Dermatologist Physician Scientist, Associate Director/Director
Novartis
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 for dermatology programs
- Drive success of early global programs and develop strategies to transition to late-stage development
- Develop and implement clinical pharmacology and profiling strategies for late global programs 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/II) and Ph2-3 profiling efforts
- Provide support for dose selection, study design and clinical pharmacology matters throughout development
- Oversee conduct and interpretation of studies supporting pivotal trials and drive analysis/presentation of results to decision boards
- Write TM portions of documents for regulatory submission and drug registration
- Participate in BD&L teams as the TM representative for licensing activities
- Responsible for clinical monitoring and integrated safety data review during and after live phase of studies
- Represent clinical Translational Medicine aspects to Health Authorities, payers and patient advocacy groups
- Oversee publication strategy for TM studies and lead scientific publications and external presentations
- Lead study-specific teams in partnership with other line functions to ensure operational excellence, timelines, costs, and subject burden balance
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, evidenced by publication of significant contributions
- Excellent written and oral communication/presentation skills
- Able to work independently commensurate with level
- Seeks out new clinical discovery opportunities and approaches to accelerate programs
- Able to lead multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organization and collaborate with other TMEs
- Willingness to collaborate and interact with other TMEs
- Approximately 7% travel (domestic and/or international)
- Must be located at Cambridge, MA (USA) or London (UK) or Basel (Switzerland); position will not have ability to be located remotely
- Skills desired: Active Directory; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Biostatistics; Classification Systems; Clinical Pharmacology; Drug Discovery; Electronic Components; Lifesciences; Medical Research; Modeling And Simulation; Patient Care; Personalized Medicine; Translational Medicine
Benefits
- Performance-based cash incentive
- Eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards (depending on role level)
- Comprehensive benefits package for US-based eligible employees including health, life and disability benefits
- 401(k) with company contribution and match
- Generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves
- Accessibility and reasonable accommodations process
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
clinical pharmacologybiostatisticsdrug discoverymodeling and simulationtranslational medicinein vitro methodsin vivo methodsin silico methodsdose selectionstudy design
Soft skills
leadershipcommunication skillscollaborationindependent workmultidisciplinary team leadershipstrategic thinkingpresentation skillsproblem-solvingoperational excellenceclinical discovery
Certifications
MDPhDboard certification