Head, Clinical R&D Pharma

Head, Clinical R&D Pharma

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

We are currently looking for candidate who will serve as the Clinical and Medical Strategic partner for Business and R&D leaders and is a key leader in stakeholder engagement and alignment for strategic initiatives, innovation, organizational and talent development, and project execution.

The incumbent is responsible for planning, executing, and reporting of development and post-market approval clinical trials, as well as for developing and driving clinical and medical strategies across Pharmaceutical Technology Platform associated projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the Clinical R&D organization through role on the Clinical R&D leadership team, including acting as a thought leader around clinical designs for pharmaceutical products

• Contribute to the broader R&D strategies and priorities via roles on oversight committees and governance boards such as Protocol Review Committee and Scientific Governance Board

• Reviews and approves clinical project strategies in support of new product development and marketed products

• Review of clinical trial strategies to support approval and brand positioning

• Manage resources within area of accountability and ensures sufficient resources allocated to effectively execute against approved plans

• Develop Global Clinical and evidence generating team objectives in collaboration with Business and R&D leaders; monitor project progress; provide coaching to teams and resolve issues escalated from teams

• Target activities at the needs and requirements of major customers and key stakeholders, e.g., Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), the medical / scientific community, patients, and Health Authorities, including post-market regulatory submissions

• Generate clinical evidence aligned with Franchise strategy by helping to define appropriate endpoints and determine the most impactful patient and disease segmentation for clinical development registration and development and post-market approval clinical trials

• Publish high quality and timely peer-reviewed medical publications

• Develop unbiased, accurate, non-promotional content for standardized responses to customer inquiries.

• Partner with R&D and Business Franchise leaders.

• Effective talent and performance management of team

What you'll bring to Alcon

• Education: Advanced degree at doctoral or equivalent level preferred, e.g., MD, OD, PhD

• Language: Fluency (ability to read, write, understand, and communicate) in English

• Minimum years of relevant experience: 12 years of relevant experience

• Minimum years of demonstrated leadership: 8 years of demonstrated leadership

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Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.