Senior Clinical Scientist

2012 CSL Behring L.L.C.; King of Prussia (PA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Behring is seeking a Senior Clinical Scientist to support protocol development and study delivery as part of a clinical development team. You will collaborate with the CDT Lead and Clinical Representatives to contribute to scientific development across studies.

The role requires a strong scientific background (BS with 5+ years or MS/PhD with 3+ years in biotech/pharma) and a track record of delivering high-quality outputs on schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in a Life Sciences discipline is required.
• An advanced degree (MS, PhD) in a Life Sciences discipline is highly preferred.
• PhD with 3+ years/MS with 4+ years or BS with 5+ years of clinical research/clinical development experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
• The successful candidate will have a strong scientific framework, coupled with ability to work towards tangible outcomes, meeting timelines and ensuring study delivery.

Responsibilities

• Under general direction, contributes to the scientific development of individual clinical studies in alignment with the approved clinical development plan.
• Provides scientific input for the safe, efficient, and timely execution of assigned programs, ensuring the highest quality and full compliance of all outputs.
• Contributes to the development of program and core clinical development documents and training materials aligned with the scientific strategy (e.g. clinical development plan, IB, protocols, eCRF, ICF, study reference manuals, investigator trainings).
• Reviews clinical data with some assistance and assists with interpreting data from clinical studies, and writing/editing or reviewing results in study reports, regulatory submissions, abstracts, posters, presentations, peer reviewed manuscripts, and other documents.
• Supports medical monitoring and oversight of individual clinical studies to ensure the highest level of patient safety and data integrity
• Manages the processes and interactions required to support external study oversight committees (e.g. Steering committee, independent data monitoring committee, adjudication committee)
• Collaborates with internal and external cross-functional stakeholders to ensure translation of the clinical development strategy and clinical protocol into operational deliverables

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Scientific writing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Life Sciences

Job description

Position Overview

The Senior Clinical Scientist will be a key member of a clinical development team supporting protocol development and study delivery. The position holder works closely with the CDT Lead and other Clinical Representatives in performing delegated tasks in support of the clinical development program as dictated by therapeutic area/ project needs.

Work Environment

*** This is a hybrid position based onsite at any of the posted locations with a minimum of 3 days onsite weekly. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are not provided

Key Responsibilities

• Under general direction, contributes to the scientific development of individual clinical studies in alignment with the approved clinical development plan
• Provides scientific input for the safe, efficient, and timely execution of assigned programs, ensuring the highest quality and full compliance of all outputs
• Contributes to the development of program and core clinical development documents and training materials aligned with the scientific strategy (e.g. clinical development plan, IB, protocols, eCRF, ICF, study reference manuals, investigator trainings)
• Reviews clinical data with some assistance and assists with interpreting data from clinical studies, and writing/editing or reviewing results in study reports, regulatory submissions, abstracts, posters, presentations, peer reviewed manuscripts, and other documents
• Supports medical monitoring and oversight of individual clinical studies to ensure the highest level of patient safety and data integrity
• Manages the processes and interactions required to support external study oversight committees (e.g. Steering committee, independent data monitoring committee, adjudication committee)
• Collaborates with internal and external cross-functional stakeholders to ensure translation of the clinical development strategy and clinical protocol into operational deliverables

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in a Life Sciences discipline is required
• An advanced degree (MS, PhD) in a Life Sciences discipline is highly preferred
• PhD with 3+ years/ MS with 4+ years or BS with 5+ years of clinical research/clinical development experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry
• The successful candidate will have a strong scientific framework, coupled with ability to work towards tangible outcomes, meeting timelines and ensuring study delivery Experience with contributing to multidisciplinary working groups to support continuous process improvement as requested

Competencies

• Thinks beyond and maintains an external and strategic focus
• Builds bridges and helps teams develop collaboration
• Unleashes outcomes and creates an accountable work environment
• Ignites agility and instills personal flexibility in self and teams
• Inspires the future and ensures clarity around the strategy
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

The minimum and maximum base salary range that CSL expects to pay for this position at the Waltham, MA USA work location at the time of this posting is $146,000 - $173,000/yr. Individual base salary for a successful candidate is determined by qualifications, skill level, experience, competencies and other relevant factors. In addition to base salary, total compensation for this role may also include incentive compensation and equity.

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CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSLPlasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

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