What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Director, Cardiology-Discovery Medicine position at KMR Search Group?
Our client is looking for someone who
loves the clinic as much as the science. Someone who was in the lab maybe
while getting their degree (academics with bench scientist experience i.e., in
the lab with recent cardiology).
Seeking a real physician scientist who
has academic AND clinical development experience, someone who has owned a
program. We have interviewed a lot of candidates that have no translational,
genetics or science experience.
Our wish list is someone who is
grounded in genetics and translational medicine (first in human).
Company
is engaged in the discovery, translation and development of therapies that
correct severe pathologic mechanisms and produce meaningful endpoints for
clinically relevant improvements in diseases. We therefore seek to discover and
develop medicines that profoundly improve the quality of patients’ lives.
Company’s Discovery Medicine is a group of physician-scientists that support
pipeline advancement and growth into clinical development.
As
an early clinical development function, our group of ‘scientific’ clinicians
link research initiatives and technical assessments to areas of development
based on fundamental understanding of genetics, molecular mechanisms, disease
phenotypes and medical need in specific patient populations. We seek a
cardiology-trained physician-scientist to support the early clinical
development of a broad portfolio of programs in genetic heart diseases.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Align mechanistic information with development goals
based on genetics, therapeutic approach, technical likelihood of success
and medical need
- Identify high value therapeutic targets for genetic
cardiac diseases and contribute clinical expertise to groups involved in
disease mapping and pipeline strategy
- Subject matter expertise in genetic cardiology by
keeping current with literature, meetings, and disease pipeline
- Work with Research, Innovation Accelerator and Business
Development to facilitate clinical diligence of new development
opportunities
- Participate in scientific advisory boards convened by Company
to support the research initiatives in cardiac genetics
- Leadership role in nominating, prioritizing and
advancing research stage programs
- Early clinical development representation at
cross-functional teams
- Generate development plans, draft product
characterization, first-in-human and proof of concept trial strategy,
draft clinical development plans
- Author biomarker and endpoint strategy for clinical
development
- Early clinical representative in investigative new drug
(IND) filing team
QUALIFICATIONS:
- MD or MD/PhD required
- Strong record of basic and/or translational research
productivity
- Solid foundation and interest in molecular and
population genetics
- Board certified or eligible in adult or pediatric
cardiology
- Effective at building alliances across functions, based
on end-to-end drug development thinking and experience
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, able to
drive collaborations across a matrixed organization