Senior Director/Executive Director Clinical Development, Oncology

Arvinas is a clinical-stage biotechnology company leading the way in targeted protein degradation therapeutics. Arvinas is the first company to focus solely on protein degradation and its platform technology is the most advanced in the field. Since its founding in 2013, Arvinas’ PROTAC® Discovery Engine has been driving the most significant breakthroughs in the industry. Arvinas’ pipeline encompasses a range of validated and undruggable targets in oncology, immuno-oncology, and neuroscience. This includes three clinical-stage programs: bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) and ARV-766, which are being developed as potential treatments for men with late-line metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and ARV-471, which is being co-developed and commercialized by Arvinas and Pfizer as a potential treatment for patients with breast cancer.

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Position Summary

This role will be a critical link with investigators and key opinion leaders in the external prostate cancer community.  The selected candidate will work closely with these experts, developing the clinical trial strategy, designing clinical trials, and identifying appropriate investigators for the bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) and ARV-766 studies. This individual will serve as a key strategic and medical point person during the conduct of the trials, monitoring safety of ongoing trials and leading efforts to analyze and present data from clinical studies. The selected candidate will work closely with the leadership team, scientists, regulatory professionals, statisticians, and members of the clinical operations department to carry out these responsibilities. The individual will respond to inquiries by practitioners and investigators, IRBs, regulatory bodies, and vendors. This person will work to establish relationships with key opinion leaders, external advisors and collaborators.

This position reports to our Chief Medical Officer and will be located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT. Hybrid work arrangements are possible.

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Collaborates with leadership team, scientists, regulatory professionals, biostatisticians, regulatory, executive staff and others as necessary for development of clinical development strategy and clinical protocols, and analysis of data from these trials and trials with other molecules.
• In collaboration with ARVINAS clinical operations staff, consultants and CROs, supports clinical trial execution to achieve timely completion of clinical studies.
• Assumes medical responsibility for clinical programs. Actively participates in real-time medical monitoring of studies, including assessment of patient eligibility and responses to study design questions.
• Provides safety monitoring of active clinical studies in collaboration with CRO and pharmacovigilance group.
• Collaborates with associates (and/or consultants) in Regulatory, CMC, Toxicology, Research, Pharmacology to progress clinical compounds from Phase 1- 3 clinical development, in a project team setting.
• Participates in clinical study report writing and review, using his/her medical expertise to identify ways to best analyze and present data in a complete, accurate and scientifically sound manner.
• Collaborates with Principal Investigators in the evaluation and assessment of publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts) associated with clinical data.
• Other responsibilities that may apply, as periodically assigned by Chief Medical Officer.
• Presents to the leadership team on clinical development program status and future strategy as appropriate.  

Qualifications

• Must have clinical development experience in oncology. Solid tumor experience required; Prostate cancer experience preferred.
• Strategic thinker with ability to provide input to clinical development plan.
• Requires strong technical/analytical skills to identify and solve problems.
• Must be self-motivated and confident with the ability to act with urgency and passion.
• Proven ability to work with a high level of integrity, accuracy, and attention to detail is required.
• Requires strong organizational skills in order to maintain a high level of productivity, innovation, and priority-setting in order to complete assignments on-time and on-budget.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills for effectively interfacing with all levels of management and departments within the company.
• The ability to make thoughtful, integrated, timely and meaningful decisions and take corresponding actions is required.
• Must have willingness to work collaboratively by incorporating diverse perspectives and appropriately managing relationships in order to strengthen decision-making.
• Must proactively seek out and recommend process improvements.
• Must be resourceful, creative, enthusiastic, and results-oriented.
• Must be entrepreneurial and enjoy working in a fast-paced, small company environment.
• Successful academic research publication history or history of medical practice in a relevant field is required.
• Requires experience presenting medical data and concepts to a variety of audiences (medical, scientific, vendors) in a credible and engaging manner.
• Solid understanding of the clinical landscape relevant to oncology patients and health care practitioners in the field is required.
• Requires demonstrated application of critical thinking skills to problem solving, data analysis, and strategic planning.
• Must have a high degree of emotional maturity and can work successfully in a demanding environment while constantly maintaining a professional demeaner.

Education

• A Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) or equivalent is required.
• A MD/PhD is preferred.

Arvinas is proud to offer a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group and supplemental life insurance, and much more. To learn more about Arvinas, please visit www.arvinas.com

Arvinas is an Equal Opportunity Employer