The Clinical Research Director (CRD) is noted as the primary clinical expert for programs . The role requires a well-organized, strategic and operationally focused, resourceful individual with very good emotional intelligence, self-motivation, solid analytical skills and the ability deliver to multiple operational tasks.

　　Key responsibilities include:

　　Participate/support clinical program lead in the clinical development plan strategies:

　　Collaborate with other CRDs within the project, ensures leadership, builds consensus, coordinates action plans with stakeholders to resolve project-related study issues, anticipates potential issues (sharing lessons learned) across the project or study teams

　　Raise study issues to the clinical lead

　　Collaborate with external partners, regulators, and diverse internal stakeholders and collaborators

　　Evaluates relevant medical literature and status from competitive products

　　Lead, Support and oversee the execution of clinical development and studies activities

　　Review and validate the final protocol and protocol amendments

　　Review the ICF WSI and TDF

　　Assisted by related functions (e.g. clinical operations, project management, and procurement), responsible for timelines, budgets and contingency/risk management plans to assure successful execution of the clinical trials in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), applicable laws and regulations as well as applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs)

　　Lead the study specific committees (IDMC, steering com, adjudication …) with operational support

　　Co-Develop the SAP in collaboration with bio stats

　　Responsible for key results preparation

　　Develop the clinical study report

　　Take on as necessary the Associate CRD role:

　　Develop the abbreviated protocol

　　Develop the final protocol and protocol amendments

　　Medical support to clinical operation team during the clinical feasibility

　　Review and provide clinical input across different study documents written subject information, CRF, e-diary, monitoring plan

　　Medical support to clinical operations team on study plans: CMP/MRP, DR & DS review

　　Review/approve study-related documents (eg vendor specifications for centralized services, CRF, CRF completion guidance, patient diary, etc)

　　Participate in the elaboration of training material and presentations at the investigator meetings

　　Ensure continuous medical review of aggregated data during clinical trial conduct (DRSR, safety, stat outputs of blinded data, …) with operational support, bio stat and GSO

　　Answer to medical questions raised by EC/IRBs, sites

　　Support CRD trial master file documents readiness and availability, and mandatory trainings linked to the clinical function

　　Collaborate and communicate appropriately with all function stakeholders to ensure optimal study execution in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), applicable laws and regulations as well as applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs), including but not limited to:

　　feasibility managers for feasibility preparation and validation of feasibility results

　　Medical Writers to develop, review and finalize WSIs, study protocols and reports

　　Clinical Scientists, Medical review team and Coding

　　Pharmacovigilance (GSO, CME)

　　CTOMs, Biostatisticians

　　CSU medical advisors for the best knowledge of the study, compound, protocol

　　TA Experts, senior CRDS, global clinical lead, GPHs and medical affairs

　　CROs

　　Regulatory affairs

　　Collaborates with other CRDs within the project, ensures leadership, builds consensus, coordinates action plans with stakeholders to resolve project-related study issues, anticipates potential issues (sharing lessons learned) across the project or study teams. He/she raises study or project-level issues to the global project head and clinical lead

　　Provide operational expertise to project clinical sub team, as needed

　　Responsibilities related to regulatory and safety documents and meetings:

　　Review and/or contribute in the the clinical section of the Investigator’s brochure, CTA, IND, DSUR, INDAR, DRMP, RMP

　　Contribute in the clinical sections of the BLA/CTD, Briefing packages for regulatory meetings, PSP/PIPContribute to the clinical part of submission dossier for their projects: Common Technical Document for FDA & EMA submission, filing in Japan and China and answers to questions from health authorities

　　Ensures clinical data meets all necessary regulatory standards

　　Participates in Advisory Committee preparation

　　Scientific Data evaluation and authorship:

　　Participate and author manuscripts and abstracts

　　Support the planning of advisory board meetings

　　Establish and maintains appropriate collaborations with knowledge experts

　　Contribute on an ad hoc basis to specific tasks such as the evaluation of potential in-licensing candidates for I&I therapeutic area and serves as the clinical advisor to research teams

　　Experience

　　Understanding of pharmaceutical product development and life cycle management gained through 3 years of development and medical experience

　　Very good Scientific and medical/clinical expertise

　　Very good expertise in clinical development and methodology of clinical studies

　　Very good communication skills (verbal and written) for interactions across functional areas and for interactions with key regulatory agencies

　　Demonstrated capability to challenge decision and status quo with a risk-management approach

　　Ability to negotiate to ensure operational resources are available for continued clinical conduct

　　Fluency in written and spoken English

　　Very good teaching skills, demonstrated ability to assist and train others

　　Ability to work within a matrix model

　　International/ intercultural working skills

　　Open-minded to apply new digital solutions

　　Minimum Level of any Required Qualifications:

　　Medical Doctor (MD) preferred: pulmonologist

　　English fluent (spoken and written)

　　At least 3 years in pharmaceutical industry or CRO, previous experience in clinical development

　　Computer skills

　　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.

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