Clinical Director, Scientific Site Communication and Engagement

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role: Serve as the clinical research and development lead responsible for clinical trial(s), site engagement, study oversight and  execution of clinical trial activities in assigned projects. Manage a cross-functional clinical program / study team to define clinical trial activities that best support the overall program site engagement strategy. Together with the Clinical Lead oversee the planning and management of clinical trial conduct, including leading efforts related to study initiation, enrollment and data monitoring as well as

providing input to study design and interpretation of results, Identify potential key hurdles for study recruitment and guides the teams to find practical solutions to ensure optimal site engagement and adherence to the recruitment objectives and quality.

Ensures close collaboration and communication with key stakeholders involved in study recruitment and liase with key personal directly on site and during meetings and conventions. 

FINANCIAL DIMENSION

• Together with the clinical program team contributes to cost-effective approaches to execute clinical programs

Serve as Clinical Director:

•  Key member of the relevant clinical and study teams
• Lead all aspects related to clinical and scientific study site engagement for clinical trials (e.g. lead efforts for site selection, study start up, developing and executing a study enrollment plan, review and advise on study related procedures interacting with site engagement and capabilities of study participation. Contribute to strategies to ensure data quality from study sites).
• Ability to work with Key Opinion Leaders, Scientific Advisors and other key clinical site personal in the relevant therapeutic area to ensure scientific engagement and optimal awareness of clinical trials
• Provide input on the preparation of clinical development plans, study concept sheets, study protocols in collaboration with clinical and project team members for assigned indication(s)/products or with external partners for collaborative studies
• Manage, mentor and develop assigned staff, as appropriate
• Support the review, analysis and interpretation of study data
• Support communication of study results as assigned
• Stay up to date in the assigned therapeutic area and sub-area including oversight of significant new developments
• Contribute to the progress of the organization by providing input into assigned business process improvement workstreams and tasks

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Medical Degree (mandatory)
• Board certification or expertise in related TA preferred but not mandatory
• Able to communicate effectively in English
• Good medical writing skills
• Requires substantial professional experience in related TA/indication including clinical trials,
• 1+ year's of (associated medical director / medical director, respectively) experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry preferred including knowledge of regulatory requirements in clinical development
• Experience in design, set up, conduct and evaluation of clinical trials
• Experience working in a cross-functional multi-site team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work in an intense, fast paced, global work environment
• Pro-active, problem-solving, constructive attitude
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentations (posters, paper, seminars) to internal and external parties
• Ability to collaborate in a seamless fashion with project/program/functional teams both face to face and remotely
• Ability to process complex medical-scientific topics and translate them into clinical development scenarios
• Able to maintain familiarity with rapid progress in the field

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
 
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

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