Exelixis Inc Hiring for Vice President, Head of Clinical Science at King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania Full Time

Reference #: JR5143
SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE:

The VP, Head of Clinical Science leads a best-in-class Clinical Science function at Exelixis to provide scientific expertise necessary to design and deliver early and late phase clinical studies in oncology with a focus on solid tumors. The Head of Clinical Science serves as a member of the Clinical Development Leadership Team. S/he manages a team of Clinical Scientist Program Leads and Clinical Scientists who are accountable for best practices in the design and conduct of clinical studies, clinical document excellence, data integrity, and clinical trial innovation. The Head of Clinical Sciences initiates and manages a portfolio of process improvement initiatives impacting the Clinical Development organization and ensures cross-functional teams are formed, objectives set, and timelines achieved. S/he recruits highly qualified leaders and individual contributors to the organization as well as establishes the vision, mission, and culture of the team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supports resource forecasting, talent development, succession planning, and retention strategies
Builds a collaborative, supportive learning environment
Ensures and contributes to a consistent and high level of training for Clinical Scientists across the department with respect to relevant scientific data and knowledge, including SOPs and Working Practices
May serve as a delegate for Head of Clinical Development as needed
Partners with VP Early Development and VP Late Development to advance the portfolio
Leads a team or complex scope of work to ensure high quality delivery of innovative protocols and data packages for CSRs and Regulatory Filings
Oversees the Exelixis portfolio of clinical studies to ensure consistency of clinical deliverables across program(s)
Ensures high quality and timely delivery of protocols and data; implements quality assurance plans
Maintains an advanced understanding of the status of all trial activities
Provides scientific and clinical leadership to support the team; provides program/study/therapeutic area/skills training to team members
Champions clinical trial innovation such as novel study designs, dose escalation methods, decentralized trials, EMR to EDC, generative AI, data science and real-world data, and other approaches to accelerate clinical trials and reduce the burden on patients and sites.
Serves as an internal subject matter expert on the latest best practices, industry standards, and novel approaches in clinical development excellence
Leads resourcing and budget planning activities for the CS organization, including contractors and Functional Service Providers
Holds accountability for the performance and professional development of the Clinical Scientist team
Leads proactive risk identification and mitigation plans; provides progress reports and risk assessment updates to Sr. Management
Reviews and approves clinical contributions to all trial documents / abstracts / publications
Serves as a key cross functional collaborator; represents the Clinical Scientist function and/or the entire clinical function in various process improvement initiatives and/or cross functional activities
Collaborates to support incoming asset and/or business development activities (i.e., due diligence)
May Act as a Clinical Scientist Program Lead or Clinical Scientist on an ad hoc basis

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Functional head role, manager of managers.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Education/Experience:
PharmD/PhD in a related field with a minimum of 17 years of related experience; or,
Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience/The Ideal for Successful Entry into Job:
Over 14 years clinical development experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry or the equivalent combination of academia and industry.
Experience managing clinical teams accountable for delivery of a portfo io of studies

Knowledge/Skills:

Proven track record of leadership, people management, enterprise mindset, developing and executing on a vision for an organization, talent strategies and process improvement.
Scientific expertise necessary to design and deliver early and late stage clinical trials and programs in oncology with small and large molecule drug candidates.
Able to act as mentor/coach to others to improve conflict management skills; steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; prepared to take responsibility for a decision made and support this, even though it may be unpopular.
Exhibits confidence and professional diplomacy, while effectively relating to people at all levels internally and externally
Good judge of talent; can articulate strengths and limitations of people; provides challenging tasks and assignments, holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals and constructs compelling development plans; is a people builder.
Promotes a culture of scientific excellence, multidisciplinary problem solving, urgency, teamwork, consistency, flexibility, execution, quality and effective communication
Anticipates needs, assesses and manages business and organizational risks
Demonstrates strong leadership presence, expert financial acumen
Shares wins and success; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; define success in terms of the whole team; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; creates a feeling of belonging to the team.
Take personal responsibility for results, pushing self and others to exceed goals and deliver results.
Able to demonstrate perspective and poise in the face of uncertainty and effectively get things done amidst organizational changes
Recognized internally and externally as technical/functional expert in the clinical science field and related of disciplines.
Fosters an environment where continuous improvement and innovation are embedded in day-to-day operations.
Encourages acceptable levels of risk-taking towards driving innovation; determines acceptable levels of risk for own business segment or function.

JOB COMPLEXITY:

Functional leadership with broad accountability for the entire portfolio
Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation of criteria for obtaining results.
Uses professional concepts and company’s policies and procedures to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

10-15% travel requirement.
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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across severalU.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets.  The base pay range for this positionis $360,250 – $418,750 annually. The base pay range may take into account the candidate’s geographic region, which will adjust the pay depending on the specific work location. The base pay offered will take into account the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity, among other factors.

In addition to the base salary, as part of our Total Rewards program, Exelixis offers comprehensive employee benefits package, including a 401k plan with generous company con