Position Overview
The Senior Medical Director, Global Clinical Program Leader (GCPL) is a critical role within Clinical Development. The Senior GCPL is accountable for the design and execution of the clinical strategy to support the development of a medicine, aligned with the Project Strategy Document (PSD) and the Target Product Profile (TPP). The GCPL is accountable for the strategic leadership of the Clinical Development Team (CDT) in a matrixed environment. Reports to the Global Clinical Lead (GCL).
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 Resonsibilities
- Clinical Development Team (CDT) Leadership: Provides leadership and guidance to all members of the cross-functional CDT acting as the lead scientific expert for the clinical program, while ensuring appropriate functional representation in team discussions
- accountable for the timely development and maintenance of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) in alignment with the Program Strategy Team (PST) and Therapeutic Area Leadership Team (TALT)
- Leads the integration of internal and external expert contributions to strategy and design of the assigned clinical program(s)
- Maintaining alignment across critical stakeholders prior to key decision making forums (e.g. Strategic Development Committee (SDC) or Scientific and Technical Review Committee (STRC) for study outline approval)
- Ensures that the program is conducted in alignment with CSL Behring processes and abiding by GCP and ICH regulations
- Responsible for driving and documenting decision making within the CDT, facilitating issue resolution and escalation, as well as contingency planning
Clinical & Scientific Oversight :
- Accountable for the clinical content for all CDT deliverables to ensure safe, efficient, timely and quality execution of assigned clinical programs
- Ensures high quality clinical and scientific standards are met throughout all aspects of the program
- Serves as the clinical development representative on the required cross-functional teams, including but not limited to the Study Execution Team (SET), Safety Management Team (SMT), the Benefit-Risk Assessment Team (BRAT), the Biomarker Expert Team (BET), and the Evidence and Access Strategy Team (EAST) for assigned programs
- Develops and executes the Medical Monitoring Plan (MMP) strategy
- Typically serves as the medical monitor for clinical trials during study conduct or provides oversight to assigned medical monitors
- Presents results to Safety Monitoring Committee and other internal and external meetings
- May participate or lead Due Diligence projects in support of CSL's external innovation efforts
Document Authorship
- Reviews the data generated during the planning and execution of a study to gather a clinical understanding of the safety and efficacy results and the impact of the data on ongoing R&D strategies and provides support in defining the development strategy
- "Lead Author" or "Contributing" Author for key study documents, including but not limited to: the TPP, PSD, CDP, Study Concept Scenarios, Study Outlines, the Investigator Brochure (IB), Clinical Study Protocols (CSP), Master Informed Consent Forms (ICF), Medical Monitoring Plans (MMP), Safety Review Committee (SRC)/Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) Charters, and Clinical Study Reports (CSR)
- Leads preparations of clinical sections of relevant regulatory interaction packages including but not limited to briefing books, INDs, NDAs. BLAs, ODDs, RFIs, and routine reporting
- Contributing author the publication strategy. Author or contributing author for abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts as appropriate
Minimum Qualifications
- MD, PhD or PharmD in life science/healthcare discipline expected. MD - Board Certified (or non-USA equivalent) in relevant field is preferred.
- 5+ years of relevant clinical development experience in the pharmaceutical industry is expected including experience with study data review/evaluation
- Clinical development industry experience with a working knowledge of pharmaceutical and regulatory development processes is essential
- Demonstrated program leadership capabilities in a matrixed environment
- Demonstrated stakeholder management skills including risk mitigation
- Proficient in project management terminology and processes to drive clinical development program risk mitigation strategies
- Excellent analytical thinking and scientific/medical writing skills
- Proficient in clinical data analysis and interpretation
- Proven effective problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and make informed decisions
- Demonstrated effective communication and presentation skills
- Proven ablility to build bridges and proactively improve cross-functional collaboration
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 o