Senior Medical Director, Cardiologist

Senior Medical Director, Cardiologist

The IQVIA Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, a hub of Cardiovascular clinical innovation, is looking for exceptional Board-Certified cardiologist to join our team as a Medical Strategy Lead to help us expand our Cardiovascular portfolio and advance this dynamic and rapidly expanding area of clinical development.

The Cardiovascular Medical Strategy Lead is a subject matter expert with experience in clinical research and clinical trials who will be a champion for Cardiovascular across IQVIA.

The key remit of the role is driving growth of the IQVIA Cardiovascular portfolio through scientific and clinical expertise. The Medical Strategy Lead will be charged with using his/her clinical, scientific, and operational knowledge to harness the vast IQVIA data and clinical trial resources to develop innovative, data-driven, and patient-centered solutions for Cardiovascular trials.

The Medical Strategy Lead will provide senior clinical and scientific expertise to all IQVIA divisions as requested and will collaborate closely with indication-specific teams to develop integrated strategies for Cardiovascular clinical trials, mostly Phases 1-3. The Medical Strategy Lead will also be responsible for early engagement business development activities, providing scientific knowledge and expertise to guide sponsors in Cardiovascular development.

As a subject matter expert, the Medical Strategy Lead will drive thought leadership activities including presentations, publications, and interactions with the medical scientific community.

• Accountable and responsible for creating innovative, evidence-based, and patient-centered delivery strategies and solutions for Cardiovascular pre-approval clinical trials or studies, addressing the specific needs and challenges of each customer.
• In partnership with Indication-Specific Medical Strategy, Operations, Sales, and other functions, responsible for award of strategic and tactical new business to achieve annual Gross New Business targets. Responsible for the inclusion of Cardiovascular elements into proposals.
• Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.
• Support preparation of customer and bid defense meetings, e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys Cardiovascular strategy. Attends and presents at customer meetings, or bid defense or partnership meetings, as required.
• Participate in strategic business development activities including presentations to prospective clients and professional meetings.
• Maintains awareness of industry pipeline and scientific and business landscape; supports due diligence research of the Cardiovascular landscape.

• Cardiologist. A degree from an accredited and internationally recognized school is required
• 2+ years of clinical research relevant experience, including hands‑on operational delivery and/or drug development experience
• Must have experience in pre-approved clinical trials-Phase1,2 and 3.
• Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in Cardiovascular
• Excellent skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments are required, as well as initiative and flexibility.
• In depth knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements, e.g. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines
• Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs, have difficult conversations with internal/external stakeholders and customers, negotiate solutions and…