Position: Chief Medical Officer

Logistics: Full-Time or Part time, Exempt, (In-House or Regional)

Reports to: CEO

Travel: Up to 45%

Overview/Summary of Postion:

As Chief Medical Officer, you will be part of the Senior Management Team at Beardsworth -- setting strategic goals for the Company; broadening existing relationships (yours and ours) within the industry and among oncology clinical researchers; bridging business opportunities with operational planning and execution.

As CMO, you will be the primary scientific and medical voice of the Company drawing clients to our organization by your knowledge, experience, partnership, and idea-sharing. You will be expected to represent Beardsworth on the industry stage as a leader in successful clinical trial conduct. You will seek to build relationships with potential clients; industry organizations; and investigators. You will develop presentations for and present at oncology-focused meetings, at client presentations; in workshops; and for the advancement of internal training. You will be encouraged to write and publish articles in trade journals and, as possible, in scientific journals. Working with Business Development team members, you will use your industry, medical and oncology background to attract and develop oncology opportunities.

Your insight into clinical trial conduct, your desire to make an impact on the conduct of clinical trials in oncology, and your entrepreneurial, innovative spirit will drive Beardsworth to breakthroughs in the conduct of clinical trials in oncology and other complex therapeutic areas. You will partner with site investigators to find creative solutions to roadblocks in trials. As Beardsworth expands further globally, you will work with global partners to develop delivery strategies and study solutions for completion of projects that meet goals of timing, budget, and data integrity. You will act as a Scientific Liaison to staff as well as to clients; provide medical consultation as required/requested to client/sponsor or other service groups; conduct study protocol feasibility reviews; assist in the evaluation of clinical development plans with sponsors and may function in the capacity as a Safety Officer and Medical Representative on the project teams if needed.

A. Essential Functions:

• Serve as an oncology expert and business development resource to increase the Company’s position in the oncology marketplace.
• Build the business by participating in presentations to clients, and by establishing and maintaining relationships with potential alliance partners, external companies, investigators, and/or operations leaders, etc., to optimize performance on clinical trial activities.
• Provide consultative input to clients/potential clients regarding product development plans, study protocols and other projects.
• Plan clinical programs and develop a timetable, budget, and resource analyses for clinical programs and personnel administration.
• Collaborate with thought-leaders and professional faculty to best design and implement projects.
• Research and design background materials for projects and new business presentations.
• Monitor safety data and efficacy trends by reviewing clinical data.
• Review request for results of IND studies and provide input for PK and pre-clinical trials.
• Design clinical portions of INDs, NDAs, BLAs (including protocols, IBs, medical reports, Safety and Efficacy summaries, scientific rationales, and benefit-risk ratios)
• Deliver speaking engagements to oncologists 6 times per year
• Visit Beardsworth’s clients or potential clients 4 – 5 days per month
• Visit sites and meet with Investigators 6 days per month
• Network with database of Industry contacts and expand database of Clinical contacts.
• Provide in-house training for Beardsworth clinical staff on a specific therapeutic area (disease overview, current therapies, etc.)
• Participate in Strategy Meetings once a quarter.
• Be onsite at Beardsworth at least 30% of time when not on company Business.
• Participate in the training of entry-level CRAs.
• Performs in-house data review functions.
• Drafts CRF Completion Guidelines

B. Secondary Functions:

• Attend and present materials, as needed, at meetings with Beardsworth as well as extra-company meetings (ex: Investigator Meetings).
• Make presentations at scientific meetings; participate in scientific advisory board meetings.
• Publish articles
• Could be asked to serve on a DSMB, or as a Medical Monitor
• Participate in brainstorming sessions to develop solutions for projects. Makes presentations within the company on assigned drug, therapeutic area, and/or study results.

C. Skills Required:

• Effective, accurate, and concise communication expertise with multiple levels of the organization.
• Collaborative yet entrepreneurial style of communicating and producing results with both internal and external teams.
• Close attention to detail with absolute commitment to quality: ability to maintain a high-quality/ outstanding department reputation in order to acquire new and repeat business.
• Possess integrity plus high standards of ethical conduct in dealing with confidential information and projects.
• Appropriately represent Beardsworth when building and maintaining relationships with clients, sites, and vendors; ability to build trust and confidence in teams/departments.
• Self starter and the ability to lead and drive meetings

D. Educational/Work Experience:

• MD; active US license preferred
• US Board certified oncologist preferred. Board eligible or board certified in one or more specialties with a strong background in Oncology will be considered;
• Clinical research experience as an investigator, a plus
• A minimum of 1-2 years pharmaceutical industry experience plus clinical practice experience of at least 2 years or equivalent; CRO experience preferred.
• Role with FDA either on the Advisory ODAC or Oncology group would be a plus.
• Active practice or attending role is a plus.

 

Please contact or fax your CV, with salary requirements and contact information to (908) 788-5281, ATTN: Human Resources.