Dermatologist Physician Scientist, Associate Director/Director
Novartis
Dermatologist Physician-Scientist, Associate Director/Director
Kerr Dental
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Cambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $145,600 - $270,400 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide medical and scientific expertise and leadership as a translational medicine expert (TME)
- Drive success of early global programs and develop/implement strategies to transition to late-stage development
- Drive success of late global programs by developing and implementing strategies for clinical pharmacology and profiling packages to meet regulatory requirements
- Support translational research to develop new indications, endpoints and biomarkers using in vitro, in vivo, or in silico methods
- Provide scientific expert assessments and support for in-licensing opportunities, including due diligence
- Report to the Dermatology TM Head and collaborate with other TMEs in Translational Medicine Discovery & Profiling (TMDP)
- Lead global cross-functional project teams through early clinical phases (Phase I/IIa) and Ph2-3 profiling
- Provide support for dose selection, study design and other clinical pharmacology matters throughout development
- Oversee conduct and interpretation of studies to support pivotal trials and drive analysis of study results
- Write TM portions of documents needed for regulatory submission and drug registration
- Participate in BD&L teams as the TM representative and act as subject matter expert for disease indication and molecule
- Responsible for clinical monitoring and integrated safety data review during and after live phases of studies
- Represent clinical Translational Medicine aspects to Health Authorities and other stakeholders
- Oversee publication strategy for TM studies; lead writing of scientific publications and external presentations
- Lead study-specific teams/clinical trial teams in partnership with other line functions to ensure operational excellence, timelines, costs, and subject burden balance with scientific standards
Requirements
- Doctoral degree, MD required with clinical subspecialty training in dermatological diseases
- Additional PhD/post-doctoral equivalent research and relevant Board certification preferred
- Associate Director Level: 1-2 years of experience in a pharmaceutical/biotech company, CRO, or academic medical center, or related experience
- Director Level: 5+ years of experience in a pharmaceutical/biotech company, CRO, or academic medical center, or related experience
- Recognized medical expertise, as evidenced by publication of significant contributions to a field over time
- Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills
- Independence: Able to work independently as outlined above, commensurate with the level of the role
- Innovation: Seeks out new clinical discovery opportunities and approaches to accelerate programs
- Leadership of Collaborations: Able to lead multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organization
- Team player mentality and willingness to collaborate and interact with the other TMEs
- This position will be located at the Cambridge, MA, London, UK or Basel, Switzerland site and will not have the ability to be located remotely
- This position will require approximately 7% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international)
Benefits
- Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive
- depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards
- US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits
- a 401(k) with company contribution and match
- a variety of other benefits
- generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
translational medicineclinical pharmacologybiomarkersin vitro methodsin vivo methodsin silico methodsregulatory submissionclinical trial designdose selectiondata analysis
Soft skills
leadershipcommunication skillsindependenceinnovationcollaborationteam player mentalitypresentation skillsproject managementstrategic thinkingproblem-solving
Certifications
MDPhDBoard certification