Director or Senior Director, Translational Medicine Lead

As a Director or Senior Director, Translational Medicine Lead, you will serve as an Immunology Translational Medicine Program Lead on cross-functional project teams, developing translational medicine and biomarker strategies to support early and late phase clinical trials. You will collaborate with the Medicine team to develop clinical trials in appropriate patient populations and oversee the implementation of translational assays in the clinic. You will also develop and validate clinical assays at outsourced partner laboratories using multiple assay technology platforms.

What You Will Do

Your main day-to-day responsibilities will include reviewing and interpreting data/results from multiple types of biomarker assays, integrating findings, and presenting translational medicine data packages internally and externally as required. You will also effectively coordinate with the Translational Medicine Biomarker Operations team to manage external collaborations with academic partners and CROs to deliver results on time and on budget.

Why It Might Be a Fit

To be a fit for this role, you will need to have a PhD +8-10 years of experience in translational medicine/science within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry, with a track record of delivering high-quality clinical biomarker data to inform decisions and development strategy. You will also need to have strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Requirements

• PhD +8-10 years of experience in translational medicine/science within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrated success leading translational medicine efforts for immunology and/or respiratory drug development programs
• Demonstrated experience delivering high-quality clinical biomarker data to inform decisions and development strategy
• Track record of working effectively with CROs to design and execute studies
• Demonstrated innovation in applying novel translational approaches to drug development
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Market-based, performance-driven pay
• Annual bonus
• Equity participation
• Comprehensive benefits