Study Physician, Medical Director – Neuroimmunology, Immunology, BioPharmaceuticals R&D

• Provide expert medical and scientific input to cell-therapy and immunotherapy clinical-stage assets in development for multiple sclerosis and   additional   immune-mediated diseases.

• Act as clinical authority representative for the study team. With senior support as needed, you will   be responsible for   the design, delivery, and interpretation of clinical studies from Phase 1 through pivotal, ensuring compliance with GCP.

• Lead the medical assessment of causality,   severity   and benefit-risk for safety events, and provide medical sign-off on safety-related decisions such as dose holds and stopping-rule application. Own ongoing review and monitoring of clinical data for quality, data integrity, data-trend investigation, and safety, including SAEs, SUSARs, protocol deviations, and periodic review of emerging safety, efficacy, PK, and biomarker data both internally and via SRC/DMCs.

• Represent the study at the Safety Review Committee, IDMC/DMC, and internal safety governance.   Adjudicate   complex clinical cases, including MS relapse adjudication, and sign off endpoint definitions and thresholds.

• Support the clinical development strategy from early target identification through late phase, with senior support as necessary, and secure cross-functional alignment across the wider AZ organization.

• Provide clinical and disease   expertise   to research, clinical pharmacology, translational medicine, regulatory, biostatistics, safety, the cell-therapy delivery team (including CMC), and commercial colleagues as part of a cross-functional team.

• Follow medical developments in cell therapy and immune-mediated disease   closely, and   disseminate insight within Clinical Development and the wider organization to translate emerging data into innovative clinical plans.

• Support the program at internal governance interactions and with external partners, as aligned with senior management. This includes investigators, key external experts, patient-advocacy groups, regulators, sites, and CROs.

• Contribute medical content and final medical review to clinical sections of study- and program-level documents such as protocols, ICFs, IB, briefing books, BTD, PIPs, SAPs, and safety periodic reports, providing risk-benefit framing and clinical rationale.

• Support qualification of pharmacodynamic and disease markers for early assessment of efficacy.

• May provide clinical strategic feedback on in-licensing opportunities.

• MD, or equivalent degree from an accredited university, or an MD (or equivalent) plus a PhD, with specialty or experience in the immunology or neuroimmunology therapeutic area. Cell-therapy experience is ideal.
• Postgraduate subspecialty training and board certification in a relevant field such as neurology, with a history of substantive clinical positions at attending or consultant level, preferably at a major academic medical center.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• Prior biotechnology or pharmaceutical clinical-development experience, including hands-on involvement in the design, delivery, interpretation, and oversight of industry-sponsored clinical studies. Experience working effectively within cross-functional drug development teams and   operating   with the level of autonomy expected of a study physician.
• Sound understanding of the full drug-development process, clinical research   methodology , and biostatistics principles, enabling efficient trial design and data-driven decisions.
• Knowledge of FDA, EMA, MHRA, and ICH GCP guidelines for the conduct of global clinical studies.
• Adaptive problem-solving and the ability to navigate complex organizations, influence internal and external stakeholders, and frame clear, succinct messages that simplify complex decisions.
• Attention to detail, a drive for high-quality work, a sense of urgency, and a demonstrated   track record   of delivering results.

• Experience in CAR-T or other engineered cell therapies, and/or T-cell engagers, in autoimmune or inflammatory indications.
• Familiarity with cell-therapy operational constraints such as chain-of-identity/control and vein-to-vein   logistics , and with CMC-clinical interfaces.
• Experience working effectively with cross-functional partners across clinical development and commercial organizations.
• Awareness of the evolving external landscape in neuroimmunology, including scientific, clinical, competitive, and regulatory developments.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally.

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