Lead Clinical Scientist

RocheSouth San Francisco, CA
Hybrid

About The Position

Genentech’s Research and Early Development (gRED) Early Clinical Development (ECD) organization is responsible for developing and executing early development clinical strategies and plans to provide proof-of-concept data with respect to safety, efficacy, and the utility of biomarkers for gRED new molecular entities. The Lead Clinical Scientist participates in development of clinical strategies for assigned molecule(s)/indication(s) and is responsible for developing and effective and efficient execution of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) for one or more molecules. Lead Clinical Scientists are expected to perform their responsibilities independently, have core knowledge of the CS function to enable increased participation in department level initiatives, and may contribute to complex projects with supervision. Genentech, a member of the Roche group and founder of the biotechnology industry, is dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. To solve the world's most complex health challenges, they ask bigger questions that challenge their industry and the boundaries of science to transform society. Their transformational discoveries include the first targeted antibody for cancer and the first medicine for primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Requirements

  • Experience working in complex matrixed setting(s)
  • Experience with cross-functional authoring full clinical trial protocols
  • In-depth understanding of drug development
  • Experience working with the principles and techniques of data analysis, interpretation, and assessment of clinical relevance

Nice To Haves

  • Advanced clinical/science degree (PharmD, PhD, MSN, MPH, etc.)
  • 4 or more years pharma/biotech industry experience

Responsibilities

  • Contributes as a standing member of the Clinical Science Sub-Team.
  • Drives authoring, review and team decisions required to develop study protocols, ICFs, and study start-up documents documents requiring clinical expertise.
  • Conducts medical data review.
  • Processes and conducts regular review and analysis of protocol deviations.
  • Primary POC for protocol-related inquiries from internal colleagues and external sites.
  • May author, in collaboration with relevant team members and/or support functions, clinical sections of regulatory documents, or responses to healthy authority (HA) or ethics committee inquiries.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally to develop simplified/novel/fit-for-purpose presentation of study data.

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

Ph.D. or professional degree

Number of Employees

5,001-10,000 employees

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