Clinical Program Director (CPD) within RIA

Do you want to make a difference for millions of patients by applying your expertise in a global company that follows the science and turn ideas into life changing medicines? At AstraZeneca, science is at the core of everything we do. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality.

AstraZeneca is now recruiting a Clinical Program Director (CPD) to join Early Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmune (RIA) Clinical Development. The position is located at either of AstraZeneca's vibrant R&D sites in Gothenburg, Sweden or Cambridge, UK.

Early RIA clinical development is a dedicated clinical scientific resource for AstraZeneca's early development portfolio (phase I to IIb), which provides a translational medicine capability to rapidly understand the disease target and the potential of our candidate drugs in humans. You will work where science meet patients and you will be joining at an exciting time of respiratory drug discovery and development, where we have a number of innovative assets in the pipeline.

The Clinical Program Director is a senior clinical program leader ensuring that each assigned clinical program is delivered to time, quality and cost. The role provides strategic input and final feasibility view into design of the clinical program and plays a key role in the work required to determine possible program design options, mainly in early clinical development programs. The focus is across the program level collaborating with the Development Operations (Dev Ops) organization, Program Team counterparts, and all other functions that are key to the development of a compound.



Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Translating science into crisp and robust clinical development plans, including operational design options for assigned program.
* In collaboration with Clinical Scientific Lead (Medical Director or Director of Clinical Science) accountable for the clinical program strategy, including innovative approaches to delivery, e.g., new delivery platforms and technology to ensure patient engagement, recruitment and retention.
* Program team leadership to achieve and maintain a high performing clinical team and to deliver excellence in clinical program management to maximize team performance and drive delivery
* Leadership and oversight of program strategy activities within each assigned program.
* Providing strategic and operational input to cross-functional program development plans and accountable for cross-functional leadership roles as delegated from the Project Team, e.g., leadership of cross-functional development team activities.
* Development and management of contingency risk plans within each assigned clinical program to ensure delivery to quality, budget and timelines, including management of issue escalation and resolution.
* Ensure consistent quality practices in alignment with highest ethical standards, GCP, ICH Guidelines, compliance with internal SOPs, local regulations and laws, etc.
* Contribute to scientific interpretation of clinical data.
* Ensuring timely compliance with company-wide governance controls.



Essential Requirements

* Bachelor of Science/Arts degree in related discipline, preferably in medical or biological science. Advanced degree is preferred.
* At least 12 years global drug development experience demonstrated in a variety of related roles.
* Leadership and strategic influencing skills with ability to influence broadly within and outside the organisation, motivate program team members, and build cross-functional program teams.
* Proven ability to develop clinical programs to meet business goals and to assess business risk versus potential value; ability to understand global business requirements.
* Experience of clinical program management and use of project management techniques in complex projects, including resourcing and financial management.
* Experience in clinical trial methodology with ability to deliver differentiated options based on sound knowledge of operational delivery.
* Extensive and proven experience in driving operational delivery to timelines, cost and quality.
* Proven experience of leading delivery through collaboration within globally matrix teams, including internal organization and external providers.
* Experience in selection and oversight of external providers and development/review of contracts.
* Strong collaborative communication skills including ability to engage with diverse client base and manage through conflict.
* Strategic skills including high level of creativity, innovation, and solution focused problem solving with ability to manage effectively through ambiguity
* Willingness to travel



If you are interested, apply now!

For more information about the position, please contact Sara Samuelsson at sara.samuelsson(@)astrazeneca.com

Welcome with your application no later than March 1, 2020

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