Clinical Lead (Executive Medical Director)

About Us 

Kardigan is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world. It is our mission to develop multiple targeted treatments in parallel that bring people with cardiovascular diseases to the cures they deserve. 

At Kardigan, we are motivated by our values which guide how we work, interact, and achieve our goals. Driven by patients and their families, we are deeply committed to improving the lives of patients and prioritizing their needs above all else. We believe in being authentic—leading with truth to bring out the best in others by creating an environment where every person knows they will be fully accepted. With an eagerness to learn, we encourage the highest levels of curiosity and are open to changing our minds. We are committed to winning as a team with urgency, excellence, and intention, and support each other no matter what role we play or where we sit. Lastly, we strive to enable the impossible because patients are counting on us. We are not afraid to take risks to unlock innovation and advance scientific discoveries.   

These values are the foundation of our work, empowering us to make a real difference, every day.  

Position Title: Executive Medical Director, Clinical Lead

Department: Development

Reports To: Chief Medical Officer

Job Overview

The Executive Medical Director, Clinical Lead will be expected to lead to the clinical strategy, planning and execution for all aspects of clinical development of the program. Direct responsibilities include working with Global project team to identify the best clinical study that will provide the target product profile that was developed, planning and executing all activities related to the clinical trials of the program and that may also include other activities such as publication of study results and presentations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads Clinical activities and is a key member of the Global Project Team.
• In charge of strategy and planning clinical development of phase 1 to phase 3 and post launch study protocols, amendments, and other clinical research related documents and study reports
• Provide clinical/scientific knowledge into the development, design, delivery, and communication of the global evidence generation plan
• Support cross-functional and global collaborations to integrate broad medical, scientific, and commercial input into the development program
• Interpret and communicate clinical trial data
• Takes primary responsibility, working with statisticians, modelers, and project team-members, for study data analysis and interpretation, reporting and communication

• Assists and provides oversight with the operational aspects of study conduct including site selection and activation, site investigator and staff training, budget planning and contract review
• Leads the clinical part of the submission dossier in regulatory filings dossiers, and updates, regulatory briefing documents, Investigational Brochures, and other relevant documentation
• Leads the clinical strategic planning, authoring and review of clinical parts of regulatory submissions and scientific data disclosures of the studies.
• Leads clinical medical responses to regulatory or IRB/Research Ethics Committee information requests.
• Works with external and internal Key Opinion Leaders to help identify and validate new drug targets and related biomarkers
• Ensures consistency of clinical content and scientific messages across publications and materials
• Contribute to TPP (target product profile) and Global Product Safety (GPS) development
• May be asked to make scientific presentation at advisory boards, key scientific meetings and external committee meetings

Qualifications and Preferred Skills

• MD., or another health sciences area (e.g.: PharmD) is required.
• Minimum 5 years’ clinical development experience working in the regulated medical products industry is required.
• Experience designing and running Phase 1-3 trials, and submission of NDA would be a plus
• IND preparation and filing is a plus
• Experience working cross-functionally
• Management experience (direct reports) desirable, not required
• Leadership: Experience leading and motivating teams in a matrix environment is required. Proven interpersonal skills with ability to influence, resolve conflict and drive decisions among internal cross functional teams, executive management, and external teams.
• Strategic Agility: Ability to develop and execute complex strategies.
• Collaboration/Relationship Management: Ability to effectively collaborate in and across multiple functions, and with internal and external stakeholders of various backgrounds and skill sets. Skilled in establishing a collaborative and respectful environment.
• Influencing: Demonstrated ability of leading a matrixed team through influence. Proven track record of influence strategy, initiative(s) implementation, and decision-making. Proactively influences and motivates others to achieve objectives.
• Decision Making: Strong decision-making skills taking multiple perspectives into account and analytical skills are required; exercises sound business judgment that has broad organizational impact.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills (both orally and written) is critical to the success of the role.
• Business Excellence: Good at developing the processes necessary to get things done, knows how to organize people and activities, and knows what to measure and how to measure. Demonstrated ability to interpret data into actionable items
• Negotiation: Proven negotiation skills that effectively drive discussions and decisions to desired end-results that have broad organizational impact.
• Alignment: Proven track record of achieving alignment with internal and external stakeholders