Vice President, Reproductive Medicine

Overview

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Joining our R&D teams, you will discover an empowering culture and the opportunity to create and deliver innovative products that have the potential to change lives. Collaborating with colleagues inside and outside Ferring, we are focused on growing our capabilities with new therapeutics, life-cycle management and personalised solutions. Doing revolutionary work is in your hands.

Ferring+You

As VP of Reproductive Medicine, you will strengthen and build the future of our Reproductive Medicine portfolio by driving innovation in clinical development and evidence generation, while serving as a trusted medical and scientific advisor for global project teams and government regulatory agencies.

Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer, your leadership will be instrumental in strategy development for the therapeutic area.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build an organization which leverages the agility of a mid-size company with the unique global footprint of Ferring.

Your day at Ferring

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Designing and overseeing the direction, planning, execution, monitoring, interpretation and reporting of clinical research programs from phases I– IV inclusive, including clinical trials, real world evidence studies and other evidence generation activities relating to studies of humans.

• Building relationships with key opinion leaders and applies their input to enhance study design and protocols.

• Assuring that clinical research program design meets scientific objectives and is aligned with commercial needs.

• Serving as medical/scientific consultant to global brand or global project teams and government regulatory agencies.

• Establishing the criterion essential for determining the safety, efficacy, and medical utility of products in development or marketed products.

• Supporting the reporting of information submitted to the regulatory agencies for new drug or medical device applications and to sustain marketing authorizations, including label updates.

• Participating in and coordinating adverse event reporting and safety responsibilities monitoring, signing off on product safety reviews.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• A Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree is required, preferably with a specialization in gynecology and obstetrics, or endocrinology.

• In addition to solid expertise as a clinician,
  the candidate must have strong pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably from a medical and/or clinical and/or pharmacovigilance organization.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, as well as ability to navigate organizational complexity and ambiguity.

• Experience managing a team in a matrix organization is an asset.

• Strategic mindset, forward looking.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills. Able to adapt communication style to all levels.

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love

• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Subject to a minimum period of employment at Ferring.

• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents

• Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Note to agencies: this search is being managed by Ferring’s Talent Acquisition team. Kindly do not send us spontaneous profiles.

Location: Ferring UK