Global Clinical Program Lead

AstraZeneca•Boston, MA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for designing and managing the implementation of the Physicians strategy within Clinical Development, both regionally and globally. The position involves developing strategic Physicians objectives, defining strategies for complex technical issues, and providing expert advice to influence global business and Clinical Development. The role requires staying updated on medical developments, liaising with the medical community, and ensuring a qualified physician pool for clinical testing. It also includes contributing to the development of the senior management team, mentoring, and managing performance of teams to foster succession planning. The role involves following scientific literature, developing contacts with opinion leaders, and leading regulatory communication and document preparation.

Requirements

M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent medical or scientific qualification.
At least 5-8 years of relevant clinical development experience, including study design, protocol development, trial implementation, monitoring, data interpretation, and reporting.
Experience in clinical development and working within cross-functional teams.
Knowledge of biostatistics, global regulatory requirements, pharmacovigilance, GCP, and clinical trial safety.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, teamwork, and influencing skills.
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
Ability to work effectively across global teams and travel as required.
Medical degree and experience as a physician or academic.
Extensive experience in designing, monitoring and implementing clinical trials and interpreting trial results.
Significant experience in advanced research and development.
Therapeutic area expertise and commercial understanding.
Thorough understanding of pharmaceutical safety, reporting and surveillance processes.

Nice To Haves

Medical degree in scientific discipline.
Extensive general medical knowledge.

Responsibilities

Design or manage the implementation of the Physicians strategy within Clinical Development both regionally and globally.
Use expertise and knowledge of global issues to develop strategic Physicians objectives for inclusion into AstraZeneca’s annual business objectives.
Define strategies or leads AstraZeneca’s response to complex technical issues for specific medical aspects in relation to current projects, new projects and various plans.
Provide expert advice in the area of specialism, influencing the development of statistics to the global business and Global Clinical Development.
Closely follow medical developments within assigned areas and disseminates new information within Clinical Development and outside to transform trends and emerging data into new plans.
Liaise with the internal and external medical community to follow developments within areas of expertise.
Ensure an adequate number of qualified physicians is available for clinical testing to satisfy AstraZeneca’s objectives in the clinical testing area.
Maintain a high degree of understanding and awareness on new and emerging medical development.
Contribute to or manage the development of the senior management team in area of expertise.
Mentor, develop, and manage performance of line management and project teams, to ensure alignment with organizational goals and fostering succession planning.
Follow important developments and trends in scientific literature and develops contacts with opinion leaders.
Lead regulatory communication and preparation of higher-level documents.