Director, Clinical Research, Obesity

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct clinical research activities for new or marketed medicines in Metabolism (focus on obesity/obesity-related disorders).
• Manage the full late-stage clinical development cycle: study design, initiation, execution, monitoring, analysis, regulatory reporting, and publication.
• Plan clinical trials (design, operational plans, settings) based on clinical development strategies.
• Monitor and manage ongoing/new clinical trials.
• Analyze and summarize clinical findings to support safety/efficacy decisions and new drug applications, clinical study reports, and publication.
• Participate in internal and joint internal/external research project teams.
• Support business development assessments of external opportunities.
• Collaborate cross-functionally (clinical scientists, commercialization, regulatory, statistics, manufacturing) to manage clinical development projects.
• Maintain scientific knowledge: track advances, identify strong investigators, build investigator relationships, attend scientific meetings.
• Author development documents/presentations/position papers; facilitate global collaborations; travel ~20% to manage research projects.

• Education:
  
  M.D. or M.D./Ph.D.
• Required:
  
  industry or academia experience; 3+ years clinical medicine; 1+ year industry drug development OR biomedical research in academia; demonstrated scientific scholarship; track record in clinical medicine; strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• Preferred:
  Board Certified/Eligible in Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Cardiology, Nephrology (or related); prior clinical research experience and publication.

• Clinical Development, Clinical Research, Clinical Trial Planning, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Liver Diseases, Obesity.

• Eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive (if applicable); comprehensive benefits incl. medical/dental/vision, retirement (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate and sick days.