Senior Medical Director, Global Clinical Program Lead - Immunoglobulins

CSL; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 317,000 - 409,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Behring in Waltham, MA, is hiring a Senior Medical Director (GCPL) to design and lead the clinical strategy for multiple programs. The role oversees the Clinical Development Team in a matrix setting, reporting to the Global Clinical Lead, with hybrid onsite requirements.

You will drive the Clinical Development Plan, ensure regulatory alignment, and integrate expert input across internal/external stakeholders while maintaining high scientific standards in study execution.

Qualifications

• MD/PhD/PharmD in life science; board certification preferred.
• 5+ years in clinical development within pharma.
• Experience leading programs in a matrix environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and risk mitigation skills.
• Proficient in project management terminology for development programs.
• Excellent analytical and scientific writing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Clinical Development Team and act as the scientific expert.
• Develop and maintain the Clinical Development Plan aligned with PSD/TPP.
• Integrate internal and external expert contributions to strategy and design.
• Ensure alignment with CSL Behring processes and GCP/ICH regs.
• Drive decision making, escalation, and contingency planning.
• Represent clinical development in cross-functional teams and regulatory packages.

Skills

Clinical program leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk mitigation

Regulatory understanding

Medical writing

Analytical thinking

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD in life science

Board Certification (US preferred)

Job description

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 of this posting is $317,000 - $409,000/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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