Clinical Scientist, Early Development (Immunology & Cardiovascular)

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The Early Development Clinical Scientist function provides scientific expertise necessary to design and deliver clinical studies and programs.

Position Summary / Objective

• Responsible for design and execution of assigned clinical trial activities and works closely with clinical team members to execute activities associated with trial conduct.
• May lead or support trial level activities for one or more trials with the necessary supervision.

Position Responsibilities

• Collaborate and liaise with external partners (e.g., KOLs).
• Seek out and enact best practices with instruction.
• Provide regular and timely updates to manager/management as requested.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop Protocol and ICF documents / amendments and present these to governance committee and early clinical development team meetings as required.
• Conduct literature review.
• Develop site and CRA training materials and present these at SIVs and Investigator meetings.
• Review clinical narratives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to monitor clinical data for specific trends.
• Contribute to the development of Data Review Plan in collaboration with Data Management.
• Ensure CRF design adequately supports data collection in alignment with the protocol in collaboration with Data Management/Programming.
• Author/review clinical contributions to clinical study reports (CSRs) and clinical portions of Regulatory Documents (e.g., Pre-IND, IND, IB, DSUR, PSUR, Orphan Annual Reports, HA, EC, IRB responses and contribute to regulatory submission.)
• Submit clinical documents to TMF.

Reporting Relationship

• Report to Director, Clinical Scientists, Early Development or higher

Degree Requirements

• Degree in Life Sciences (MD, PhD, Pharm D, MS, RN or similar scientific field preferred).

Experience Requirements

• Expectation of 2+ years of experience in clinical science, clinical research, or equivalent.
• Proficient knowledge of GCP/ICH, drug development process, study design, statistics, clinical operations.
• Ability to understand assigned protocol(s) and their requirements.
• Knowledge and skills to support program-specific data review and trend identification.
• Intermediate medical writing skills and medical terminology.
• Basic knowledge of the establishment and operation of data monitoring committees, dose review teams, and independent response adjudication committees.

Key Competency Requirements

• Basic planning/project management skills (develop short range plans that are realistic and effective)
• Basic knowledge of disease area, compound, current clinical landscape.
• Detail-oriented with commitment to quality
• Intermediate critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Adaptable / flexible (willing and able to adjust to multiple demands and shifting priorities; ability to meet day-to-day challenges with confidence and professionalism)
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint and data review tools (e.g., patient profiles, report generating tools)

Travel Required

Domestic and international travel may be required (approximately 10-20%)

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $150,770-182,700, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. 

Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. <