Associate Director, Biology

The successful candidate will manage a team of scientists working in early discovery and development through IND. Responsible for championing innovative scientific and technical strategies to deliver differentiated therapeutics that enable novel mechanisms to be fully tested in early clinical development. Leverage understanding of target biology to inform optimal disease indication. Exhibits significant learning agility to build deep mechanistic knowledge around disease biology and translational clinical development plans. Manages investment risk in individual projects through early identification of key questions and development of clear decision-making experimental plans to build confidence in the biology, pharmacology and safety of the approach. Lead a team of scientists on experimental design, execution, data analysis and interpretation. Manage key strategic and/or collaborative projects with external CROs and academic collaborators. Work closely with the medicinal chemistry and biologic teams. Author, edit, review and approve study reports and regulatory submissions from Pre-IND submission through early phase clinical trials.