MSD Senior Scientist Early Stage Development M/F/D 

Belgium 

569627221

Job Description

Senior Scientist Early Stage Development

Reporting into the Early Stage Development Scientists (ESDS) Lead, as an Early Stage Development Scientist you will be responsible for the scientific elaboration and project management of early stage trials (also known as phase 1 trials) in Europe. This includes pro-actively organizing, coordinating and overseeing all critical aspects of set-up, conduct and reporting for clinical trials and developing scientific expertise with clinical sites.

Main responsibilities

• Develop and maintain collaborations with investigators, research units and key opinion leaders in the therapeutic areas of importance for the company’s research;

• Organize/ coordinate meetings/cross functional collaboration, i.e. local subject matter experts (consultants) to discuss study design and provide scientific input into protocol and interact with collaborating internal departments to optimize study conduct;

• Monitoring and data follow-up, i.e. visit the study sites frequently and collaborate closely with study staff to ensure real-time coordination of optimal study conduct, review & report all critical safety and efficacy findings on a continuous basis and discuss study data with investigator and HQ functional areas;

• Contribute to scientific publications/ presentations at scientific meetings;

• Maintain an ongoing and systematic search to identify and recommend investigators, sites, and investigational models in the therapeutic areas of interest for the company.

• The travel component will be around 50% of the time.

Your profile

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences;

• At least 3 years of experience in monitoring clinical studies and/ or clinical study project management in a pharmaceutical or CRO environment;

• Science driven, autonomous, innovative and team-oriented;

• Self-starter with excellent communication skills;

• Working knowledge of software packages;

• Flexible in visiting the study sites in Belgium;

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Dutch and English (French is a plus).

We offer
We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development. Our benefits are very competitive and the summary below will give you an idea of what you can expect.

• A competitive salary;

• Extralegal benefits;

• Company car

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