Director, Clinical Research Alliances

As a privately-owned, biopharmaceutical company, Ferring pioneers and delivers life-changing therapies that help people build families and live better lives. Our independence helps us cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and long-term perspective that enables us to achieve growth and scale, while remaining agile and true to our ‘people first’ philosophy. Built on a 70-year plus commitment to science and research, Ferring is relentless in its pursuit of science that drives powerful discoveries and therapies to help people build families, stay healthy, and stand up to the world’s oldest enemy: disease.

As the Director, Clinical Research Alliances you will be responsible for aligning research objectives cross-functionally, both externally and internally, to achieve effective KOL engagement and support efficient study enrollment and trial completion.

With Ferring, you will be joining a recognized leader, identified as one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Fast Company, and honored by Fortune with inclusion on its “Change the World List,” for addressing society’s unmet needs. Ferring US is also Great Places to Work® Certified, distinguishing it as one of the best companies to work for in the country.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and support the company’s efforts in communicating the high value of Ferring Uro-oncology research initiatives to successfully execute trial needs

• Initiate and maintain relationships with study investigators to create advocates for Ferring Uro-Oncology research

• Collaborate with the Therapeutic area medical team and medical affairs to support current PI involvement and KOL engagement initiatives

• Uncover opportunities for engagement to ensure appropriate enrollment at each research center

• Collaborate with Ferring clinical operations, TA medical directors, and CRO to identify and develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for activities aimed at enhancing trial recruitment, and ensure reports are developed and shared with management to track progress and drive improvements

• Work with Ferring clinical operations, TA Medical Directors and CRO to understand KPIs for enrollment and support where necessary for optimal study performance – then delete this as incorporated in above

• Work to facilitate collaboration between different departments or groups within the same study site to optimize the enrollment of trial participants, feeding back any trial-specific impact to the Ferring clinical operations team to ensure coordinated efforts

• Report identified site or vendor issues to Clinical trial team via TA medical directors including opinions and observations related to the operational, scientific and other aspects of the study so that Ferring clinical operations team can assess appropriate trial-related actions

• Collaborate with Ferring medical affairs and CTT during the start-up phase for selection of sites to enable and retain beneficial experiences and best practices

• Ensure alignment of medical communications and publications plans within the overall medical brand and development plan – delete as this has too much overlap with existing teams and processes

• Support and partner with key internal business partner

• Ensure effective interaction & communication between the uro-oncology research team, medical science liaison teams and other key stakeholders

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job comparable to 15+ years in matrix leadership organizations in operational or client facing environments.
• Minimum 5 years Uro-Oncology experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree; BSN or MBA strongly preferred.
• Experience working with Urologist preferred
• Prior medical affairs, medical communications, publications and/or KOL management experience highly desired
• Proven leadership track record with exceptional communication, collaboration and prioritizing skills, supporting pre and post-launch activities.
• Ability to analyze and summarize data, think critically, and manage multiple projects
• Strong interpersonal skills including building and maintaining successful KOL and stakeholder relationships
• Proven planning and organizational skills with experience managing multiple priorities; attention to detail and the ability to prioritize in a changing environment with a sense of urgency
• Strong interpersonal skills in developing and maintaining professional relationships
• Proven ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries
• Proven success in driving cross functional teams toward a common goal and deliverables
• Proficiency in project management
• A high degree of self-motivation, organization, communication, and presentation skills; high competence in solving complex problems, as well as the ability to navigate a fast-paced cross functional and collaborative work environment
• Ability to be independent, multitask and results oriented with hands-on attitude in a fast-paced and energetic environment
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to think broadly about scientific communications and the impact on materials
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships with internal colleagues including Global Medical Affairs leadership

Ferring + you

At Ferring, we offer competitive total compensation along with an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work. From working hours that respect your lifestyle, a culture that is welcoming and equitable, and the chance to work with the industry’s most impressive people, these are just some of the ways we live our "People First" philosophy.

Our Compensation and Benefits

At Ferring, base salary is one part of our competitive total compensation and benefits package and is determined using a salary range. The base salary range for this role is $178,000 to $210,000, which is the reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount paid may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education and primary work location. Additional compensation for this role will be provided based on competitive annual incentive compensation targets in the form of an annual bonus - payouts are based on individual and company performance.

Benefits for this role include: comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with a premium differential, inverse to base salary, to be paid by employees; a 401k plan and company match; short and long-term disability coverage; basic life insurance; wellness benefits; reimbursement for certain tuition expenses; sick time frontloaded yearly of 40 hours, or higher if state or local law requires; vacation time for full time employees to accrue between 112.5 and 150 hours yearly in the first four (4) years of employment, and additional accruals starting in the fifth (5th) year of employment; and 12 to 13 paid holidays per year. We are proud to offer 26 weeks of paid parental leave, learn more about the parental leave offering in our benefits package here. For roles that are not field-based, Ferring has a policy that allows employees to work up to two days from home and three at a Ferring site, weekly.

Ferring is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Join our team and your voice will be heard, and your contributions will be valued. If you love to come up with new ways to make a positive difference and see them through, you will fit right in.

We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (including Disability/Protected Veterans). We maintain a drug-free workplace.