Associate Medical Director, Clinical Development - Job ID: 1912, 1913, 1914
Ascendis Pharma · Palo Alto, CA · 1 wk ago
HybridAnalystFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Leverage medical expertise and hands-on clinical experience to promote relevance and rigor of the development program
- For clinical trials: design, provide medical oversight, and support site and subject retention
- Serve as a Medical Monitor for clinical trials, ensure study integrity, and track accumulating safety and efficacy data
- Ensure successful completion of trial-related documents (including clinical trial protocols, investigator brochures, medical monitoring plans, site training materials, clinical study reports, health authority responses, standard operating procedures, etc.) with cross-functional team members
- Anticipate obstacles within a clinical trial, and implement solutions
- Analyze, evaluate, interpret, and report study results
- Contribute to drafting and reviewing clinical documents, manuscripts, presentations, and regulatory submissions
- Contribute to design of the Clinical Development Plan
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant science, medical information, good clinical practices, and regulatory guidance
- Collaborate with—and serve as a clinical research resource for—cross-functional colleagues to optimize product development
- Cultivate relationships with investigative sites, clinical consultants, and key opinion leaders to represent the interests of the company
- Contribute to corporate strategic and organizational initiatives
- Assist with commercial activities as needed
- Complete assigned tasks thoroughly, accurately, and on time
- Adhere to rigorous ethical standards
- Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally for scientific meetings
Requirements
- M.D. degree
- Completion of ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship (strongly preferred)
- Physician licensure in at least one state (strongly preferred)
- Board-certified (strongly preferred), with specialty in endocrinology highly desired
- At least 3 years of industry (other relevant experience e.g. post-graduate experience in the clinical and/or academic realms may also be considered on a case-by-case basis)
- At least 2 years of experience with clinical trial design and execution
- Strong track record of scientific and clinical inquiry
- Possess excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Learn quickly, follow complex directions under pressure
- Multi-task while remaining organized and attentive to detail
- Lead both directly and by example
- Work hard, be a trustworthy and collaborative team player
- Take initiative and solve complex problems
- Demonstrate sound judgement in terms of handling complex, confidential, and regulated information
Pay
The estimated salary range for this position is $255-265K/year. Actual salary determination is dependent on a variety of factors some of which include: experience, qualifications, and geographic location.