Clinical Director; Principal Scientist), Clinical Research - Lymphoma

Job Description

Our company in the United States and Canada is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, and teamwork of an individual like you.

To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement, and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

The Clinical Director has primary responsibility for the planning and directing of clinical research activities involving new or marketed oncology medicines across all phases of clinical development. The Director will manage the entire cycle of clinical development, including study design, initiation, monitoring, analysis, regulatory reporting, and publication.

• Evaluating pre‑clinical and translational work to generate early clinical development plans and Investigational New Drug applications.
• Developing clinical development strategies for investigational or marketed oncology drugs.
• Planning clinical trials (design, operational plans, settings) based on these strategies.
• Monitoring and managing the conduct of ongoing or new clinical trials for investigational or marketed oncology drugs.
• Analyzing and summarizing clinical findings to support decisions regarding safety and efficacy, new drug applications, clinical study reports, or publication.
• Participating in internal and joint research project teams relevant to the development of new compounds and the further study of marketed compounds.

• Supervising the activities of Clinical Scientists in the execution of clinical studies.
• Working closely with a cross‑functional group of experts in commercialization, regulatory affairs, statistics, and manufacturing to manage clinical development projects.
• Assisting the Senior/Executive Director in ensuring that corporate personnel are informed of study progress and external expertise related to relevant scientific questions.

• Maintaining awareness of scientific developments within the area of expertise.
• Identifying investigators who can assist in the development of investigational and marketed drugs.
• Establishing communications with prominent clinical investigators and attending relevant scientific meetings.

• Authoring detailed development documents, presentations, budgets, and position papers for internal and external audiences.
• Facilitating collaborations with external researchers worldwide.
• Traveling on company business about 20% of the time to manage future or ongoing clinical research projects.

• M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree.

• Experience in industry or senior faculty in academia.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical medicine experience.
• Minimum of 1 year industry experience in drug development or biomedical research.
• Expertise in adult lymphoma.
• Demonstrated record of scientific scholarship and achievement.
• Proven track record in clinical medicine and background in biomedical research.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to function in a team environment.

• Board Certified or Eligible in Oncology (and/or Hematology).
• Prior specific experience in clinical research and prior publications.

Academic presentations, clinical development, clinical investigations, clinical judgment, clinical medicine, clinical research, clinical trial design, clinical trial planning, clinical trials, clinical trial monitoring, clinical trial support, cross‑functional teamwork, drug development, ethical standards, hematologic malignancies, hematology, lymphoma, medical oncology, oncology, research methodologies, scientific consulting, scientific research.

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