Executive Director, Clinical Development, Solid Tumor Oncology

A fast growing biotech has an impressive pipeline of solid tumor oncology assets and they require a physician scientist with proven leadership experience in early and late phase clinical development.

The company will offer the opportunity to work on first in class assets leading a talented team. All of their clinical staff may work on a remote basis although office space is available in the Bay Area and New Jersey.

The Executive Director, Clinical Development will lead clinical assets through successful development of early and late phase clinical development strategies and deliverables in partnership with multiple functions across the organization, and with external academicians and collaboration partners. The candidate will report to the Vice President, Clinical Development, GI Cancers.

As a leader in the organization, the incumbent will be involved with asset and disease strategy and help assure that activities are executed within expected scope, budget, and timelines. The incumbent will play a key role in the establishment and growth of Clinical Development team as the GI team leader. This leader must be a thoughtful and mentoring manager, responsible for hiring, training, developing, and retaining talent.

Specifically, the incumbent will collaborate with a variety of internal and external partners and stakeholders, such as clinical investigators, scientists and key opinion leaders (KOLs), as well as multidisciplinary internal groups, including other groups in Clinical Development, research, business development, commercial operations, legal, etc.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Key contributor in Clinical Development strategy planning and present to various internal governance committees.
• Provide leadership and clinical oversight across all assigned studies and programs as the US Lung cancer team leader, have direct accountabilities to assigned clinical programs.
• Work with regulatory and other internal partners/stakeholders in the completion and submission of regulatory filings and other regulatory documentation.
• Support other functions and teams with clinical science information and input for regulatory submissions and other regulatory processes.
• Play a lead role in the development and implementation of communications strategies to support existing and completed studies including KOL interactions, advisory boards, major medical meetings, congresses and other events, publications and other materials.

Ideally you will be a Board Certified oncologist with a minimum of 5 years experience in pharmaceutical industry clinical development.

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