Clinical Development Director - Nephrology

GlaxoSmithKline ,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Specialty Medicine is one of the four key pillars within our Clinical Sciences organization. Comprising a dynamic & collaborative community of clinical development physicians and scientists across Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Rare Diseases, we are driving scientific innovation to deliver the next generation of transformational medicine for patients. We're seeking a Clinical Lead sought for phase 3 program in Renal disease, to lead pivotal studies for anemia of chronic kidney disease. As Clinical Development Director - Nephrology, you will be responsible for working across the matrix to lead studies from the scientific perspective and be a key contributor to clinical submission activities. You will work with colleagues in Specialty Medicines with Clinical Sciences, which includes Neurosciences, Infectious Disease, Rare Disease, Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Renal disease. Job purpose and key responsibilities: * Supporting the strategic management of the Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP), including the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) for an asset in development * Ensuring alignment with and support to project strategic plans, regulatory requirements and commercial goals, optimizing clinical study design aligned with IEP and CDP * Generating the data and evidence required to determine a medicine's potential efficacy, safety profile, key areas of product differentiation and value to patient in the shortest possible timeframe * Delivering clinical development timelines, enabling key decision points and Go/No Go criteria for the CDP * Developing and maintaining relationships with program counterparts in Commercial, Research, Regulatory, Clinical Operations and Statistics. * Contributing to the implementation and embedding of strategic initiatives and various organizational initiatives in Clinical Development * Supporting technical and leadership development of Clinical Sciences staff via mentoring and coaching for matrix team members * Actively contributing or leading the end-to-end clinical development strategy for a drug or program. Manages specific clinical development plans for product(s) and/or indication(s) in assigned therapy disease area * Serving as a clinical point of contact for senior management and senior level matrix teams, both internally and externally for an asset in development * Interfacing and influencing a diverse range of scientific external experts (e.g. regulators, payors, CROs, consultants, investigators) in order to deliver clinical programs and align to business strategy and address patient needs * Gathering and supporting the integration of inputs from across disciplines (scientific, clinical commercial, regulatory) to contribute to clinical components of the Medicine Profile. * Identifying and highlighting transformational opportunities where projects can offer highly significant benefit to patients in ways not possible with existing approaches * Contributing to regulatory interactions including briefing documents, presentations, addressing questions and responses * Providing effective support / oversight of evidence generation activities to assure patient safety and study delivery Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: * MD degree required * Significant experience in Nephrology clinical drug development with an understanding of the disease, the underlying biology and potential therapeutic targets as well as current and future potential treatment options * Significant clinical training and/or applicable clinical research experience; understanding of clinical development planning and running clinical trial from concept study idea to publication. * Robust knowledge of ICH guidelines, FDA requirements, regulatory and reimbursement data requirements in responsible area * Solid understanding of needs and priorities of regulators, payers and prescribers in relevant market(s) * Demonstrated experience using new learning and digital tools to create innovation in other areas * Thorough understanding of clinical research methodology and biostatistics principles, to facilitate innovative and efficient clinical trial design, and clinical development plans with clear data-driven decision rules * Demonstrated experience integrating genetic data to inform and guide clinical protocols * Proven ability to utilize statistics, and visualisation techniques to interpret or analyse complex information and make correct inferences and conclusions. Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: * Experience leading line or matrix teams with a strong reputation of inspiring and motivating high performance Why GSK? Our values and expectationsare at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our va

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