Executive Medical Director

Will lead teams in oncology and other therapeutic areas, ranging from top-ten pharma to biotech’s, with products at various stages of translational and clinical development.

Tasks will vary and may include:

• Leadership of multi-disciplinary clinical development teams consisting of tranScrip and client staff who provide all the activities that might be expected of an internal medical department during product development, licensing or launch:
  • Provide strategic clinical development expertise in the preparation of clinical development plans and target product profiles,
  • Design and implementation of clinical study protocols,
  • Prepare and participate in regulatory interactions, for-example pre-IND meetings,
  • Analyse and interpret clinical data in both ongoing and completed studies and acting as medical monitor or provide oversight, where applicable,
  • Assess requirements for due diligence and liaising with client senior management and the R&D teams,
  • Planning and managing investigator meetings, advisory boards, and other scientific committees,
  • Be involved with selecting and training clinical research investigators,
  • Medical support for development of briefing documents for scientific advice,
  • Medical support for sections in license applications,
  • Medical support for communications and publications.

• Drug development experience with >10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical company (big pharma, clinical stage biotech and possibly CRO),
• Demonstrable good understanding of pharmaceutical medicine,
• Experience supporting translational medicine/clinical pharmacology in pharma/biotech, including products moving towards the clinic,
• Strong strategic thinker with solid experience in clinical development plan and execution, including protocol design, specifically first in human studies,
• Experience of dealing with major Health Authorities for Scientific Advice, Pre–IND, End of Phase 2, Pre-NDA meetings and Advisory Committees,
• The ability to analyse complex datasets, synthesise ideas and write cogent argument (and manage the teams involved) is essential,
• Keen to develop or have existing visible profile in the oncology space, such as well networked, membership of working parties, company board membership,
• Enthusiasm to attend global conferences, networking events and a variety of skills training and provide continuing professional development to colleagues,
• Working in the pharma service industry or as a consultant in the past and ability to work with clients, would offer an advantage,
• Commercial acumen and ability to develop business opportunities within their networks is an advantage.

• Qualified physician, with Dip Pharm Med or equivalent preferred,
• Post qualification degree in a scientific element of drug development preferred,
• Direct clinical experience of oncology therapeutics would be useful,
• Some other therapeutic area experience would be useful.

• Strategic focus with a hands on approach,
• Candidates must be demonstrably self-sufficient,
• Demonstrated strong team leadership skills in a matrix environment,
• tranScrip works in teams with little or no hierarchical structures beyond a project leader, so collegiality and support of others as the norm, is required,
• tranScrip is an entrepreneurial environment, so the ability to be hands-on with projects, mentoring and guiding more junior members, is a must,
• Much of what tranScrip does results in documentation for regulators or internal client decision-making.  Consequently, the ability to analyse complex data inputs, synthesise ideas and plans and write cogent argument (and manage the teams involved) is essential,
• Evidence of successful lie management would be advantageous.

The position will be home-based, preferably in the UK and Ireland.

tranScrip fosters a flexible working environment and for the right candidate would be prepared to consider part time positions (e.g. 4 days per week).

tranScrip offers a competitive reward package, which includes:

• Permanent contract of employment,
• Competitive base salary,
• Bonus scheme,
• Pension scheme,
• Private health insurance and travel insurance,
• Strong focus on CPD,
• Career progression in a rapidly expanding organisation.