Sanofi · 3 days ago
Senior Clinical Research Director, Rare
Morristown, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
4+ years expSanofi is an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives. They are seeking a Senior Clinical Research Director to lead clinical development strategies and oversee the execution of clinical studies within the RARE Therapeutic Area, focusing on therapies for rare inherited disorders.
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Responsibilities
Provide medical expertise in the Study team to conduct the clinical studies from early phases to LCM programs
Collaborate with other medical and clinical scientific experts CRDs or DSDs in the project under the leadership of the Global Project Head, with the Global safety Officer, Regulatory Strategist and other key functional representatives to deliver development strategy and prepare/assist with regulatory bodies interaction
Develop the study level regulatory documentation (Abbreviated Protocol, Protocol, Amended protocol) for their project, lead other operational development activities pertaining to study start-up (e.g. pressure test, competitive intelligence, patient engagement, cluster feasibility, study risk assessment etc…)
Provide appropriate medical input & support for all activities related to clinical studies conduct such as answers to IRBs and HA questions, protocol scientific and medical training, medical review of data within the scope of the Centralized monitoring, clinical and medical information for the study team, medical advisors/Clinical Project Leaders from Clinical Study Units, and investigators
Develop the clinical part of Briefing regulatory documents, Common Technical Document for submission to regulatory bodies (FDA, EMA, PMDA etc…) and answers to questions from health authorities
Be the medical reference in the Clinical Study team, ensuring the medical relevance of the clinical data and able to act as mentor for other DMDs/DSDs/CSs, has the capacity to train them on the medical/scientific strategy by indication
Responsible for the clinical development plans and clinical sections of integrated development plans (IDP)
Contribute in the definition of the product value proposition (TVP), Target Product Profile (TPP) and market access strategy (in collaboration with respective functions) and the focus of the research strategy, by providing input on existing clinical needs and approaches to clinical development strategies for research projects
Prepares Internal Governance documents and contributes to the medical aspects the TPP, TVP and other GPT documents related to one or several indications of the IDP in support of the GPH
Collaborate with other DMDs/DSDs within the project, ensures leadership, builds consensus, coordinates action plans with stakeholders to resolve project-related issues, anticipates potential issues (sharing lessons learned) across the project or study teams
Raise study or project-level issues to the project head and propose related corrective action plans
Collaborates with external partners, regulators, scientific experts and internal stakeholders
Provide operational expertise to project clinical sub team, as needed
Evaluates relevant medical literature and status from competitive products
Collaborate and communicate appropriately with all function stakeholders (e.g. clinical operations, project management, Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance, regulatory, Finance, Scientific External Engagement, Procurement etc…), responsible for timelines, budgets and contingency/risk management plans to assure successful execution of the clinical trials in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), applicable laws and regulations as well as applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Develop the abbreviated protocol, the final protocol and protocol amendments
Develop/review the Core Study Informed Consent Form (CSICF)
Develop/review Study committee Charters
Collaborate on key medical and clinical questions with the Global feasibility manager to prepare and interpret feasibility and competitive intelligence results
Review and provide clinical input across different study documents Vendors RFPs, (e-)CRF,(e-) diary, (e-)CoA, etc
Provide medical/clinical input to study-related documents such as study plans e.g. Study risk management plan, Monitoring and centralized monitoring plans
Participate in the elaboration of training material and presentations at the investigator meetings/local teams trainings
Answer to medical questions raised by HA, EC/IRBs, sites
Ensure quality of clinical data through continuous data validation, blinded Data review on summary tables or electronic data visualization during clinical trial conduct (AE dedicated review, and Clinical Case review for safety data and statistical surveillance for efficacy data,…)
Ensure trial master file documents readiness and availability, and mandatory trainings linked to the clinical function
Lead the study specific committees (IDMC, steering com, adjudication …) with operational support
Co-Develop the SAP in collaboration with biostats
Responsible for key results preparation
Develop/Review the clinical study report
Represent project in interactions with regulatory bodies, leads strategy and write clinical sections of the CTD, briefing docs and supports registration, labelling etc…
Develop and/or contribute in the clinical section of the Investigator’s brochure, CTA, IND, DSUR, DRMP, RMP
Contribute in the clinical sections of the BLA/CTD, Briefing packages for regulatory meetings, PSP/PIP
Ensure clinical data meets all necessary regulatory standards
Collaborate with the Patient Safety GSO to detect and document any safety signal
Participates in Advisory Committee preparation
Participate and author manuscripts and abstracts
Establish and maintains appropriate collaborations with knowledge experts or advisory boards
Represent medical function on an ad hoc basis to specific tasks such as the evaluation of potential in-licensing candidates for the therapeutic area and serves as the clinical advisor to research teams
Qualification
Required
At least 4 years previous experience in clinical development in pharmaceutical industry or a CRO or medical experience in clinical development in an Healthcare institution
Very good communication skills (verbal and written) for interactions across functional areas and for interactions with key regulatory agencies
Excellent problem solving capability
Demonstrated capability to challenge decision and status quo with a risk-management approach
Quality- focused, able to develop good practices, using a critical data-driven and risk management approach
Multiple tasks handling and prioritization
Ability to negotiate to ensure operational resources are available for continued clinical conduct
Mentoring skills and evaluation of resources performance capability
Ability to work within a matrix model
International/ intercultural working skills
Open-minded to apply new digital solutions
Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and life cycle management
Very good Scientific and medical/clinical expertise
Very good expertise in clinical development and methodology of clinical studies
Acquired expertise (by training or experience) of interaction with Health Authorities
English fluent (spoken and written)
Preferred
Medical Doctor (MD) preferred: GP or specialist; training in pediatrics or pediatric neurology is a plus
Benefits
High-quality healthcare
Prevention and wellness programs
At least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave
Company
Sanofi
Sanofi is a global biopharma company focused on prescription drugs, vaccines, and treatments for chronic, rare, and infectious diseases.
10001+ employees
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