Clinical Development Medical Director, Inflammation & Immunology

JOB SUMMARY • The Clinical Development Medical Director is accountable for the medical & scientific integrity of the study and the well-being of the patients enrolled in one or more clinical trials. The role applies technical and clinical/medical skills to ensure the design of efficient and high quality clinical trials, employing quantitative design principles, and clinical best practices to deliver both clinical and operational excellence. • Responsible for effective execution of studies and works in close partnership with Clinical Operations team members. The Clinical Development Medical Director is accountable for timely delivery of a quality protocol, clinical execution of one or more large and / or complex clinical trials and supports appropriate interpretation and communication of clinical trial data. • The Clinical Development Medical Director maintains compliance with internal and external standards, proactively mitigates risk and manages emerging clinical issues through timely, diligent clinical data, safety and protocol deviation review. Performs medical monitoring of one of more clinical trials. • The Clinical Development Medical Director will also be the primary contact with external investigators & the internal study team for questions relating to clinical/medical aspects of the protocol. • Provide matrix management support of one or more clinicians on one or more clinical studies or across a clinical program. • Use of AI-enabled clinical development and digital approaches to support excellence in clinical trial design and execution. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES • Autonomously and independently leads clinical execution of one or more studies of medium - high complexity and significant business impact. May be accountable for program level clinical deliverables. • Provides input to support development of the protocol design document (PDD). • Leads development of the protocol from the approved PDD and ensures efficient protocols which maximize operational efficiency, trial quality and participant / site engagement and which minimize the likelihood of amendments or quality issues. • Provides clinical input to the DORA process to ensure application of data standards, optimized data collection and both timely and thorough review of data through the use of clinical data review best practice. Responsible for providing clinical input to SAP, TLFs and BDR. • Authors and manages approval of Informed Consent Documents (ICDs) including responses to external stakeholder questions. • Provides clinical input to development of the Integrated Quality Management Plan (IQMP). Review and approves final document. • Accountable for establishing Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs) and endpoint adjudication committees, including chartering, contracts, provision of relevant data and documentation of outcomes. • Inputs to, reviews and approves, Risk Management and Safety Review Plan. Ensures activities are conducted consistent with the approved plan and partners with key stakeholders (clinical operations, safety risk lead etc) to develop and implement any risk mitigations. • Reviews and approves country selection, develops site selection criteria and ensures protocol specific training. Approves investigator meeting plans. • Serves as the primary contact with external investigators and internal study team for questions relating to clinical aspects of protocol • Reviews, reports and manages protocol deviations and approves protocol amendments. …