Director, Global Clinical Scientist Lead

CSL; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotech company is seeking a Director, Global Clinical Scientist Lead to manage clinical scientists and oversee clinical development activities. This role involves strategic leadership, collaboration, and ensuring high-quality clinical execution. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Science, with a preferred advanced degree, alongside at least 10 years in biotechnology or pharmaceuticals. This hybrid position requires onsite work three days a week in locations including King of Prussia, Waltham, and Zurich.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• Recognition in clinical sciences and document authorship.
• In-depth understanding of the drug development process.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for clinical development activities.
• Drive quality scientific and operational clinical development execution.
• Participate in project work as a lead Clinical Scientist.

Skills

Leadership and mentoring

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Clinical development expertise

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science

Advanced degree (MSc, PhD)

PMP certification

Job description

CSL's R&D organization is accelerating innovation to deliver greater impact for patients. With a project-led structure and a focus on collaboration, we’re building a future-ready team that thrives in dynamic biotech ecosystems. Joining CSL now means being part of an agile team committed to developing therapies that make a meaningful difference worldwide.

Could you be our next Director, Global Clinical Scientist Lead? The job is in our King of Prussia, PA Waltham, Maidenhead UK or Zurich Switzerland office. This is a hybrid position and is onsite three days a week. You will report to the Global Clinical Lead, Hematology.

You will be a key leadership role in the Clinical Development group, supporting professional development of 8-10 clinical scientist direct reports including providing strategic and tactical scientific leadership and guidance for clinical development activities in projects as assigned.

You will help to drive quality scientific and operational clinical development execution, by collaborating cross functionally to drive organizational excellence, leverage lessons learned and identify areas in which we can increase efficiencies, forming, building and developing a group of talented and committed Clinical Scientists, collectively delivering timely, scientifically rigorous and high-quality work to meet the needs of the department.

Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

1. Line Management: Provides strategic and tactical scientific leadership and guidance for clinical development activities for 8-10 clinical scientists

• Ensures consistency of program strategy and provides appropriate oversight and scientific support of clinical scientist activities for Phase 1-4 clinical studies
• Collaborates with other Clinical Scientist Leads, Global Clinical Leads (GCL)s, Clinical Program Strategy (PST) representatives, and Global Product Leads (GPLs) to ensure adequate resourcing across the portfolio
• Ensures that resourcing is adequate to cover all roles and responsibilities of the clinical scientists in the TA
• Supports creation of effective Delivery Teams (DTs) in alignment with the portfolio requirements focusing on ensuring that the scientific/medical/technical knowledge as well as industry experience to provide high functioning teams
• Supports direct reports navigate the delivery team matrix environment as applicable to deliver projects in alignment with the PST Strategy
• Drives quality scientific and operational clinical development execution, by collaborating cross-functionally to drive organizational excellence, leverage lessons learned and identify areas in which we can increase efficiencies; forming, building and developing a group of talented and committed Clinical Scientists, collectively delivering timely, scientifically rigorous and high-quality work to meet the needs of the department.
• Participates in the hiring, on-boarding, training and mentoring of Clinical Scientists
• Accountable for providing guidance, training and mentorship to the scientist group, including performance management
• Accountable for direct reports long term career growth, and supports direct reports in the creation of their professional development plan
• Ensures group budget is adequately planned for, communicated and tracked in accordance with CSL processes and policies
• Facilitates participation in organizational development opportunities including but not limited to participation in Strategic and Technical Review Committee (STRC), Translational Review Committee, Communities of Practice (CoP), Clinical Development Forum, Technology Forum, Cross-functional initiatives, procedural document review, and process improvement initiatives

2. Program Deliverables: Participates in project work as a lead Clinical Scientist or contributing clinical scientist within the CDT.

Provides high quality clinical & scientific content into the core clinical development documentation including but not limited to the CDP, STRC presentations, regulatory briefing books, study outlines, clinical protocols, IBs, ICFs, MM plans, IDMC/DSMB/SRC Charters.

Position Qualifications and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent in Science related field is required
• An advanced degree (MSc, PhD) in Science, PMP certification, or equivalent is preferred
• Formal leadership or management training, including matrix team management is a plus

Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry (or where relevant, a biomedical research organization) is required
• Recognition and achievements in clinical sciences, document authorship, product research, process development/improvement is required
• Has demonstrated an advanced ability and level of experience with working across multiple studies for incorporation of consistent medical/scientific concepts in multiple protocols and ensuring they meet strategic program objectives
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the drug development process