Job Description: Summary
An exciting opportunity to join a prominent and forward thinking Global Pharmaceutical company in a Director level role. As a therapeutic area head responsible for leading all Oncology clinical development activities, this role has direct responsibility for ensuring the successful development and approval of new Oncology products on to the market.
Company
One of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies with employees worldwide and affiliated companies globally. Key therapeutic areas of interest are Neurology, Oncology, Internal Medicine and GI disorders.
Location
South Central
Role
(SCRP) (MD) Director Clinical Development (Oncology)
Key aspects of the role are
• accountability for a team and/or project goals and objectives
• defining therapeutic area function/project vision and strategy for achieving that vision and engaging and motivating the team to buy into the vision and execute strategy
• leading problem solving across the therapeutic area, facilitating team(s) to identify issues and propose solutions
• providing therapeutic area leadership and assuming a supervisory and/or “subject matter expert” role with regard to therapeutic area issues
• bringing external market perspectives and sharing insight and knowledge regarding the therapeutic area
• making decisions for the therapeutic area based on global perspectives
• achieving the group’s business objectives
• providing technical insight to ensure progress towards goals
• contributing innovative thinking and bringing an external market perspective to task execution
• engendering trust and respect from direct reports, peers, colleagues and senior leaders
• acting as an informal mentor and coach to team members
• helping design and implement global CDPs for specific therapeutic area compounds
• input into the creation of strategic development plans, writing, review and optimisation of protocols
• identification of new indications for existing products, selection and management of CROs
• interacting directly with the company’s discovery and clinical pharmacology teams to assist in the transition of compounds from bench to clinic
• functioning as the International Project Team Leader for specific compounds
Experience
Candidates must have sound UK or European experience of the Oncology therapeutic area gained within the pharmaceutical industry plus an excellent understanding and track record in clinical development.
International experience is strongly advantageous.
Key requirements are
• leadership skills
• strong influencing and negotiation skills
• excellent communication ability, both verbal and written
• good presentation skills
• attention to detail yet a strategic overview
• working knowledge of other functional areas (regulatory, pre-clinical and marketing)
Qualifications
Candidates must be medically qualified and fully GMC or EU equivalent registered. A post graduate medical qualification is preferred.
Benefits: Company Car/Allowance:
Bonus:
Pension:
Healthcare:
Life Insurance/Income Protection:
Holiday Entitlement:
Other: Relocation expenses (where appropriate), support for HMT
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