Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Role Summary

Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical development organization within the immunology TA (over 50 physicians and scientists), supporting, mentoring and coaching the clinical development teams across indications and assets. Ensure appropriate resourcing of the clinical teams based on the TA priorities.
• Provide subject matter expertise to all clinical development deliverables as a senior clinical development expert in the TA, including clinical development plans, protocols, primary data read-outs, clinical study reports and primary publications.
• Be a key thought partner for excellence in clinical development in collaboration with other immunology TA functional heads, including statistics, safety, regulatory, translational medicine and research.
• Strategic Leadership: Support the teams developing and implementing the clinical development strategy for the Immunology TA, aligning with organizational goals and managing specific development plans for products and indications. Ensure appropriate alignment across assets as well as appropriate prioritization based on TA goals.
• Serve as a member of the TA leadership team, participating the success of the TA management and portfolio development and optimization.

Qualifications

• Education: MD or MD/PhD, specialization in an area relevant to Immunology development is preferred (eg pulmonary, allergy/immunology, dermatology, gastroenterology)
• Experience: 10+ years’ experience in clinical development is preferred, with preference for development in immune-mediated diseases.
• Advantageous to have developed therapies across different immune-mediated indications and different sub-therapeutic areas. Preference for experience across different phases of development.
• Current or prior experience managing teams, with preference for prior experience managing larger teams.
• Significant regulatory experience, with preference for experience with global regulatory submissions.
• This position may require up to 25% overall travel

An ideal candidate will

• Be passionate about coaching and mentoring
• Work collaboratively
• Be comfortable leading teams through complex development decisions and regulatory interactions
• Have strong fundamental knowledge of drug development
• Be able to make challenging portfolio trade-off decisions
• Prioritize and make challenging resourcing decisions