IQVIA

Senior Director, Medical Strategy Lead – Cardiologist

IQVIA

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Reading • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

  • Accountable and responsible for creating innovative, evidence-based, and patient-centered delivery strategies and solutions for Cardiovascular pre-approval clinical trials or studies, addressing the specific needs and challenges of each customer.
  • In partnership with Indication-Specific Medical Strategy, Operations, Sales, and other functions, responsible for award of strategic and tactical new business to achieve annual Gross New Business targets.
  • Responsible for the inclusion of Cardiovascular elements into proposals.
  • Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.
  • Support preparation of customer and bid defense meetings, e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys Cardiovascular strategy.
  • Attends and presents at customer meeting, or bid defense or partnership meetings, as required.
  • Participates in strategic business development activities including presentations to prospective clients and professional meetings.
  • Maintains awareness of industry pipeline and scientific and business landscape; supports due diligence research of the Cardiovascular landscape.

Requirements

  • Cardiologist
  • A degree from an accredited and internationally recognized school is required
  • 2+ years clinical research relevant experience, including hands on operational delivery and/or drug development experience
  • Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in Cardiovascular
  • Excellent skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments are required, as well as initiative and flexibility.
  • In depth knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements; e.g. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines
  • Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs, have difficult conversations with internal/external stakeholders and customers, negotiate solutions and understand impacts on the overall offering
  • Strong clinical research skills and commitment to evidence-based and patient-centered clinical development
  • Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including good command of English language (both written and spoken)
  • Strong leadership skills, ability to work with minimal supervision, and lead a virtual team in a matrix organization
  • Innovative and strategic thinker
  • Strong business acumen including confidence with financial considerations, excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and comfort working in both sales and operational environments
  • Flexible and able to work in situations where specifications may or may not be well defined and willing to support work in other therapeutic areas when required
  • Confident and capable in the use of technology, applications and other media e.g. databases and internet to research assess new opportunities, maintain currency of therapeutic and operational knowledge and competitive landscape.
  • Proven ability to make decisions with limited information, bringing clarity to disparate information to inform actions and drive results
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and clients.
  • Maintains a positive outlook at work; handles criticism well and learns from it
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide network of individuals e.g. co-workers, managers and customers
  • Effective mentoring and training skills, fostering learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Professional development

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
clinical researchdrug developmentprotocol designclinical development planGood Clinical Practice (GCP)International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelinesdata miningpatient recruitmentscientific consultationregulatory compliance
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsinterpersonal skillsleadership skillsnegotiation skillsflexibilityinitiativestrategic thinkingbusiness acumenmentoring skills
Certifications
Cardiologist