Medical Director, Clinical Development; Neurology

Medical Director, Clinical Development (Neurology)

• Full-time
• Job Location:
  
  Remote

Deciphera, a member of Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing important new medicines and providing hope to people living with cancer, neurologic and autoimmune disease. Deciphera isleveragingits proprietary switch-control kinase inhibitor platform and deepexpertisein kinase biology to develop a broad portfolio of innovative medicines. In addition to advancing multiple product candidates from Deciphera’splatform in clinical studies, QINLOCK® (ripretinib) is Deciphera’sswitch-control kinase inhibitor approved in many countries including the European Union and the United States for the treatment of adult patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have received prior treatment with 3 or more kinase inhibitors, including imatinib.

ROMVIMZA® (vimseltinib) is a kinase inhibitor approved in the United States for adult patients with symptomatictenosynovialgiant cell tumor (TGCT) for which surgical resection will potentially cause worsening functional limitation or severe morbidity, and in the European Union for adult patients with TGCT associated with clinically relevant physical function deterioration and in whom surgical options have been exhausted or would induce unacceptable morbidity or disability.

The spirit of collaboration that has brought medications to life continues to guide how weoperate, grow, and discover new breakthroughs. We cultivate an inclusive culture that values curiosity, creativity, and shared accountability—empowering individuals to challenge the unknown together.

Deciphera offers competitive compensation, including equity-based compensation,and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, lifeinsuranceand a flexible spending account for either health care and/or dependent care.

The medical director will provide clinical development leadership at the study levelfor one ormoreclinical stage assetsin earlyand/or late development.

To achievedevelopment goals this individual will foster collaboration withallied functions through outstanding communication, collaboration and coordination.

Depending on business needs,the rolecouldinclude mentorship and management of one or more clinical scientistsas well as contribution to business development and continuous improvement activities.

• Provide clinical development leadership to one or more programs
  75%
• Contribute to clinical developmentstrategy in alignment with enterprise goalsand management
• Serve as medical monitor for one or more studies
• Perform ongoing clinical trialdata review and cleaningin collaboration with clinical science and pharmacovigilance
• Attend and contribute tostudy team meetings
• Presentclinical trial findings to management
• Authorclinical portionsofregulatory documents (IND, CTA,NDA, MAA or equivalent)
• Develop and manage relationships with key opinion leaders for clinical programs
• Organize, manage and lead Steering Committees and contribute to Strategic or Clinical Advisory Boards
• Contribute to writing of manuscripts, publications, or other documents intended for external audiences
• Contribute in an active and ongoing manner to the scientific, clinical, and commercial development of current and future product candidates
• Contribute to company culture and growth
  25%
• Foster communication, collaboration and coordination with other functions
• Contribute to maximizing synergistic collaboration between Ono and Deciphera
• Contribute to assessment of new internal or external targets by outlining clinical challenges and opportunities
• Support Medical Affairs activities as needed
• Participate in and/or coordinate…