Offer summary

Qualifications:

MD or MD/PhD in a relevant discipline, preferably neurology., Minimum of 6 years of industry experience in neurology clinical development., Proven leadership skills and effective communication abilities., Experience in preclinical and clinical study design and execution..

Key responsabilities:

Provide scientific and medical leadership for preclinical and clinical neurology programs.

Establish relationships with thought leaders and represent the company at conferences.

Contribute to the development of clinical documents and regulatory submissions.

Mentor junior team members and support cross-functional collaboration.

Job description

It continues to be an exciting time for BlueRock Therapeutics as the company advances cutting edge cellular therapies to positively impact patients’ lives across multiple disease areas.

BlueRock is recruiting a key member of the Clinical Development group to support and direct preclinical, translational IND-enabling, and clinical development activities of the neurology programs.

In this newly created role, the Senior Medical Director Neurology will be charged with providing scientific and medical leadership and support for BlueRock’s neurology programs. Reporting to the Senior Vice President Clinical Development, this role will work closely with program leads and other subject matter experts to expand and execute on the company’s development pipeline. The successful candidate will be a clinical and scientific leader and resource, and they will support relationships and activities within BlueRock and externally with BlueRock partners.

The successful candidate will be a clinician scientist with both an interest and experience in preclinical as well as clinical stage development programs. They will build and maintain strong collaborative efforts with both internal and external partners and will provide guidance to research teams and IND-enabling and clinical-stage activities. They will contribute to highly productive, cross-functional development teams (such as research, regulatory, CMC, clinical development, clinical operations, and IP) within a dynamic matrixed environment. The position will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the potential to be hybrid or remote.

Responsibilities:

Provide expert scientific and medical support and leadership to both preclinical and clinical stage BlueRock programs

Support development and progression of a robust BlueRock neurology pipeline

Establish strong relationships with thought leaders in the field

Represent the company in the neurology space both internally at meetings and externally, including global conferences.

Support the neurology pipeline by contributing to the assessment of potential new products or programs

Work with cross-functional teams, and contribute to strong, collaborative efforts to strengthen internal capabilities

Lead, contribute to, and provide oversight to development of clinical documents

Contribute to the analysis, interpretation and reporting of preclinical and clinical data

Provide clinical and scientific content and detailed review for regulatory documents, and contribute to the overall strategy in regulatory submissions and interactions

Provide strategic programmatic input through interaction with the development leadership team

Provide mentorship and support to more junior team members

Minimum Requirements:

MD or MD/PhD in a relevant discipline is required (neurology strongly preferred)

Industry experience in neurology clinical development required

Minimum of 6 years of experience, or a combination of relevant education and experience

Proven ability to lead teams by example and promote company culture

Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Interest and experience in preclinical/early development stage programs

Experience in design and execution of clinical studies

Knowledgeable in drug safety, compliance and cGMP

Ability to analyze, interpret, summarize and clearly communicate scientific data