Clinical Development Lead — Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- Allschwil
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 43 days ago
Role overview
The purpose of Idorsia is to challenge accepted medical paradigms, answering the questions that matter most.
To achieve this, we will discover, develop, and commercialize transformative medicines – either with in-house capabilities or together with partners – and evolve Idorsia into a leading biopharmaceutical company, with a strong scientific core.
Are you an experienced clinical development professional eager to take scientific ownership of a clinical program and help shape the future of a differentiated therapy?
- The purpose of Idorsia is to challenge accepted medical paradigms, answering the questions that matter most.
- To achieve this, we will discover, develop, and commercialize transformative medicines – either with in-house capabilities or together with partners – and evolve Idorsia into a leading biopharmaceutical company, with a strong scientific core.
- Key Responsibilities
- The Clinical Development Lead is the clinical and scientific expert responsible for leading the delivery of clinical program objectives for an assigned compound, in line with Company strategy and agreed development plans. Main responsibilities include:
- Serve as a core member of the Safety Management Team and contribute to the assessment and communication of the compound’s benefit-risk profile.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities
- The Clinical Development Lead is the clinical and scientific expert responsible for leading the delivery of clinical program objectives for an assigned compound, in line with Company strategy and agreed development plans. Main responsibilities include:
- Lead the multidisciplinary Clinical Team at development-program level, providing scientific direction, strategic alignment and accountability across the program.
- Shape innovative clinical development strategies that maximize the compound's value throughout its lifecycle, integrating emerging scientific evidence and evolving standard of care into development plans.
- Lead the scientific development and delivery of clinical sections of trial- and program-level regulatory documents, including Investigator’s Brochures, briefing books, safety updates, submission dossiers and responses to Health Authorities.
- Provide thought leadership in clinical trial design and execution in close partnership with key functions, ensuring scientific quality, clear prioritisation and timely delivery.
- Provide ongoing clinical and scientific review, interpretation and communication of clinical trial data to inform program strategy and development decisions.
- Support the preparation of safety-related documents, including Periodic Safety Update Reports, Drug Safety Update Reports and other safety documentation, in collaboration with the Project Physician and Drug Safety Physician.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the therapeutic area, competitive landscape, relevant mechanisms of action and evolving standards of care.
- Lead clinical contributions to scientific communications, including study abstracts, posters, oral presentations and manuscripts.
What the company offers
- Serve as a core member of the Safety Management Team and contribute to the assessment and communication of the compound’s benefit-risk profile.
Application process
- We encourage all potential candidates with diverse backgrounds of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, and disability to submit their job applications.
- All applicants will receive consideration.
- We are committed to fostering respect, fairness, and equal opportunities for all job applicants and our employees.
- Please be informed that if you are selected for this position, your employment will be subject to a pre-employment background screening process, of which you would be informed in greater detail in due course.
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd ("Idorsia") is committed to a fair and transparent application process.
- In order to avoid any conflict of interest in line with Idorsia Code of Business Conduct, which would undermine such a commitment, the applicants must disclose any personal, financial, or other outside interests interfering with the interests of Idorsia.
- Further, the applicant is obliged to disclose any and all relationships with close or affiliated persons, who are employees of Idorsia or are collaborating with Idorsia in any other contractual relationship.
- Please note Idorsia operates a strictly controlled list of preferred recruitment partners.
Contacts
- For those partners who have no valid, signed Master Service Agreement in place with Idorsia, all unsolicited resumes, CVs, anonymous profiles, or any other candidate details submitted through our website or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals (including any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or related companies) are considered the property of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals and are not subject to payment of any form of introduction, placement or referral fees.
Company and context
- Ability to work independently, influence decision-making and build alignment across cross-functional teams in a dynamic matrix organization.
- A collaborative, proactive and pragmatic mindset, with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering high-quality clinical evidence.
- Work Location: Allschwil, Switzerland (primarily on-site) Business Area: Global Clinical Development Job Type: Permanent, full time Job ID : 4806
- At Idorsia, we harness the power of difference, authenticity, and inclusion to achieve business success.
Additional details
- The Clinical Development Lead is the clinical and scientific expert responsible for leading the delivery of clinical program objectives for an assigned compound, in line with Company strategy and agreed development plans. Main responsibilities include:
- Champion the clinical perspective in cross-functional discussions and support the continuous evolution of the clinical development strategy. Candidate Requirements
- Work Location: Allschwil, Switzerland (primarily on-site) Business Area: Global Clinical Development Job Type: Permanent, full time
Notes and original content
- The Clinical Development Lead is the clinical and scientific expert responsible for leading the delivery of clinical program objectives for an assigned compound, in line with Company strategy and agreed development plans.
- Main responsibilities include:
- Champion the clinical perspective in cross-functional discussions and support the continuous evolution of the clinical development strategy.
- Candidate Requirements
- Work Location: Allschwil, Switzerland (primarily on-site)
- Business Area: Global Clinical Development
- Job Type: Permanent, full time
- Job ID : 4806
Questions about this listing
What salary does Idorsia Pharmaceuticals offer for this role?
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals lists CHF 99'500 - 169'500 gross per year for this position in Allschwil. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Idorsia Pharmaceuticals offer?
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