Therapeutic Strategy VP, Infectious Disease

IQVIA•Durham, NC

About The Position

IQVIA is seeking an experienced pharmaceutical product development strategist to create integrated product development strategies for pharmaceutical products, including drugs, biologics, and devices. The role focuses on clinical-commercial convergence and covers all phases of development, from discovery to market. The Therapeutic Strategy VP oversees preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial strategy; assesses risk and probability of success for candidate products; and prepares gap analyses, particularly focused on clinical development. The role also provides therapeutic-area guidance, supports clinical trial design, develops strategies to manage and accelerate drug-development timelines, and contributes to innovation, business development, investment opportunities, and organizational growth. The VP works with senior management, CRO operations, therapeutic units, and other operations leaders to provide strategic consultancy and maintain customer satisfaction. The position involves external and internal education, participation in scientific meetings and business development activities, relationship-building with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and key opinion leaders, and due diligence support. IQVIA especially values recent health authority experience and backgrounds in Rare Disease or Pediatrics; cell and gene therapy experience is preferred.

Requirements

MD degree required.
15 or more years of relevant clinical research experience with a multi-regional and global focus.
10 years of leadership experience.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Business development experience.
Extensive telephone and face-to-face communication requiring accurate perception of speech.
Extensive keyboard use requiring repetitive finger motion.
Regular sitting for extended periods.
Strong background in current FDA regulatory expectations and the global landscape in Rare Disease or Pediatrics.

Nice To Haves

Recent previous health authority experience, such as current or former FDA medical reviewer experience.
Experience in cell and gene therapies.
Strong background in Rare Disease and Pediatrics.

Responsibilities

Create integrated product development strategies for drugs, biologics, and devices across development phases from discovery to market.
Oversee preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial strategy.
Assess candidate products’ risks and probability of success, including preparing gap analyses focused on clinical development.
Lead and support clinical trial design and associated activities for clients.
Provide therapeutic-area and strategic guidance for clinical development plans in compliance with applicable regulatory, medical, and ethics guidelines.
Ensure deliverables are high-quality, data-driven, and consistent with medical, ethical, and scientific integrity and conduct.
Propose strategies to manage and accelerate drug-development timelines.
Identify, promote, and develop innovation in pharmaceutical product development.
Provide drug-development expertise for strategic business activities and investment opportunities.
Assist in developing programs to maximize organizational growth and profitability.
Work with senior management, CRO operations, therapeutic units, and other operations heads to provide strategic consultancy and ensure customer satisfaction.
Participate in strategic business development, including presentations to prospective clients, professional meetings, and other business development activities.
Provide internal and external education related to therapeutic areas and pharmaceutical development in support of IQVIA business units.
Attend scientific meetings and conferences, follow relevant scientific publications, and maintain awareness of scientific developments and drug-development methodology; represent IQVIA or partners as appropriate.
Develop and maintain relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and key opinion leaders, and identify new business opportunities.
Provide scientific, medical, regulatory, and drug-development due diligence expertise and activities for IQVIA or its customers.