.Director, Early Clinical ResearchAre you passionate about science and want to provide scientific and clinical input to all aspects of early stage clinical development? Do you have an imaging expertise and work at the cutting edge of science to develop the ground-breaking medicines of the future? Then join us to discover future treatments of Respiratory & Immunology diseases!This is a new role in the department and is key to delivering the integration of clinical imaging across R&I; indications in early-stage clinical trials. Through close working with experimental medicine colleagues, you will provide strategic and technical expertise into the conception and implementation of imaging endpoints to be included in all phases of clinical development. You will be experienced in literature research and take a lead on frequent interaction with internal and external key experts. You possess excellent analytical skills, able to process large amounts of data and identify quality issues as well as new opportunities for analyses. You will support the implementation of imaging protocols across development programs and provide training and support to the wider clinical team. You will also have or develop a broad understanding of the landscape of evolving imaging technology and vendors working within the imaging space globally. You will have the opportunity to mentor colleagues within the department to take a more active role in implementing an imaging strategy into the Clinical Development Plan (CDP).In this role, you will also work as Clinical scientist or Medical Director depending on your experience, in the early phase clinical project team. You will take responsibility for the design, conduct, monitoring, data interpretation and reporting of individual clinical trials adhering to Good Clinical Practice and regulatory requirements.You will deliver the medical scientific strategy for the CDP and be responsible for acting as a renowned expert in your own disease/drug field.You will be a highly motivated, interactive, and creative individual, able to able to build strong engagement externally and internally across all relevant functions and overcome challenges with great team-working skills! You are a skilled and effective written and verbal communicator, able to present scientific designs and results to multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders. You will work as a member of a diverse and motivated team of researchers spanning across multiple divisions and geographies within Biopharmaceuticals R&D