Currently, we are looking for a one or more (Associate) Medical Directors who have a medical background and experience from conducting and designing pharmaceutical industry trials. You understand drug development programs and the associated regulatory framework and preferably you have a track record within obesity, endocrinology, metabolic disease areas or inflammatory disease areas. We are looking for a self-driven team-oriented colleague with the capability to informally lead cross-functional teams towards innovative solutions for delivering the highest standard clinical development trials for our drug candidates. We offer a unique culture, based in the Zealand Pharma’s DNA where we are bonding to discover, design and develop innovative peptide-based medicines to change the lives of patients If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities with an independent attitude, you are a match for us.
More than 300 people in Zealand Pharma are involved in the full value chain of drug development and working closely together with external collaborators as well. It’s an exciting period of time for us, as we are growing to support our diverse project pipeline moving more candidates into later stage clinical development phases. Specifically, in the Medical & Science area we are 18 highly skilled Medical and Clinical Pharmacology experts as well as leaders, working across the full portfolio, where the Obesity department consists of 5 Medical Experts with diverse backgrounds and a lot of experience all together.
We are expanding the department to ensure we can support the obesity portfolio with our 2 products in clinical development moving into phase 2 and 3. In the role, you will be referring to the Head of Medical & Science, Obesity and you will contribute to all medical and scientific aspects of one or more projects across all stages of clinical development. In addition, Zealand Pharma is undergoing a fast development with many near future opportunities depending on your experience and engagement.
Responsibilities
- Create and guide clinical development plans for selected projects, in close collaboration with the project teams
- Create clinical trial outlines ensuring fit for purpose design excellence in accordance with strategy and the needs of the assigned drug development projects.
- Act as Zealand’s medical expert for selected clinical projects and trials
- Provide medical subject matter expertise to the clinical and projects teams as appropriate; liaise with other drug development disciplines regarding the conduct of trials, statistical methodology, data analysis, interpretation and reporting, and regulatory issues
- Support execution of the strategy and other project related tasks on-time and with the highest quality
- Support the clinical team in executing the clinical development plan
- Ensure proper medical monitoring, including when the role is delegated to appropriately qualified medical personnel, such as outside consultants or CROs in accordance with SOPs
- Work in accordance with applicable guidelines and regulatory plans/regulatory advice to ultimately support marketing authorizations
- Write essential part of the documentation required to support conduct of the clinical program and the documentation required to respond to regulatory agencies regarding any clinical queries and for product approval by regulatory agencies
- Provide relevant post-approval medical and life-cycle support
Candidate profile
You will have most or all the below qualifications:
- Medical education is required, specialization not necessary
- Proven pharma experience with hands on drug development experience, incl. preparing clinical trial plans, development plans, clinical pharmacology trials or later stage trials
- Clinical experience within one or more of obesity/metabolic/endocrine/inflammatory disease areas is preferred
- Scientific experience within relevant areas, PhD or equivalent is ideal
- Proven ability to drive and lead scientific project sub-teams towards results in a complex scientific field or in a pharmaceutical organization
- Experience from a lead medical role or similar is an advantage
- Experience with regulatory affairs, regulatory agency meetings and drug registration is preferred
- You must be able to work independently and actively contribute as a highly collaborative team player
- You must have skills for project management and be able to get people on board in your team
Bonding to innovate
Our employees are fundamental to our success, and we continue to be able to attract and retain people with vast experience and talent. We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization.
Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. From discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, to engaging with our partners or connecting with each other.
We bond because of our entrepreneurial culture where our people are encouraged to pursue their ideas and turn them into reality. We are curious about each other’s knowledge and expertise.
We bond through curiosity and playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking and drive future innovation. Zealand Pharma is a place where everyone is heard and contributes to the success, we all want to experience.
The Zealand Pharma DNA builds on four values: (1) We are bold, (2) We empower people, (3) We work as one team, and (4) We can be trusted.
Let’s bond and be bold
We offer a combined compensation package which includes a base salary, pension, bonus, and a possibility to join our employee share program. We care about our employees’ well-being and offer health insurance, use of massage, fitness, and a range of social clubs and activities
To find out more about working at Zealand, visit https://www.zealandpharma.com/careers/zealand-as-a-workplace/
Interested? Please apply no later than December 31st, 2024, or as soon as possible. The applications will be reviewed as they come in.
For further information, please contact Head of Medical & Science, Obesity, Charlotte Giwercman Carson, +45 3111 6251 or CHC@zealandpharma.com
About Zealand Pharma A/S
Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: ZEAL) ("Zealand") is a Danish biotechnology company on a mission to change lives with next generation peptide medicines. In our effort to reach our goals bonding is at the core of everything we do. Let it be discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, engaging with partners or connecting with each other. This has led to more than 10 drug candidates invented by Zealand having advanced into clinical development, of which two have reached the market. Zealand’s current pipeline of internal product candidates focus on specialty gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Additionally, the portfolio includes clinical license collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim and pre-clinical license collaboration with Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Zealand is based in Copenhagen (Søborg), Denmark. For further information about the Company's business and activities, please visit www.zealandpharma.com or bond with us through LinkedIn.
