Senior Director, Clinical Leader Ophthalmology and Neuroscience

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The incumbent will serve as a Clinical Leader in Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, with a focus on drug development for retinal projects.

The initial effort will be towards a first-in-class gene therapy program for age-related macular degeneration, a prevalent and blinding condition.

They will provide strategic, clinical, and scientific support through all phases of clinical development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:


* Provides active medical and scientific contribution to a matrixed cross-functional Compound Development Team and the Clinical Team.

Team matrix interactions may include project management, finance, legal, quality assurance, quality monitoring & compliance, clinical supplies unit, TA strategy, regulatory affairs, data management, medical writing, biostatistics, global medical affairs, clinical pharmacology, clinical operations, health economics, epidemiology and other scientific and business-related disciplines.


* Accountable for implementation of the Clinical Development Plan


* Working with functional partners responsible for the clinical development strategy for the assigned development program(s)


* Providing leadership on managing/addressing specific project/program-related issues and presenting to and negotiating with the SO and Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine, Research & Development leadership teams on development plans or program-related issues


* Working with global clinical operations, Regulatory, and Global Medical Safety, leads the clinical team in responding to medical and compound-related issues


* Working with Regulatory Affairs and global clinical operations with regard to responses to questions from Health Authorities and IRBs/ECs


* Leading the clinical team, responsible for the timely completion, content, and quality of key deliverables including protocols, reports and submissions to health agencies


* Supervising and contributing to the timely completion and quality of clinical study reports, including providing key input to statistical analysis plans and the interpretation of statistical analyses


* Presenting and/or responding to questions at meetings with Health Authorities, including FDA advisory committee meetings and/or CHMP presentations


* Provides key input into diligence activities


* Participates or leads cross-departmental or cross-functional projects with broad Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine impact.


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