About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement integrated platform and program strategies from discovery through registration
- Support data-driven decision-making and differentiated development strategies for the neuroscience portfolio.
- Oversee pharmacokinetic, pharmacology, and nonclinical safety contributions to regulatory submissions and supporting documentation
- Support health authority interactions by ensuring high-quality scientific input into development and regulatory strategies
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across discovery, development, regulatory, and other key partner functions to ensure rigorous and efficient program execution
- Build, lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing scientific team, including oversight of scientists based at the Basel, Cambridge, and San Diego sites.
- Serve as a scientific thought leader internally and externally through collaborations, publications, presentations, and participation in relevant scientific forums
- Promote operational excellence through disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and effective use of resources
- Leverage digital tools, AI, and automation, where appropriate, to enhance insight generation, efficiency, and decision-making
Essential Requirements
- PhD or PharmD in pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, toxicology, biomarker sciences, pharmaceutics, biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline
- Significant biopharmaceutical industry experience, typically 12 or more years, spanning preclinical and clinical drug discovery and development, including senior leadership responsibility
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, including hiring, mentoring, coaching, and developing scientific talent
- Strong understanding of global regulatory requirements and experience contributing to submissions such as INDs, IMPDs, NDAs, and BLAs
- Proven ability to work effectively in a matrixed, cross-functional environment and influence across teams and organizational levels
- Excellent communication, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, with a high degree of scientific rigor and sound judgment
Desirable Requirements
- Experience in neuroscience disease
- Experience in bioanalytical assay development and biomarker strategy
- Familiarity with late-stage development and registration-enabling activities
- Experience applying digital tools, AI, or machine learning to scientific decision-making and development execution
- Track record of external scientific visibility through publications, presentations, or industry engagement
Accessibility and accommodation:
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