Description
ViiV Healthcare is seeking a Senior Director, Early Development Leader to lead a global multidisciplinary development team within R&D to deliver on all aspects of early drug development.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading key activities to progress their career, including:
- Leading the multi-functional global Early Development Team (EDT) responsible for delivery of an asset to Phase 2b
- Proactively directing medicine development strategy and plans for products from Candidate Selection through Proof of Concept/Commit to Medicine Development
- Contributing to the development of the regional and global strategy for products
- Interfacing with Senior Management, internal key stakeholders, and external stakeholders to articulate and drive the Medicine Development Strategy
- Managing prioritization of asset's development options to effectively manage the budget
- Utilizing organizational channels, experience, and influencing skills to facilitate successful project progression and effective issue resolution
The ideal candidate will have:
- MSc and 10+ years of drug development experience
- Experience in establishing and executing a drug development strategy
- Experience in presenting scientific data to internal key stakeholders and external audiences
Preferred qualifications include:
- Physician (MD or DO), PhD, or PharmD with clinical fellowship or research experience in Infectious Diseases
- 10+ years of drug development experience, including deep expertise in Oral Drug Development
- Effective communication skills
- Good interpersonal relationship building/maintenance
- Expertise in early development experience (Phase 1 to Phase 2a)
- Experience in HIV drug development
- Excellent leadership experience in a matrix environment
- Understanding of pharmaceutical job development
In terms of compensation, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $242,550 to $404,250.
The benefits package includes health care and other insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.