Strategic Clinical Science Lead, Lung & Head & Neck

Merck & Co.; Rahway (NJ); Hybride; USD 210 000 - 331 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Merck & Co. in Rahway, USA, seeks a Senior Director of Clinical Science to provide strategic clinical leadership across lung and head-and-neck assets. You will partner with Clinical Directors and Program Leads to shape development strategy and integrate scientific insights across studies.

You will guide clinical development plans, oversee medical monitoring and data interpretation, and mentor a team. The role emphasizes governance, regulatory interactions, publication strategy, and the adoption

Qualifications

• Advanced healthcare or scientific degree (PhD/PharmD) or equivalent with 8+ years of pharma/clinical development experience.
• Master's degree, preferably in life sciences, with 12+ years of pharma/clinical development experience.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in life sciences, with 15+ years pharma/clinical development experience.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic scientific leadership across programs, assets, or disease areas, ensuring quality and consistency of Clinical Science approaches.
• Shape the development and evolution of Clinical Development Plans and set strategic direction for study design.
• Provide oversight of medical monitoring and medical data review approaches and guide interpretation of complex clinical data across programs.
• Integrate clinical evidence, therapeutic-area science, emerging external data, and competitive insights to shape development strategy across programs.
• Provide strategic oversight and clinical guidance for key regulatory documents, Health Authority interactions, and other major development activities.
• Shape governance strategy and communicate scientific development opportunities to senior leaders.
• Shape scientific publication and external engagement strategies and develop strategic relationships with investigators and key opinion leaders.
• Provide strategic oversight of clinical/scientific quality, risk management, and audit and inspection readiness across areas of responsibility.
• Shape digital and AI-enabled Clinical Science approaches, identify high-value use cases, and drive scalable adoption across programs.
• Shape Clinical Science standards, leading practices, and ways of working across programs or disease areas.
• Develop Clinical Science talent and organizational capabilities through scientific leadership, coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship.
• May lead a large Clinical Science team.

Connaissances

Clinical leadership

Strategic planning

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Decision making

Mentoring

Data interpretation

Clinical science strategy

AI-enabled clinical science

Formation

PhD or PharmD in healthcare/science

Master’s degree in life sciences

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Description du poste

Merck & Co. in Rahway, USA, seeks a Senior Director of Clinical Science to provide strategic clinical leadership across lung and head-and-neck assets. You will partner with Clinical Directors and Program Leads to shape development strategy and integrate scientific insights across studies.

You will guide clinical development plans, oversee medical monitoring and data interpretation, and mentor a team. The role emphasizes governance, regulatory interactions, publication strategy, and the adoption