Director, Disease Monitoring Programs, Neurology

The Director of Disease Monitoring Programs (DMPs) is a leadership role responsible for strategic planning and oversight of long-term data collection for rare diseases, collaborating across functions to ensure evidence generation and program success.

Location: Remote

Salary: $210,000—$259,400 USD

Responsibilities

• Process optimization and execution in providing real world evidence to key stakeholders including patients, providers, researchers, and patient advocacy groups
• Ensure evidence strategy alignment throughout the development cycle for a program and across functions
• Implement best practices for one or more assigned DMPs to monitor key deliverables (e.g. evidence generation, achievement of goals, financial health)
• Provide input on the development of protocols, goals and endpoints tables, case report forms, Integrated Evidence Plans, publications, Steering Committees and other relevant deliverables
• Represent the DMP S&M function on the project teams, such as the Development Sub-Team, Core Teams (as applicable), etc.
• Train and mentor cross-functional personnel working on DMPs as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor degree or equivalent required (scientific or healthcare discipline preferred)
• 10+ years of progressively challenging experience in clinical research and/or drug development
• Critical thinking skills coupled with innovative approaches to problem solving
• Comfortable managing and presenting to senior level stakeholders
• Comprehensive understanding of high-quality data generation appropriate for regulatory, scientific, payer, physician and patient requirements to advance the understanding of rare diseases and their treatment/management
• Ability to provide operational expertise to a clinical development program
• Working knowledge of regulatory agency regulations and ICH GCP guidelines is required
• Strong strategic planning and decision-making skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills required. Must display strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally
• Rare disease clinical trial experience desired

Benefits

• Generous vacation time and public holidays observed by the company
• Volunteer days
• Long term incentive and Employee stock purchase plans or equivalent offerings
• Employee wellbeing benefits
• Fitness reimbursement
• Tuition sponsoring
• Professional development plans