Description
We have an exciting opportunity at GSK for a highly motivated and experienced Executive Director to join our team supporting the Oncology Clinical Pharmacology Modelling and Simulation (CPMS) department within Oncology Translational Medicine.
The Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology is responsible for strategic contributions to both drug discovery and development projects. Working in collaboration with colleagues in Research, Clinical, Medical, DMPK and Clinical Pharmacology to translate and bridge findings that clinical pharmacology can implement into clinical trials.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide advanced technical, therapeutic, and product development support for programs with a focus on the Oncology portfolio.
- Provide managerial support to CPMS Managers and Directors.
- Bridge to clinical pharmacology, and modeling/simulation in support of development programs.
- Collaborate to identify and propose initial design for clinical pharmacology studies.
- Input on development of efficient and effective modeling and simulation strategies.
- Lead and/or contribute to the authoring of relevant sections/modules of regulatory dossier.
- Participate in meetings with regulatory authorities, as needed.
- Implement best practices, trends, learnings, etc from internal and external sources to further CPMS contribution to R&D pipeline.
- Influence, define and execute a coordinated scientific and/or technical strategy.
- Identify and develop talent, providing appropriate coaching to ensure future leadership/succession plans for the CPMS organization.
- Advise team in the analysis of data.
- Develop relationships with external parties and consortia.
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD biological/pharmaceutical sciences or related discipline with 15+ years of experience in a biotech/life science, pharmaceutical or related industry.
- Extensive experience in drug development functions.
- A minimum of 15 years of experience managing matrix team, external service providers, and consultants.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in managing talent/direct reports.
- Hands-on experience with clinical PK and PK/PD data analysis.
- Prior experience of translational research and clinical pharmacology in ADCs, TCEs, small molecules and antibodies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to learn new areas of biological sciences and build on solid foundation of quantitative skills.
- Understanding of PK-PD principles and commonly applied models.
- Ability to translate, condense, summarize outcomes of modeling and simulation analyses.
- Ability to keep up-to-date with and propose the implementation of scientific and technological developments.
- Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn the mechanisms, endpoints, disease understanding and treatment approaches in Oncology and other relevant therapy areas.
This position requires an on-site office presence for 2-3 days per week.
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