Senior Clinical Scientist: Immunology Trial Lead

MSD; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation

Sick days

Job summary

Merck seeks a Senior Clinical Scientist to provide scientific leadership for a clinical development program in autoimmune diseases. You will partner with Clinical Directors, Study Managers, Medical Monitors, Data Management, Statistics, and Regulatory colleagues to ensure scientific integrity, quality, and protocol alignment.

You will lead clinical data review, interpret results, and generate insights to inform development decisions, study reports, and regulatory documents, while mentoring

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent in life sciences or healthcare.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of clinical sciences experience or Master’s with 3+ years.
• Experience with protocol development, clinical data review, and cross-functional drug development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assigned clinical trial as lead Clinical Scientist, overseeing from planning to analysis and reporting.
• Contribute to protocol development, ICFs, CRFs, data review plans, and related study documents.
• Partner with Clinical Directors and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of endpoints with development strategy.
• Monitor evolving literature and therapies within the therapeutic area.

Skills

Adaptability

Clinical Data

Clinical Operations

Clinical Research

Clinical Trials

Data Analysis

ICH GCP Guidelines

Protocol Development

Regulatory Compliance

Stakeholder Alignment

Strategic Thinking

Study Design

Education

Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, PA or ANRP)

Bachelor’s Degree in life sciences

Master’s Degree in life sciences

Job description

Merck seeks a Senior Clinical Scientist to provide scientific leadership for a clinical development program in autoimmune diseases. You will partner with Clinical Directors, Study Managers, Medical Monitors, Data Management, Statistics, and Regulatory colleagues to ensure scientific integrity, quality, and protocol alignment.

You will lead clinical data review, interpret results, and generate insights to inform development decisions, study reports, and regulatory documents, while mentoring