Director (Principal Scientist), Clinical Research, Respiratory

Clinical Director (Principal Scientist) — Cardiovascular and Respiratory clinical research.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and direct clinical research activities for new or marketed medicines, potentially managing full clinical development cycle (design, initiation, execution, monitoring, analysis, regulatory reporting, publication).
• Plan clinical trials based on clinical development strategy.
• Provide medical oversight and overall conduct of ongoing or new clinical trials.
• Analyze and summarize clinical findings to support safety/efficacy decisions and new drug applications, clinical study reports, or publications.
• Participate in internal and joint internal/external research project teams for new compounds and marketed compounds.
• Support business development assessments of external opportunities.
• Engage with other functional areas; collaborate with commercialization, regulatory affairs, statistics, and manufacturing.
• Provide expert internal/external scientific input; keep stakeholders informed of study progress.
• Maintain scientific knowledge (monitor developments, identify investigators, engage with clinical investigators, attend scientific meetings).
• Author development documents/budgets/presentations/position papers; facilitate global collaborations; travel ~20% to manage projects.

Education:

• M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Industry or senior faculty (academia) experience.
• 3+ years clinical medicine; 1+ year industry drug development or biomedical research in academia.
• Record of scientific scholarship; strong clinical and research background.
• Interpersonal, team, and strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills.

Preferred:

• Board Certified/Eligible Pulmonology, Cardiology, or related; preference for pediatric and/or adult care.
• Prior clinical research experience and prior publication.

Required skills (domain):

• Cardiology, Clinical Development, Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Early Clinical Development, Pulmonology.

Preferred skills:

• Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Studies.

Benefits/Compensation (as stated):

• annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits (medical/dental/vision, retirement/401(k), paid holidays/vacation, compassionate and sick days).