Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Job Title : Head of Immunology Clinical Development

Location : Cambridge, MA Morristown, NJ

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose : to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities :

Lead the clinical development organization within the immunology TA (over 50 physicians and scientists), supporting, mentoring and coaching the clinical development teams across indications and assets.  Ensure appropriate resourcing of the clinical teams based on the TA priorities.

Provide subject matter expertise to all clinical development deliverables as a senior clinical development expert in the TA, including clinical development plans, protocols, primary data read-outs, clinical study reports and primary publications.

Be a key thought partner for excellence in clinical development in collaboration with other immunology TA functional heads, including statistics, safety, regulatory, translational medicine and research.

Strategic Leadership :  Support the teams developing and implementing the clinical development strategy for the Immunology TA, aligning with organizational goals and managing specific development plans for products and indications.  Ensure appropriate alignment across assets as well as appropriate prioritization based on TA goals.

Serve as a member of the TA leadership team, participating the success of the TA management and portfolio development and optimization.

About You

Qualifications :

Education :  MD or MD / PhD, specialization in an area relevant to Immunology development is preferred (eg pulmonary, allergy / immunology, dermatology, gastroenterology)

Experience :  10+ years’ experience in clinical development is preferred, with preference for development in immune-mediated diseases.

Advantageous to have developed therapies across different immune-mediated indications and different sub-therapeutic areas.  Preference for experience across different phases of development.

Current or prior experience managing teams, with preference for prior experience managing larger teams.

Significant regulatory experience, with preference for experience with global regulatory submissions.

This position may require up to 25% overall travel

An ideal candidate will

Be passionate about coaching and mentoring

Work collaboratively

Be comfortable leading teams through complex development decisions and regulatory interactions

Have strong fundamental knowledge of drug development

Be able to make challenging portfolio trade-off decisions

Prioritize and make challenging resourcing decisions

Why Choose Us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or a lateral move, at home or internationally.

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law. #GD-SA; #LI-SA; #LI-Hybrid; #vhd

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.