Executive Director, Clinical Development, Breast Franchise

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

The Executive Director, Clinical Development will effectively lead BeiGene clinical assets through successful development of early and late phase clinical development strategies and deliverables in partnership with multiple functions across the organization, and with external academicians and collaboration partners. The candidate will report to the Vice President, Clinical Development, Breast and Women’s Cancers Franchise.

As a leader in the organization, the incumbent will be involved with asset and disease strategy and help assure that activities are executed within expected scope, budget, and timelines. The incumbent will play a key role in the establishment and growth of Clinical Development team as a Global Clinical development team leader. This leader must be a thoughtful and mentoring manager, responsible for hiring, training, developing, and retaining talent.

Specifically, the incumbent will collaborate with a variety of internal and external partners and stakeholders, such as clinical investigators, scientists and key opinion leaders (KOLs), as well as multidisciplinary internal groups, including other groups in Clinical Development, research, business development, commercial operations, legal, translational science etc.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Key contributor in Clinical Development strategy planning and leading presentations  to various internal governance committees.
• Provides leadership and clinical oversight across all assigned studies and programs, and has direct accountabilities to assigned clinical programs.
• Works with regulatory and other internal partners/stakeholders in the completion and submission of regulatory filings and other regulatory documentation.
• Support other functions and teams with clinical science information and input for regulatory submissions and other regulatory processes.
• Play a lead role in the development and implementation of communications strategies to support existing and completed studies including KOL interactions, advisory boards, major medical meetings, congresses and other events, publications and other materials.
• Contribute clinical science input into the relevant therapeutic/disease area scientific strategy.
• Understands competitive clinical development  landscape and adjusts strategy accordingly.
• Identifies strategic and incremental organizational resource needs re: People, Process and Technology.
• Plan and direct career development for US clinical development team members.
• Models values and Leadership Expectations, provide strong mentoring and coaching skills for team members.

Qualifications Requirement:

Critical Experience / Education

• Minimum 10 years of experience within other biotech/pharmaceutical or relevant academic credentials companies.
• Advanced degree (MD or MD equivalent) with subspecialty training in hematology/oncology 

Requires complex scientific knowledge and development expertise to translate an asset into a medicine. 

• Able to facilitate and integrate strong science into commercially viable products.
• Effective scientific and team communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, organizational, and cross functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in managing study start-up, directing and guiding study team execution, data cleaning, medical review, database locks, managing health authority responses are also required.

Program Management and Clinical Development Expertise

• Identifies the need for and leads the team in developing strategies to achieve team objectives.
• Leads the team in leveraging all available resources and information to maximize the effectiveness of long- and short-range planning.
• Having direct accountability for driving clinical development programs and enjoy the accountability of working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Team Leadership and Credibility

• Able to build highly productive teams both cross-functionally and externally.
• Able to develop high potential team members into leadership positions.
• Develop strong cross-functional working relationships with a diverse team of senior leaders.

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BeiGene Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

BeiGene is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeiGene Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.