Translational and Precision Medicine Lead

Translational and Precision Medicine Lead 1

Date: 15 May 2026

Department: GRD Clinical Development

Business Area: R&D, Pharmacovigilance & Regulatory Affairs

Job Type: Direct Employee

Contract Type:
Permanent

Location:

Europe - remote, GB

The role ensures translational & precision medicine milestones and principles are implemented into clinical development plans, leads translational & precision medicine studies within development programs, and acts as the resident translational medicine expert for specific disease indications.

• Represents the product clinical expertise for translational & precision medicine matters for specific disease indications inside and outside the company.
• Acts as subject matter expert in translational & precision medicine for specific disease indications, maintaining and enhancing knowledge in relevant therapeutic or technical matters.
• Represents GRD Clinical Development and R&D in regulatory & scientific interactions, patient registries, biomarker consortia, workshops for translational & precision medicine matters.
• Supports the clinical evaluation of external opportunities considering Chiesi’s in-licensing strategy, in collaboration with the clinical team.
• Liaises with pre-clinical experts to steer translational & precision medicine science across R&D.
• Designs and leads feasibility/exploratory studies in humans to validate new technologies for clinical programs and leads development and implementation of bioanalytical and bioinformatics studies using multi‑dimensional –omics data.
• Designs studies to identify and validate biomarkers for clinical study endpoints and patient stratification through integrated analysis of high‑throughput molecular data and clinical phenotypes.
• Designs and leads implementation of studies to generate new hypotheses from multi‑platform diverse datasets using data science and computational biology approaches.
• Builds relationships with scientific leaders, KOLs, academic partners, and scientific networks to develop hypothesis‑driven collaborations that complement internal efforts.

5+ years of industry experience in clinical development, translational research or related fields. Relevant experience in clinical or academic research in rare diseases and/or advanced therapeutics is a plus.

MD or equivalent with experience in clinical research, or PhD in biomedical science. Pharm

D or Master’s Degree with longstanding, relevant experience may also be considered.

• Leadership and social influence
• Strategic thinking

You will join a dynamic, fast‑growing, challenging and friendly environment. Flexible working approach, remote working, relocation support, tax assistance for foreign colleagues, and many people‑care services are offered to promote work‑life balance and well‑being.