Director, Translational Medicine Neurology

Director, Translational Medicine NeurologyApply locations: San Diego - CA - US, Brisbane - CA - US, Cambridge Crossing - MA - US
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 30+ Days Ago
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Summary/Scope Reporting to Senior Scientific Director Translational Medicine (TM), the Director will be part of the late stage TM group.
The individual will be a translational team lead for neurological and neuropsychiatric indications and be responsible for setting strategy for translational activities including clinical biomarker activities to support drug development programs.
This individual will assume translational lead responsibilities for assets such as serving as a TM representative on global program teams, biomarker representative on study teams, setting up biomarker plans for individual trials and ensuring appropriate collection and timely analysis and reporting of final biomarker data.
The individual will also be responsible for answering key TM questions related to the assigned assets and diseases via collaboration with TM laboratory team and/or academic thought leaders.
The successful candidate will have prior therapeutic area and late development clinical experience in biotech/pharma organizations interacting with project teams, clinical research physicians, statisticians, computational biologists, contract research organizations and translational scientists to deliver science that supports the development of medicines to patients in need.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following: Designs and implements program-specific late development biomarker/translational plans, responsible for aiding in creation of clinical protocols, SAPs, SOWs, lab manual, and interfacing with CRO for execution of services, in conjunction with Biospecimen Operations and Procurement.Determines appropriate assays and vendors for clinical biomarkers, and manages outsourcing of biomarker assay development and validation partnering with Translational Sciences colleagues when applicable.Manages clinical biomarker data delivery and analysis and associated timelines by working with relevant internal functions and CROs.Prepares and delivers internal and external translational/biomarker presentations.Maintains timelines for biomarker data related publication through interaction with Medical Communications and Publication team as needed.Keeps up-to-date on relevant scientific/technical literature in order to applying external knowledge to internal research programs as appropriate and acts as a subject-matter expert within the team to critically evaluate the literature regarding the asset and disease biology.Works with TM laboratory scientists and academic TLs to address nonclinical translational questions.Participates in post-hoc biomarker analysis and publication efforts.Supports regulatory submissions and regulatory interactions as needed.Skills/Knowledge Required 7+ years of late stage clinical biomarker experience in industry (biotech/pharma).Recognized expertise in translational biomarkers in neurology space.Experience in late stage drug development and activities required for and related to clinical trial initiation, maintenance and completion.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Experience in interacting with CROs and TLs to manage projects and timelines.Proven scientific/leadership expertise (working in teams, mentoring people, managing projects).Accountable for timelines and deliverables.Prioritizes risks and implements contingency plans.Communicates regularly; prepares and delivers presentations within the department, to governance and senior leadership bodies, and externally as requested.Recognizes cross-functional issues and communicates within the larger organization.
Provides expert guidance to multi-disciplinary teams and senior management.
Has a track record of delivering results, driving continuous improvements, and building effective cross-functional networks.Ability to prioritize and manage time efficiently.Accurate and detailed record keeping.Excellent organizational skills.Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree15+ years of academic and/or industry experience.OrMaster's Degree12+ years of academic and/or industry experience.OrPh.D.
or equivalent advanced degree in the Life Sciences8+ years of academic and/or industry experience.6+ years of leadership experience.Compensation: For CA-based candidates only: The starting compensation for this job is a range from $220,000 - $280,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).
The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.
Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
On-site Protocol: BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work.
This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs.
The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility.
Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility.
For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture.
For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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