Head, Preclinical Development

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Preclinical development team including the core disciplines (Pharmacology, Non-Clinical Biology, DMPK/ and in vivo Pharmacology/Toxicology) to ensure high quality, scientifically rigorous, and timely delivery of the Non-Clinical IND package to best align with the clinical and regulatory strategy.

• Serve as a spokesperson for programs and remain accountable for team deliverables and value creation.

• Create and own a product development plan in partnership with functional leaders to govern project strategy.

• Drive strategies to inform and advance discovery, development, and regulatory affairs.

• Provide leadership around the design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of toxicity and safety pharmacology studies including assessment of potential relevance of findings on human safety.

• Maintain project timelines with input from the functional departments and scientific project leaders, ensuring that project timelines align with corporate goals.

• Proactively identify and communicate risks in the project timelines regarding key milestones and deliverables and work closely with the scientific and functional leaders to mitigate downstream impacts.

• Assist scientific project leaders foster high-performing teams through the creation of team norms and operating principles.

• Facilitate effective, science-based business decisions including scenario planning, highlighting all potential downstream impacts of strategic decision making (including resource allocation, team capacity, risk and overall portfolio management).

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Salary: On application