Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime - like a job where you have the chance to change lives.
At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star.
We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives.
We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients.
Executive Medical Director Location: Barcelona, Spain
Reports To: Vice President, Clinical Development, Neurology, Alexion
Responsibilities: The Executive Medical Director is generally responsible for overseeing 2 or more programs, providing oversight/guidance/mentoring to the Medical Directors and Clinical Development Scientists on the teams, serving on cross-asset strategic teams (e.g., disease strategy team) and providing input to strategic decisions at the TA Strategy Team and Global Medicine Team meetings. Manage the Senior Director, Medical Director Clinical Development directly and may support/oversee other Medical Directors/Clinical Development Scientists that report indirectly to the Executive Medical Director. Support development of regulatory strategy and therapeutic area strategy. Lead 2 program teams and drive the successful execution of clinical studies/programs/research strategies; define and manage the benefit to risk profile of our products. Represent Clinical Development on the Global Program Team (GPT) and Global Medicine Team in presentations at management and review committees (e.g., Clinical Document Review Committee, Development and Commercial Steering Committee); advance understanding of the impact our therapies have on the pathophysiology of rare and orphan diseases through scientific discourse and interpretation of data. Foster development of Medical Directors and CDS and/or fellows. Lead and oversee 2 programs and the preparation and execution of a clinical development strategy and related documents including protocols, charters, statistical summary reports, meeting presentations, publications, and clinical sections of regulatory documents. Provide scientific and medical input (consultative services) to other R&D, commercial, translational, medicine, and business development functions and lead and/or oversee clinical activities to support due diligence. Represent Alexion Clinical Development to internal (R&D management, cross-functional development teams, and executive committee) and external (academic, regulatory, and medical) communities. Oversee a cross-functional team which develops the clinical components of the CDP. Serve as the Clinical input to Global Development Team/Subteams and medical expert for the clinical study team.
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