical advisory boards, steering committees and data safety monitoring boards as required

• Reports to clinical teams and TAH on clinical trial milestones

• Responsible for the medical content of clinical study reports

• Reviews all medical/scientific publications related to clinical trials

• Researches literature for relevant program-related material and informs clinical team of findings

• Establishes the benefit: risk ratio of a therapeutic candidate in CDP-defined indications

• Responsible for the analysis of clinical data, including safety monitoring

• Responsible for all activities and procedures that ensure patient safety

• Ensures Clinical Team compliance with FDA, EMEA, ICH and GCP guidelines

• Is the primary clinical contact for communications with regulatory agencies and IRBs/ethics boards

• Identifies and recommends resource allocation for clinical operation plan (COP) execution

• Identifies changes to established practices/policies if appropriate

• Establishes and monitors COP budget

This job may be for you if you have the following:

• Recognized expertise in developing Cardiovascular/Metabolism therapeutics

• Has working knowledge of GCP, ICH, US FDA and EMEA regulations

• Successfully conducted exploratory clinical and/or confirmatory development

• Rigorous work ethics with focus on details and high-quality results

• Works effectively under pressure

• Ability to work in matrix environment ("dotted- line" authority)

• Ability to manage clinical trial resources

• Superior written, and oral communication skills;

• Ability to develop original ideas

• Available to travel (up to 20% of work time)

In order to be considered for this position you must have a M.D., or equivalent with at least 2 years pharmaceutical industry experience. Endocrinology training(board certified/eligible) is strongly preferred. Experience in Cardiovascular/Metabolism Drug Development is preferred.

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