VP, Global Clinical Development

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals; North Carolina; On-site; USD 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals in Durham, NC seeks a VP, Global Clinical Development to lead the company’s clinical programs across all stages of drug development. You will drive strategic planning, program execution, and cross-functional alignment with senior leadership to deliver high-quality clinical results.

The role demands a scientific, patient-centric mindset, urgency, and a proven track record in building and scaling clinical development within biotech/pharma organizations.

Qualifications

• MD with 10+ years pharmaceutical development experience, 5+ years in senior management.
• Proven drug development experience and results within biotech/pharmaceuticals.
• Expertise in clinical trial design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of data.
• Experience building and mentoring clinical development teams in industry.
• Strong line management and cross-functional collaboration with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for performance against trial metrics and development strategy.
• Leads or directs changes to scale clinical development across assets and indications.
• Sets goals and evaluates performance; supports leadership development plans.
• Responsible for departmental budgets and resourcing strategy.
• Builds a quality-focused clinical infrastructure and implements corrective actions.
• Develop SOPs to ensure regulatory compliance across trials.
• Ensures inspection readiness of active and completed studies.
• Sets outsourcing strategy and vendor oversight with interdepartmental teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen trial design and regulatory pathways.
• Participate in governance bodies and communicate program value to KOLs.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical development

Drug development

Matrix management

Team building

Education

MD

Job description

COMPANY:

At BioCryst, we share a deep commitment to improving the lives of people living with hereditary angioedema (HAE) and other rare diseases. We leverage our expertise in structure-guided drug design to develop first-in-class or best-in-class oral small-molecule and injectable protein therapeutics. Our global headquarters is in Durham, North Carolina, we have a regional office in Boston, Massachusetts, and our employees span the globe across sites in multiple countries. We are proud of our culture of engagement and accountability that rewards people for innovative thinking and achievement of key objectives. For more information, please visit our website at www.biocryst.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

JOB SUMMARY:

The VP, Global Clinical Development will provide extensive experience in personnel management, operations, matrix team integration and strategic planning in a pharmaceutical setting and will work closely with senior leadership teams and product teams in setting and meeting company goals. This position will be responsible for ensuring efficient and productive clinical development across all stages of drug development to produce high-quality clinical program results, including leading the development and implementation of new initiatives focused on the coordination of the company's clinical programs, as well as the integration of the strategic clinical plan into the research and product development missions. The VP, Global Clinical Development will be deeply scientific in approach to drug development, patient centric, and possess a sense of urgency and creativity in planning and executing industry-leading clinical development programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accountable for performance against key trial metrics, organizational objectives, and development and implementation of operational strategy across the scientific disciplines supporting Clinical Development.
• Leads, shapes, oversees or directs as necessary, implementation of changes required in Clinical Development functions to scale and succeed in delivering high-quality clinical trials across multiple assets and indications.
• Sets goals and evaluates performance for direct reports and the broader department. Ensures staff understand their career paths and supports training and leadership development plans.
• Responsible for departmental budgets and resourcing strategy to support needs of all clinical programs and phases.
• Builds a quality-focused clinical infrastructure, identifies areas for improvement, and in consultation with senior management, proposes and implements corrective actions.
• Accountable for development of SOPs to ensure operational processes, systems and standards are consistent with regulatory requirements and are implemented and documented consistently across trials.
• Ensures inspection readiness of both active and completed studies.
• Sets outsourcing strategy, best suited for clinical development success, in conjunction with appropriate interdepartmental team members and ensures a robust vendor oversight program.
• Serves as point of contact for escalation management of external vendors and/or CROs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen clinical trial design, increase scientific rigor and likelihood of success, leverage appropriate regulatory pathways, and advance pipeline compounds efficiently.
• Fully participates in relevant governance bodies and processes including the Portfolio Review Committee, stage gate reviews and Development Review Group, providing guidance to project teams.
• Partners in developing a communication strategy which presents the value of the company's programs and products to prospective KOLs and investigators.
• Champions a patient-focused mindset and approach that fosters collaboration and consistency across the department to "go fast because patients are waiting" with an "owner not renter" mentality.
• Ensures advocacy and voice of the patient is represented in the planning, design, and conduct of clinical trials.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• MD with a minimum of 10 years pharmaceutical development experience, preferably gained in a sponsor and/or CRO role and at least 5 years in a senior management role or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated drug development experience and driving results within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry. Has specific expertise in clinical trial design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of scientific data.
• Skilled in building, training, mentoring, and motivating clinical development teams in industry, ideally for an emerging biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics.
• Highly developed line management and matrix team skills, including collaboration and influencing across functions at senior level.
• Able to multi-task across a broad range of activities and a strong sense of priorities. Driven to progress programs and timelines at very rapid speeds and to drive extraordinary accomplishments.

The statements in this position description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The manager may assign additional responsibilities and assignments from time to time.

BioCryst is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, Veterans status, disability and/or other protected class characteristics. Additionally, BioCryst is committed to achieving its business objectives in compliance with all federal, state and local law.

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