Senior Director, Early Clinical Development (MD) - Neuroscience

BMS; Denham; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Director, Early Clinical Development (MD) in Neuroscience to own the clinical strategy for neuropsychiatry programs. You will lead cross-functional teams, design studies, and ensure regulatory and safety goals are met.

This role requires deep clinical development expertise in psychiatry, strong leadership, and partnerships with stakeholders, including global teams, KOLs, and safety physicians.

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD with deep clinical development experience in psychiatry.
• 7+ years of translational and/or clinical research in pharma/biotech.
• Experience leading cross-functional clinical development teams and regulatory submissions.
• Mentorship and matrix leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Medical Monitoring: develop and implement clinical development strategy; interpret trial data for asset progression; contribute to CSRs and publications.
• Clinical Development: lead multiple programs; set indication strategy; work with safety physicians and stakeholders.
• Health Authority Interactions: represent clinical development in regulatory discussions and submissions.
• External Partnerships: manage investigator relationships and alliances with academic centers and vendors.
• Leadership & Matrix Management: mentor staff and ensure quality and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical strategy

Regulatory experience

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MD/MD-PhD

Tools

Regulatory submissions

Clinical Study Reports

Safety data interpretation

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Job Description

The Senior Director, Global Clinical Development, Neuroscience will own the clinical strategy for one or more neuropsychiatry programs. Extensive experience in clinical development in neuropsychiatric indications is a requirement. Experience in formulation development in neuropsychiatry is a plus.

The Neuroscience Clinical Development function is part of a global scientific organization dedicated to initial evaluations of new molecules, biomarkers, and mechanistic hypotheses in humans. The group drives clinical strategy, and the design, execution, and interpretation of studies to select the most promising drug candidates for development.

Position Summary / Objective

• • Serve as the clinical point of accountability for the Clinical Development Team and responsible for the overall clinical development plan for asset(s) in one or more indication(s)
  • Demonstrate matrix leadership to develop, motivate and achieve results through teamwork
  • Ensure studies are designed to meet Regulatory, Quality, medical, and access goals

Position Responsibilities

Medical Monitoring

• • Serves as a Clinical Trial Physician for clinical trials by
    • Developing and implementing the clinical development strategy
    • Analyzing, interpreting, and leveraging clinical trial data towards further clinical development
    • Serving as principal functional author for Regulatory submissions, Clinical Study Reports, and scientific publications
  • Independently synthesizes and/or contributes to plans (e.g., trial design, development strategy, regulatory strategy) based on emerging data and input from relevant functions
  • Designs and develops clinical studies and research plans in support of asset strategy with the program and clinical development teams

Clinical Development Expertise & Strategy

• • Manages multiple/complex programs concurrently across clinical lifecycles
  • Accountable for clinical contribution to the development of indication strategy
  • Partners with Worldwide Patient Safety physicians in the ongoing review and interpretation of safety data
  • Provides clinical leadership and disease area expertise into integrated disease area strategies
  • Partners closely with KOLs in specific indications
  • Evaluates strategic options against a given Target Product Profile (TPP)
  • Collaborates with Global Development Operations/Global Compliance Group to develop asset level risk management plan, resolves issues with Quality/Clinical Scientists, and brings it to the Clinical Development Team as needed
  • Sets executional priorities and partners with Clinical Scientists and Clinical Trial Physicians to support executional delivery of studies
  • Accountable for top line data with support of Clinical Scientists and Statisticians
  • Liaises with Clinical Scientists, Translational & Discovery Scientists, and Development Teams to define dose and schedule, indications, and patient selection (e.g., biomarker qualification and implementation)
  • Ad-Hoc involvement in various departmental or enterprise initiatives (e.g., committees, sub-teams etc.)
  • Presents and/or articulates clinical strategy to senior leadership and to support progression of portfolio

Health Authority Interactions

• • Serves as primary clinical representative in regulatory interactions
  • Accountable for clinical contributions to clinical study reports (CSRs), regulatory reports, briefing books and submission documents

External Partnerships, Alliances, and Publications

• • Acts as a focal point for defining and establishing relationships with key investigators
  • Sits in team responsible for establishing key alliances with academic centers, co-operative groups, vendors and government agencies
  • Represents department in business development due diligence and partner alliance management as appropriate; sits on JDC/JRC/JSC as appropriate

Leadership and Matrix Management

• • May be responsible for managing Clinical Trial Physicians and Clinical Scientists, attracting, developing and retaining top talent; ensures appropriate training and mentoring of other physicians and scientists
  • Champions a quality-focused mindset and ensures adherence to GCP and compliance obligations for clinical conduct

Degree Requirements

• • MD or MD/PhD and deep clinical development expertise in psychiatry
  • Fellowship/specialty training in relevant therapeutic area preferred

Experience Requirements

• • 7+ years of relevant experience in translational and/or clinical research in an industry or biotech setting
  • Extensive experience in clinical trial design and execution, and development strategy in pharmaceutical industry or biotech
  • Deep understanding of pharmaceutical discovery, development and commercialization
  • Track record of mentorship and/or management and/or matrix leadership
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities in a matrix environment

Travel Required

• • Domestic and International travel may be required

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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