Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development

Senior Medical Director, Clinical Development

Septerna is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA on a mission to develop life‑changing medicines. The company’s Native Complex Platform™ recapitulates GPCRs with their native structure, function, and dynamics outside of the cellular context, enabling novel access to structural and screening technologies for the entire class of GPCRs. Septerna has an emerging pipeline of GPCR‑targeted small molecule programs with potential for growth to target many GPCRs that have been undruggable and unexploited to date.

We are excited to expand our multidisciplinary team of individuals focused on creating revolutionary medicines to address the unmet needs of patients. At Septerna we strive to embrace diversity of thought, expertise, and background through collaboration. To join our ambitious team, be prepared to bring your real self to work every day; grow and learn from a talented team of drug hunters, scientists, and business professionals; and contribute your passion, creativity, and energy to accomplish our mission. We share a fearless pursuit of ground‑breaking innovations and cultivate an environment where our employees succeed by learning from each other and working as a team.

We are committed to the development of meaningful therapeutics for patients with indications of high unmet need. This is a tremendous opportunity to work with talented individuals on the frontlines of therapeutic discovery and development. You will directly help move therapies through preclinical research, positioning them for success in the clinic. The successful candidate will add their passion, unique talents, and expertise to a dynamic team motivated to discover new disease‑modifying therapeutics for patients in a fast‑paced environment.

About The Role

Septerna has an exciting new opportunity to join the team as a Senior Medical Director, who will provide strategic leadership for clinical development strategy, planning, and tactical implementation for all clinical development functions. This position will also serve as the Clinical Development Leader (CDL) for one of Septerna’s clinical stage programs. The CDL is responsible for the design and successful cross‑functional implementation of the clinical development plan (CDP). S / he will also participate in regulatory interactions and contribute to building relationships with KOLs. Ability to bridge clinical, scientific, and business needs with the aptitude to translate and align business and scientific goals and objectives. Must be a dynamic leader with outstanding strategic, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise leader of program strategy, collaborating in a matrixed working environment with clinical operations, regulatory, clinical pharmacology, research, CMC, and other functions to ensure the success of drug development programs.
• Work with key internal and external stakeholders to lead the design and implementation of robust CDPs to achieve the desired target product profile.
• Guide the development team(s) with aggressive, creative, but realistic approaches to drug development.
• Direct and design fit‑for‑purpose clinical trials across all phases in drug development; design and draft protocol synopses, clinical trial protocols, amendments, and supporting documents.
• Contribute to IBs, regulatory documents, CSRs, and publications associated with clinical trials.
• Provide medical oversight of multiple clinical studies and provide medical input and guidance on scientific, clinical and safety monitoring issues.
• Be accountable via collaboration across functions and clinical operations for all relevant timelines and deliverables.
• Collaborate with regulatory affairs to develop high‑quality strategic regulatory strategies and engagement.
• Communicate to management and relevant functions any potentially significant issues to the CDP or emerging safety risks in a timely manner.
• Provide strategic consultation and guidance to Research on decisions that have significant clinical components and implications.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, ICH, GCP, and other national and international regulatory requirements.
• In conjunction with the Chief Medical Officer, ensure organizational growth plans for clinical development scale with Septerna’s current and future needs.
• Mentor and develop more junior physicians and other clinical development staff to successfully advance to higher levels of responsibility.
• Travel to clinical sites, conferences, and regulatory meetings as needed.

Qualifications

Location : South San Francisco, CA

Salary : $340,000 - $375,000 per year, plus benefits, stock options, and annual target bonus for full‑time positions.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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