Therapeutic Area Director - Global Medical Clinical Operations

Ipsen; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Therapeutic Area Director for Global Medical Clinical Operations. This role requires strong leadership in clinical operations and innovation in Oncology, Rare Diseases, or Neurosciences. Candidates should have significant experience in pharmaceutical drug development and proven project management skills. The ideal candidate will be committed to improving patient outcomes and driving excellence in execution.

Benefits

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Growth opportunities

Employee care programs

Qualifications

• Strong line management experience.
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical drug development including project management.
• Extensive knowledge in Oncology, Rare Diseases, or Neurosciences.
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and leadership for GM Clinical Operations.
• Guide design, implementation, execution, and closure of evidence generation activities.
• Review and input into protocol/program designs.

Skills

Leadership

Pharmaceutical drug development

Oncology experience

Strong influencing skills

Project management

RWE/HEOR experience

Fluency in English

Job description

Title: Therapeutic Area Director - Global Medical Clinical Operations

Company: Ipsen Biopharm Ltd

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company's success.

Job Description:

Are you ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company? Ipsen is a growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care. We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients' health and quality of life, providing effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences, and Rare Diseases.

Why Ipsen?

• Patient-Focused: The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and improving their outcomes is the deliverable of every strategy.
• Employee Care: We care for our employees, who are the ambassadors making a real difference.
• Bold Leadership: We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions.
• Growth Opportunities: We offer a wealth of fulfilling challenges and growth opportunities in a fast-moving, game-changing organization.

About the Role

The Therapeutic Area Director, Global Medical Clinical Operations is an expert and accountable within his/her allocated Therapeutic Area/Assets, represent GM Clinical Operations strategically in early planning of all global and local evidence generation activities (the IEGP), and provide oversight of the excellence in execution/delivery of those activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight and leadership for GM Clinical Operations on the Integrated Evidence Generation (EG) Plan(s) to ensure strategic input, guidance advice and subsequent successful delivery.
• Provide clinical and operational expertise/guidance for the design, implementation, execution follow-up and closing for any EG, globally and locally, within therapeutic area of responsibility (from early planning & validation to full execution as applicable).
• Review protocol / program plan and input into design and strategy, to ensure achievement of clinical and data generation excellence
• Be a referent & key contact point and representative for all GM clinical related activities for Therapy Area vis-à-vis TA Medical Directors, Head of Regional Clinical Operations, Finance, Legal, Procurement, PV, QA, cross-functional taskforces.
• Provide clinical and operational expertise/guidance to CLINICAL PROJECT MANAGERS, CLINICAL TRIAL ADMINISTRATORs under his/her responsibility in the conduct of EG activities to meet the project objectives, to achieve the key milestones in terms of quality, performance and cost.
• Review, and input into operational feasibility to ensure execution, timelines, resourcing, and budget assessments are appropriate to meet study/program objectives (from high level feasibility and continual review thereafter).

Travel is to be expected within this role, as business needs require, and up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

• Strong line management experience
• Significant and relevant experience of pharmaceutical drug development (Ph2, Ph3) including project management of national and international programs.
• Strong and relevant experience in RWE/HEOR, NIS studies, including project management of national and international programs.
• Extensive experience and know-how in Oncology or in Rare Diseases or in Neurosciences.
• Proven track record of delivery of projects to time, budget and quality.
• Extensive track-record of interactions with country Medical Affairs Staff is a significant plus.
• You will have exceptional leadership and influencing skills.
• Fluency in English.

Ipsen is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered. Ipsen is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications, individuals are encouraged to apply regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.