Associate Director, Clinical Scientist (contractor)-- Oncology
Eikon Therapeutics
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Clinical Research
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Post Date: 09/30/2024
- Website: eikontx.com
- Company Address: 3929 Point Eden Way, Hayward, CA 94545
About Eikon Therapeutics
Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the interface of biology, engineering and chemistry to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells.Job Description
Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.
Position
We are seeking a Clinical Scientist that will serve as a key role contributing to the scientific planning and collaborate with both Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Operations in the execution of one or more clinical trials or significant aspects thereof. In this position, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership, technical skills, and scientific acumen as part of a cross-functional clinical development team. You will be a key contributor in the clinical science activities of evidence generation for regulatory approval and/or engagement with physicians, including protocol development, study implementation, data analysis and reporting of results. This role will require a minimum of 3 days a week of onsite presence (or more as business needs require) in either of our California, New York or New Jersey offices to ensure effective management, operational excellence and high-performance delivery of clinical studies and to support the expected significant team growth & collaboration.
About You
You are a data driven and collaborative integrator that is passionate about driving development and execution of therapeutic strategy that enables innovative pipeline impact and delivery of transformative medicines to patients. You have exemplary communication and presentation skills and can lead study development by applying the most current electronic document conventions/processes consistently to ensure scientific and data integrity.
What You’ll Do
- Responsible for leading specific aspects of clinical/scientific execution of clinical protocol(s). This may include:
- Serving as the lead clinical scientist on the clinical trial team
- Leading medical monitoring team in review and interpretation of clinical data/medical protocol deviations in collaboration with Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance
- Collaborating cross-functionally in the development of Protocol and related study materials (e.g., ICF documents / amendments); partnering with Clinical Operations on study deliverables
- Ensure CRF design supports data collection in alignment with the Protocol in collaboration with Clinical Data Management/Programming
- Collaborating cross-functionally to monitor clinical data to ensure quality, completeness, and integrity of trial conduct
- Providing tactical/scientific mentorship to other clinical scientists
- Responsible for assisting with the generation, analysis, and presentation of clinical data, including manuscripts, abstracts, and oral presentations (including authoring documents and slide preparation as appropriate)
- Apply proficient analytical knowledge and skills to understand how program objectives and design impact data analysis; identifies risks and designs mitigation strategies
- Promotes consistent first line medical/clinical data review techniques and conventions across studies/programs.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience or a Post Graduate Degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in clinical research, with a strong understanding of clinical trial design, execution, and regulatory requirements.
- Solid knowledge of clinical research regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP and ICH)
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with good planning, time management and prioritization skills
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret clinical trial data and synthesize conclusions
- Proficient scientific expertise to propose, design, and execute clinical research and development studies, and authors documents related to clinical trials, such as medical monitoring plan, SAPs, informed consent and clinical components of the Clinical Study Reports
- Interact with key stakeholders across Clinical Development functional areas
- Role requires proactive approach, strategic thinking and leadership in driving toward clinical study goals
- Influence opinions and decisions of internal and external customers / vendors, across functional areas
- Problem solving, prioritization, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
- Strong communication, technical writing, and presentation skills experience
- Experience within oncology preferred.
The expected salary range for this role is $100/hour to $200/hour depending on skills, competency, and the market demand for your expertise.
Eikon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment.
In accordance with the Company’s duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace, the Company requires all employees to be Fully Vaccinated with one of the FDA approved COVID-19 vaccines, which includes those vaccines that have received the FDA’s emergency use authorization. You will be expected to be Fully Vaccinated as of your Start Date. If you believe that you are exempt from this requirement under an applicable law or regulations, including Americans with Disabilities Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, you will need to contact the Company’s Human Resources group. For purposes of this section, Fully Vaccinated means (i) the completion of the vaccination regimen as approved by the FDA (by way of example, 2 doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and 1 dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine), and (ii) timely receiving booster vaccination, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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