Therapeutic Strategy VP, Infectious Disease

IQVIA•Durham, NC

7d•$186,300 - $519,000

About The Position

IQVIA is seeking an experienced pharmaceutical product development strategist to serve as Therapeutic Strategy VP, focused on Infectious Disease. The role develops integrated product development strategies for drugs, biologics, and devices, bringing together clinical and commercial considerations across development from discovery through market. The VP oversees preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial strategy and evaluates candidates’ risks and probability of success, including preparing gap analyses focused on clinical development. The role provides strategic and therapeutic-area guidance to clients and supports clinical trial design and clinical development planning in accordance with regulatory, medical, and ethics guidelines. It also contributes to IQVIA’s strategic business development, growth, and profitability, builds relationships across the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, and provides scientific, medical, regulatory, and drug-development expertise to IQVIA and its customers. The position requires an MD and extensive global clinical research and leadership experience. Recent health authority experience and expertise in Rare Disease or Pediatrics are preferred; cell and gene therapy experience is also 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 use of telephone and face-to-face communication requiring accurate perception of speech.
Extensive keyboard use requiring repetitive finger motion.
Regular sitting for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Create integrated product development strategies for pharmaceutical products, including drugs, biologics, and devices, across development from discovery to market.
Oversee preclinical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial strategy; assess candidate product risk and probability of success and prepare clinical-development-focused gap analyses.
Lead and support clinical trial design and associated activities for clients.
Provide strategic and therapeutic-area 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 leaders to support customer satisfaction and provide strategic consultancy.
Participate in strategic business development, including presentations to prospective clients, professional meetings, and other IQVIA Strategic Drug Development activities.
Provide internal and external education related to therapeutic areas and pharmaceutical development across IQVIA business units.
Attend scientific meetings and conferences, monitor relevant scientific publications, and maintain awareness of scientific developments and drug-development methodology; represent IQVIA or its partner where appropriate.
Develop and maintain relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and key opinion leaders, and identify new business opportunities.
Provide due diligence scientific, medical, regulatory, and drug-development expertise and activities for IQVIA or its customers.