About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

The Clinical Research Director (CRD), Immunology & Inflammation (I&I) Therapeutic Area is responsible for the creation of the clinical development plan in alignment with the project strategy, its endorsement by governance and its execution in close collaboration with clinical operations. The CRD is expected to advance scientific and clinical knowledge for immunology and in dermatology, and to incorporate new methodologies and pro-actively progress study execution.

Main Responsibilities:

• Create the clinical development strategy for one or more assets and document it in the clinical development plan in collaboration with the global project team and internal partners such as clinical operations, translational medicine, regulatory affairs, biostatistics, drug discovery, drug safety, marketing
  
• Advance the CDP through internal management review
  
• Leads a clinical subteam to design clinical studies and to create an abbreviated and full clinical study protocol
  
• Oversee the execution of clinical studies in compliance with internal SOPs, GCP, ICH guidelines and other regulations
  
• Review documents supporting clinical development such as Investigator's brochure, regulatory documents for IND/CTA, clinical sections of integrated development plans, and submission dossiers for regulatory approval
  
• Support drug registrations (contribution to submission dossiers label draft, regulatory response during the review process, Advisory Committee preparation)
  
• Contribute to data review, interpretation and publication of clinical study results
  
• Represent Clinical Development at Health Authorities and incorporating advise into development strategy
  
• Maintain or establish interaction with external scientific and clinical communities and to incorporate pertinent advice and learnings into the internal program
  
• Be experienced in advancing assets from discovery into clinical development
  
• Have experience in novel approaches in translational medicine
  
• Have and maintain deep scientific, technical and clinical knowledge in dermatology
  
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
  

• Medical Doctor. Should be board certified or equivalent in internal medicine or dermatology
  
• Must have completed education and training at a medical school that meets the requirements of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or equivalent
  
• More than 5 years of relevant clinical, scientific and/or industry experience within the field of immunology and dermatology.
  
• Strong scientific and academic background within clinical research, pharmaceutical experience or experimental medicine experience immunology and dermatology
  
• Knowledge of drug development preferred
  
• Outstanding communicator. Excellent problem-solving, conflict-resolution and decision-making skills
  
• Fluent in English (verbal and written communication)
  

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
  
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
  
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
  
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.