Research & Development Director

Consider a career with a company that has become a phenomenal success by saving, extending and improving people's lives. At Pfizer, life truly is our life's work. Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals and many of the world's best-known consumer products.

The Research & Development Director (EDD) is responible for providing project organizational leadership for Exploratory Candidate Management Teams (ECMTs), and is accountable for setting strategic direction, time, budget and quality objectives, and delivering assigned projects against those objectives from Pre-CAN/CAN through proof-of-concept (POC) to full development. Key goals of this position include: accountability for setting the strategic direction of the project by formulating a development plan and ensuring that it is aligned with corporate goals/strategies; accountable for project level goals including delivery of key regulatory submissions and approvals while meeting time, budget and quality objectives; accountable for integrated (rolled-up) budget; manage key interdivisional interfaces on project issues including Research and Commercial groups, serve as a point of contact and project representative to site based ED governance bodies; negotiate for resources required for project success; manage orgnaizational relationships and leverage line expertise to achieve goals; and lead/manage team performance to deliver the candidate.
Prior experience should include: strong track record of leading teams to evaluate new therapies in the pharmaceutical industry; technical experience in a discipline associated with drug development; experience in budgetary management and fiscal awareness; and knowledge of issues that drive early stage development projects.
The successful candidate should also exhibit a keen sense of influencing, bigger picture/strategic thinking, courage with decisiveness to act, networking/alliance building, inspirational leadership, and understanding stakeholder needs. An advanced Degree or equivalent experience in a scientific and/or Project Management discipline is required.

Please apply directly at staffing@pharmaceuticalrecruit.com