Vice President Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum requirement: PhD, PharmD, MD or DO strongly preferred
• 10-15 years of relevant experience in any areas covered by General & Specialty Medicine (Immunology, Cardiometabolic, Respiratory, Neuroscience, Metabolism)
• Significant experience (>10 years) in General & Specialty Medicine clinical development within a global pharmaceutical or biotech organization.
• Expertise with medical monitoring including medical monitoring.
• Demonstrated leadership of clinical science teams in a matrixed, portfolio-based environment.
• Experience working with multiple asset modalities.
• Deep understanding of trial design, regulatory expectations, and medical oversight across development phases, with particular focus for phase 3 studies.
• Experience supporting regulatory interactions, inspections, and high stakes development decisions.
• US and global filing experience.
• Experience upleveling skills; talent assessment and organizational growth.
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and executional levels.
• Strong influence skills without direct asset ownership.
• Commitment to patient‑focused development, scientific excellence, and our company's values.
• Expert in teaching/coaching teams and individuals.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional strategic and process improvement initiatives.
• Business‑savvy, results‑oriented, and able to balance rigor, speed, and risk.
• Strong communication, influence, and people‑development skills.
• Biostatistics
• Biostatistics
• Client Management
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Judgment
• Clinical Research Methods
• Clinical Sciences
• Conflict Resolution
• Detail-Oriented
• Immunoassays
• Immunology
• Immunotherapy
• Innovation
• Multiple Therapeutic Areas
• Negotiation
• New Technology Integration
• Oncology
• Operating Models
• Operational Excellence
• Organizational Performance Management
• Pathophysiology
• People Leadership
• Pharmacovigilance
• Physiology
• Protocol Development

Nice To Haves

• Experience in building an organization preferred.
• Experience leading CS within a clinical team organization preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the global head of the General & Specialty Medicine Clinical Scientist function, with accountability for role clarity, scientific quality, and consistent execution across all General & Specialty Medicine programs.
• Define and maintain clear role delineation between Clinical Scientists and Clinical Directors, aligned with our company's Clinical Development operating model.
• Establish expectations for scientific rigor, judgment, and decision making appropriate to‑ phase, modality, and risk.
• Continually optimize organizational design, role clarity, and resourcing for Clinical Scientists aligned with portfolio priorities.
• Own the clinical scientist framework for General & Specialty Medicine studies, including: Optimization of organizational design and resources Ownership and optimization of key processes, talent and succession management
• Ensure consistency and quality of CS contributions to: Protocols and amendments Investigator Brochures Medical monitoring and safety plans Regulatory and scientific documents (e.g., INDs, briefing packages, responses)
• Provide senior scientific input into data interpretation for clinical outcomes, safety signal evaluation, and benefit risk assessments, particularly for complex or high‑ risk‑ programs.
• Act as a senior scientific partner to Therapeutic Area Heads and Clinical Development leadership across General & Specialty Medicine.
• Represent the Clinical Scientist function in governance forums, review committees, and inspection readiness activities, as appropriate.
• Partner closely with Clinical Trial Operations teams ensuring seamless work between clinical and operations.
• Partner closely with Regulatory, Safety, Biostatistics, and Translational Medicine to ensure integrated development strategies.
• Provide vision, direction, and sponsorship for the General & Specialty Medicine Clinical Scientist organization.
• Ensure robust performance management, coaching, and career development processes are implemented by CS people leaders.
• Build a strong pipeline of General & Specialty Medicine scientific talent with depth in disease biology, modality expertise, and clinical judgment.
• Foster a culture of scientific rigor, accountability, and patient focused‑ development.
• Ensure Clinical Scientist processes support inspection readiness, audit outcomes, and data integrity.
• Drive continuous improvement informed by inspections, internal learnings, and external benchmarking.
• Ensure clear escalation pathways for complex scientific and safety issues.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days