Associate Director, Clinical Biomarker Lead

1 week ago


Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom GlaxoSmithKline Full time
Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, USA - Massachusetts - Waltham, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence
Posted Date: May

The Associate Director, Clinical Biomarker Lead will lead and/or contribute to the clinical asset biomarker strategy within early and late-stage clinical development programs to generate data that informs on target engagement, pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action and patient selection.

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Job responsibilities include , but are not limited to,
  • Lead and/or contribute to clinical asset biomarker strategy within early and late-stage clinical development programs to generate data that informs on target engagement, pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action and patient selection.
  • Represent Clinical Biomarker team at Clinical Matrix Teams (CMT) and clinical trial study teams (ST). As part of the CMT and clinical ST, establishing clear decision-making criteria to enable biomarker-informed clinical decisions.
  • Develop and implement novel biomarker assays with robust assay validation. Provide input to clinical teams on biomarker-related elements of clinical protocols, lab manuals and consent forms.
  • Provide scientific expertise and technical guidance to enable timely biomarker sample collection and analysis including from high dimensional assays. Execute sample testing plan and deliver high quality biomarker data packages to inform clinical development and regulatory strategy.
  • Lead writing of reports to support study teams and regulatory submissions as well as contribute to publications
  • Collaborate with clinical operations and sample management to ensure biomarker testing and data generation while being a point of contact for resolving study biomarker issues.
Why you? Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals,
  • MA/MS with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry setting in the application of biomarkers in clinical trials preferably in Respiratory and Immunology disease areas.
  • Experience in contributions to biomarker discovery and/or assay development
  • Experience in conducting biomarker analyses on various clinical sample types and working as part of a clinical study team
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus,
  • Experience in managing research collaborations, contract laboratories and budgets.
  • Demonstrated scientific capability as evidenced by publications, research reports, and external presentations.
  • Correlative Science Experience
  • Up to date knowledge and deep understanding of major molecular and genomic assay technologies and platforms
  • Experience with clinical flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry and/or immunoassay development
  • Knowledge and track-record of working to GCP principles
Closing Date for Applications - 11th June 2024 (COB)

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