Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Sanofi; Gentilly; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global healthcare company in France is seeking a Head of Immunology Clinical Development to lead an innovative clinical development organization. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in clinical development, strong leadership skills, and significant regulatory expertise. This role includes mentorship of clinical teams and strategic collaboration across various therapeutic areas. Benefits include comprehensive health packages and a supportive career growth environment.

Prestations

Comprehensive health benefits

Gender-neutral parental leave

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in clinical development, preferably in immune-mediated diseases.
• Experience in developing therapies across different phases of development.
• Current or prior experience managing larger teams.

Responsabilités

• Lead the clinical development organization within the immunology therapeutic area.
• Ensure appropriate resourcing of clinical teams based on TA priorities.
• Develop and implement clinical development strategy aligned with organizational goals.

Connaissances

Clinical development expertise

Leadership and mentoring

Regulatory experience

Collaboration skills

Formation

MD or MD/PhD

Description du poste

Job Title: Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Location: Paris, France

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.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical development organization within the immunology TA (over 50 physicians and scientists), supporting, mentoring and coaching the clinical development teams across indications and assets. Ensure appropriate resourcing of the clinical teams based on the TA priorities.
• Provide subject matter expertise to all clinical development deliverables as a senior clinical development expert in the TA, including clinical development plans, protocols, primary data read-outs, clinical study reports and primary publications.
• Be a key thought partner for excellence in clinical development in collaboration with other immunology TA functional heads, including statistics, safety, regulatory, translational medicine and research.
• Strategic Leadership:Support the teams developing and implementing the clinical development strategy for the Immunology TA, aligning with organizational goals and managing specific development plans for products and indications. Ensure appropriate alignment across assets as well as appropriate prioritization based on TA goals.
• Serve as a member of the TA leadership team, participating the success of the TA management and portfolio development and optimization.

About You

Qualifications

• Education:MD or MD/PhD, specialization in an area relevant to Immunology development is preferred (eg pulmonary, allergy/immunology, dermatology, gastroenterology)
• Experience:10+ years’ experience in clinical development is preferred, with preference for development in immune-mediated diseases.
• Advantageous to have developed therapies across different immune-mediated indications and different sub-therapeutic areas. Preference for experience across different phases of development.
• Current or prior experience managing teams, with preference for prior experience managing larger teams.
• Significant regulatory experience, with preference for experience with global regulatory submissions.
• This position may require up to 25% overall travel

An ideal candidate will

• Be passionate about coaching and mentoring
• Work collaboratively
• Be comfortable leading teams through complex development decisions and regulatory interactions
• Have strong fundamental knowledge of drug development
• Be able to make challenging portfolio trade-off decisions
• Prioritize and make challenging resourcing decisions

Why Choose Us?

• 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 a 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.