Medical Director, Clinical Development - Hematology/Oncology
Medical Director, Clinical Development - Hematology/Oncology United States - California - Santa Monica, United States - Remote Clinical Development & Clinical Operations Regular
Job Description
At Gilead, we're creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we've tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer - working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world's biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We're welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we're nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.Every member of Gilead's team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we're looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
At Gilead, we're creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we've tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer - working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world's biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We're welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we're nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.Every member of Gilead's team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we're looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
Kite is a cell therapy company that is focused onproviding patients with highly effective, life-saving therapies. We have two commercial products, Yescarta and Tecartus, along with a robustpipeline of various autologous and allogeneic clinical programs.
The Medical Director of Hematology/Oncology provides medical monitoring to multiple clinical trials. Additionally, the Director guides the project teams to design and implement clinical studies at high quality and in a time- and cost-effective manner in line with the department and corporategoals and within regulatory and resource guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Provide medical monitoring to multiple oncology clinical trials
- Lead project teams to design and implement clinical studies
- Write protocols, investigator brochures, clinical study reports and review clinical trial documents
- Conduct investigator meetings and lead site initiation visits with clinical trial investigators
- Implementand deploy drug development strategic plans,developcontingency plans, provide technical and strategic advice, and meet milestones and budgets
- Translate findings from research and nonclinical studies into clinicaldevelopment opportunities
- Interactwith clinical investigators andthought leaders
- Work with internal regulatory affairs team and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, and ensure compliance with these external guidelines
- Work with internal pre-clinical scientists, translational scientists, business and commercialorganizationsin across functionalmanner
- Work in a teamenvironmentcomprising clinical operations, biomarker specialists, CROs, and regulatory affairs
Basic Qualifications
MD/DO degree and 4+ years of clinical or biotech/pharma industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Board certification/specialization in Hematology or Oncology and experience managing oncology trials
- 5yearsof relevant drug development experience, either within industry or as a clinical investigator/physician scientist in academia,or equivalent experience
- Demonstratedclinical development strategist with experience designing, implementing and conducting clinical trials, with emphasis on proof-of-concept and first-in-human studies
- Knowledge of carrying out hematology/oncology clinical trials, including knowledge of hematology/oncology treatment options
- Strategicleadership, tactical skills andexcellentinitiative and judgment
- Demonstrated ability todevelopand maintainexcellentworkingrelationshipswith both internal colleagues and external contacts, including keythought leaders, and investigators
- Demonstrated ability to work well in teams in across functionalmanner
- Ability to communicate andwork independentlywith scientific/technical personnel
- Ability to think critically, and demonstrated troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated and willing to accept temporaryresponsibilitiesoutside of initial job description
- Comfortable in afast-pacedsmall companyenvironmentwith minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities
- May travel up to 25%
The salary range for this position is: $232,220.00 - $300,520.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans .
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