Therapeutic Area Head Switzerland

vor 2 Wochen


Luzern, Schweiz MSD Vollzeit

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Our Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance team push the boundaries of global healthcare through research and innovation. Through clinical trials and surveillance, we ensure the safety and efficacy of our existing and pipeline products to produce safe, effective, innovative medicine.

We are currently seeking a **Therapeutic Area Head** To support our Global Clinical Trail Organization in Switzerland & Austria. This position will be based in Switzerland and will report to the Sr. Clinical Research Director for Switzerland and Austria.

In this role you will be accountable for the end to end performance of clinical trials in one or several Therapeutic Areas (TA), from feasibility to close out. You will be accountable for 30 up to 50 clinical trials and will ensure excellent study performance with strict adherence to local regulations, companies SOPs and ICH GCP.

In this role you will have a line management responsibility for Clinical Research Managers and functional oversight of other roles in their studies across both countries.

**Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Leading one or several TA of the growing portfolio in Switzerland & Austria
- Accountable for the successful execution, enrolment and quality of their clinical trial portfolio
- Accountable for performance metrics
- Collaborating with other TA directors, local and regional stakeholders in order to develop and build territory of principal investigators and sites
- Ensuring oversight and line management of Clinical Research Manager team within TA.
- Collaborating and working closely with other stakeholders in Clinical Trail & Global Clinical
- Development, regional and headquarter teams, quality, finance, IT and Human Recourses
- Collaborating with external investigators, regulators and vendors
- Supporting local and regional strategic initiatives across Global Clinical Development and the Global Clinical Trail Organization
- In this position you will impact directly both country's ability to reach business targets and objectives and ensuring that productive partnership with internal and external business partners are built

**Your Profile**:
**Education**
- Scientific Background (or equivalent healthcare knowledge) required, Medical Doctor, Doctor of Pharmacy, PhD advantageous

**Experience**
- At least 10 years´ experience in clinical trial organization and at least 2 years´ experience in a functional management position
- CRA, CRM and project management and line management experience preferred
- Knowledge in the Oncology Therapeutic Area preferred

**Qualifications, Skills**
- Sound knowledge of ICH-GCP, Good Documentation Practices, Country/Regional Clinical
- Research Guidelines and regulations
- Strong leadership with positive proven success in people management
- Fluent in German and business proficient in English (verbal and written)
- Ability to think cross-functionally and working across boundaries internationally
- Ability to identify problems, conflicts and opportunities early and drive mitigation plans and conflict resolution
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, conflict management skills
- Relationship management and networking skills: strong integration into local
- Headquarter TA network and ability to build productive relationships with all parties

**THE COMPANY**

Our company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Tribschenstrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been recently established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world. The new location has a target date of 2021 for operational readiness.

We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.

**CITYBAY, LUCERNE**

The Switzerland Head Office of our company’s Swiss Subsidiary is based in Lucerne's city centre. Located in the heart of the city, employees work collaboratively across many departments including commercial, market access, medical affairs, clinical research, regulatory affairs, and policy & communications.

**Who we are**

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a ce



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