
Senior VP, Strategic Solutions and Patient Centricity (Oncology)
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Drive overall operational strategy globally, with a focus on our key therapeutic areas of Oncology and Rare Disease, to maximize Ergomed’s revenue and reputation.
- Lead a team of highly skilled professionals, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and development opportunities to team members, enhancing their capabilities and expertise.
- Leverage your comprehensive understanding of clinical trial dynamics, incorporate the sponsor context, therapy characteristics, disease indications, scientific/medical knowledge, and regulatory requirements, to support your team in the design of strategic plans for successful trial outcomes.
- Collaborate with internal and external experts to incorporate innovative approaches and industry best practices into trial design and planning.
- Work closely with the Business Development department to contribute strategic insights during the proposal and client engagement phases, enhancing Ergomed's ability to win new clinical trial contracts.
- Develop and present compelling narratives that highlight Ergomed's expertise and unique approach to prospective clients, effectively demonstrating the value of our strategic solutions.
- Set up the Directors, Operational Strategy as the owners of the Win Strategy that will be created for every key new business opportunity.
- Ensure the creation of appropriate job descriptions and RACIs to maximize clarity of roles, efficiency of touch points, and levels of authority to underpin the rapidity of informed decision-making.
- Build the Operational and Clinical Intelligence team, by defining the value-added outputs from this team, and structuring the interactions with key stakeholders such as Medical Affairs, and Regulatory.
- Set up the appropriate access to empirical data sources focused on Ergomed’s target therapeutic areas (Oncology and Rare Disease) and develop a system to leverage intelligence from these data sources to inform our Win Strategy.
- Establish the Clinician Engagement function to gather insights from key opinion leaders in diverse geographic regions, to better inform our understanding of the standard of care, the clinician/investigator experience, the attractiveness of the scientific endpoints under investigation, and the viability of the protocol design.
- Promote a patient-centric approach across all stages of clinical trial planning and execution, ensuring trial execution strategies are designed with patient needs and experiences at the forefront.
- Partner with the full gamut of cross-functional operational colleagues to predict, identify, mitigate, and manage potential challenges and issues that arise during study execution.
- Represent the Company by attending industry meetings, speaking engagements, participating in booth exhibitions, etc., and by publishing scientific or industry related articles in industry journals.
- Participates in client development, proposal development, bid defense preparation and bid defense meetings as necessary.
- Establish Ergomed as a recognized authority in clinical trial strategy and patient-centricity within the broader pharmaceutical and clinical research landscape.
- Perform administrative tasks associated with being a department head (e.g., budget oversight, performance reviews, etc.).
- Expertise and extensive clinical research experience in oncology
- Detailed knowledge of clinical research strategy on a global basis, key stakeholders and KOLs.
- Previous experience in a CRO environment, with a history of department leadership success
- In-depth knowledge of Regulatory Authority regulations and strong understanding and usage of medical terminology.
- Strong business acumen and proven ability to navigate in a complex matrixed global environment.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
- Effective organizational, presentation, documentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong leadership and communication, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Solutions provider; converts challenges to opportunities.
- Ability to navigate the management matrix; strong people and negotiation skills.
- Training and career development opportunities internally
- Strong emphasis on personal and professional growth
- Friendly, supportive working environment
- Opportunity to work with colleagues based all over the world, with English as the company language
- Quality
- Integrity & Trust
- Drive & Passion
- Agility & Responsiveness
- Belonging
- Collaborative Partnerships