Director, Clinical Science

The Senior Director, Clinical Science will be a member of the clinical development team, working closely with other members of the medical research group in clinical development (medical lead, medical monitor, statistician, medical safety director, safety manager and clinical pharmacologist) to support investigations that deliver the development strategies for therapeutic compound(s) under development. The Senior Director, Clinical Science contributes to the trial development strategy assisting with protocol development and study design and clinical study execution. In addition, the Senior Director, Clinical Science will contribute to clinical filing activities that are part of new drug applications, which can include activities such as preparing/editing regulatory documents and participating in responses to questions from Regulatory Agencies. The position will report to an Executive Director, Clinical Science / Clinical Research.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Director, Clinical Science will be familiar with drug development, drug mechanism of action, and regulatory requirements and will deploy this expertise in the execution of a number of key responsibilities:

Protocol Development and Trial Planning and Operational Preparation

• Working with the Medical Director(s), to create key strategic documents including clinical development plans, protocol concepts and full protocols across the 3 phases of clinical development.
• Contribute to the development of clinical sections of regulatory documents such as Investigators' Brochures, briefing books, safety updates, IND/NDA submission documents, responses to Health Authorities questions, and Clinical Development Plans (CDPs).
• Provide ongoing medical expertise and oversight of clinical trials across Phases 1-3 for trial conduct and safety.Provide strategic consultation and guidance to research on all decisions that have significant clinical components and implications.
• Supervise closely all major written deliverables(regulatory submissions, original articles, abstracts), and presentation materials.

• Provide essential evaluation of the development strategy to maintain a development plan that is consistent with the latest regulatory requirements, identification of challenges, and development of contingency plans to meet them
• Provide input into the design and conduct of clinical trials, review and/or generate key study documents (such as medical monitoring and safety management plans, treatment manuals, etc),
• Set up study steering committee to establish relationships with essential opinion leaders relevant to assigned compounds and therapeutic areas, clinical development programs and key clinical studies
• Assist in the recruitment of investigators for clinical studies and provide medical support to investigator meetings

• Provide protocol training, disease specific training and presentations at investigator meetings and protocol training meetings.

Trial Execution and Study Management/Study Conduct

• Oversees study protocols, reviews, and provides medical input to essential documents (study protocols, informed consent forms, project management plans, case report forms, safety management plan, data management plan, data review plan, clinical monitoring plan
• Supports development of medical monitoring plan(s) and assists with reviews of clinical data in accordance with the Medical Monitoring Plan in cooperation with Medical Monitor, Data Management and Biostatistics

• Provides input to site selection and Coordinates feasibility studies - Assist in the study feasibility process by generating/reviewing feasibility questionnaires, identifying patient pathways, defining standard of care, and support site identification and selection.

• Performing medical data review during study execution to ensure integrity of accruing study data and appropriate safety follow-up. Set up and management of investigator initiated clinical and/or pre-clinical trials.
• Develop effective working relationship with key investigators in assigned programs to optimize scientific quality/innovation of clinical study design, execution, reporting and publication. Contribute to trial-related advisory boards.
• Coordinate the real time availability of quality clinical trial data, including safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetic and biomarker data, to provide consolidated information for dose escalation meetings and Phase II data reviews with investigators.

• Participate with ongoing medical review of clinical data and patient profiles, assessing issues related to protocol conduct, clinical data quality, and patient enrollment
• Attend and assist with on-site visits, such as Qualification, Site Initiation, and Interim site engagement visits
• Provide medical leadership and scientific guidance to CROs and provides ongoing medical support to study team and investigators, including management of eligibility issues

Ongoing Review of Clinical Trial Data and Safety Reviews

• Review and assist with operational, medical monitoring, charters and safety plans for clinical studies in assigned program.
• Evaluate safety, pharmacology, and efficacy in ongoing and completed studies in close collaboration with medical monitor, safety, and clinical operations teams
• Safety Review: Provides medical inputs in processing of safety cases; Assesses relatedness and expectedness of the event; Reviews SAE reports and issues SAE queries in scope of medical consistency
• Review Safety Narratives, Investigator Letters, and other safety documentation for site-reported safety events.
• Liaise with investigator, Medical Monitor and Safety Manager to review AEs/SAEs on behalf of the Sponsor.

• Assist in the development and maintenance of standard documents regarding safety and medical monitoring processes and procedures including safety reports to Data Monitoring Committees.

• Participates in blinded/unblinded data review meetings and review of clinical study report

• Assist with the preparation, review and interpretation of data from ongoing studies, assessing the medical and scientific effects, and making recommendations that impact development such as "go/no go" decisions or modification of development plans or study designs that may have a significant impact on timelines or product labeling
• Assist the medical director for ensuring data quality, summary, and writing of clinical study report in close collaboration with the clinical operations, biometrics, and oversight of the CRO
• Review patient profiles and study level data review; working with medical director to perform a review of data generated by data listings or statistical analyses for assigned studies and present findings at quarterly drug safety reviews as needed
• Prepare study data reviews to Management and help provide summaries of individual study results and how the results affect the compound strategy.
• Review study synopsis/protocol development and contribute to the successful design and interpretation of clinical studies.

Data Reporting and Preparation of Study Documents

• The Senior Director, Clinical Science is responsible for analyzing and interpreting study data from an individual study and translating study level clinical data across the program of studies for a particular drug, ensuring that all studies are conducted with the highest level of ethical and safety standards and are in compliance with GCP and all regulatory policies.

• Participate in all reviews and procedures required for database lock and review all patient narratives

• Assist with completion of clinical study reports (CSR)

Medical and Scientific Expertise / Support

• Stay abreast of guidelines, current trends and medical practice in the assigned therapeutic area, including reports and intelligence on key and critical new technologies or treatment advances
• Provide medical and scientific input to Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) studies, RWE studies and value dossiers for market access
• Assist with medical writing and publications (reviews, summaries, primary and secondary manuscripts)

Requirements

• Master's Degree, PhD, PharmD, or M.D. with clinical trial/drug development Phase 1-3 expertise highly desirable.
• The ideal candidate will have 10+ years technical, operational and managerial experience in planning, executing, reporting and publishing clinical studies in a pharmaceutical company and/or contract research organization.
• The candidate will have previous experience working on large (>5,000 patients) global, multinational cardiovascular outcomes trials.
• The skills required for success in the job include scientific and analytic ability, ability to think strategically and tactically, an interest in applied clinical research, ability to work effectively in multifunctional and multinational teams, as well as the ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Proven experience in developing effective relationships with key investigators.
• Experience in leading the team in a matrix setting.

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