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Cedent lists this Director of Preclinical Research (Durham, NC) opportunity in durham, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Director of Preclinical Research (Durham, NC)
The Client is seeking an experienced and high-agency individual to support the development of new treatments for Client, a rare bone cancer with no approved drug therapies. To date, we’ve developed a suite of research-enabling resources, funded or collaborated with over 120 researchers and companies, and launched our own research lab to support drug discovery and repurposing. Through these collective efforts, we’ve helped bring over 10 therapies into clinical trials for Client. With the goal of further increasing the pace of progress towards better treatments, we’re hiring a Director of Preclinical Research to help us pursue a growing number of research opportunities spanning resource development, target discovery, drug discovery, drug repurposing and translational research.
Key Responsibilities
Awarding and managing grants, guiding collaborations, and outsourcing internally-conceived projects
Developing, acquiring, and distributing research-enabling resources
Establishing and maintaining relationships and alliances with investigators, companies, and other stakeholders around the world
Position Overview
New, full-time position on the client research team
Position is office-based (not lab-based)
Travel 4-8 times per year for team meetings, collaborator/grantee visits and conferences
Reports to the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
Local or remote candidates are encouraged to apply
Preferred start date is August 2025
Detailed Responsibilities
Preclinical research grants:
Oversee our preclinical grants portfolio and manage the entire lifecycle of grantmaking activities, including RFP development, inviting/recruiting applicants, peer review, grant awards, and progress reporting
Review progress reports, attend progress update meetings, record notes, offer scientific feedback
Arm grantees with research-enabling resources, help them navigate barriers, identify opportunities for collaboration based on your bird’s eye view of the research ecosystem
Outsourced research projects:
Identify appropriate opportunities to outsource projects to contract research vendors to advance our goals
Oversee all aspects of the vendor management process including selection, project scoping, ensuring execution on time and on budget, and data analysis
Assist CSO with the in vivo evaluation of promising therapeutic concepts in Client mouse models to develop rationale for new clinical trials
Research resource management:
Oversee our repositories of models, biospecimens, and data, and manage associated vendors
Distribute models, biospecimens, and data in support of global research efforts
Identify and import new datasets or models developed by researchers into our repositories to facilitate resource centralization
Stimulate the development of new preclinical models to fill gaps in our current repository, including immunocompetent models
Alliance management and ecosystem development:
Assist CSO in forging and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders across our various research programs
Facilitate effective and efficient preclinical research collaborations with academic investigators and companies
Stimulate new research by recruiting investigators with relevant interests and capabilities and educating them about our research-enabling resources
Assist CSO in writing grant applications to support internal research
Develop new knowledge through attendance at relevant conferences, workshops, symposia, and staying up to date on the scientific literature
Help our Development and Engagement teams develop research-related updates for various constituents, donors and funders
Update and further develop content and resources on our website for researchers
Required Qualifications
PhD, MD, PharmD or equivalent degree in the biological sciences
At least 5 years of industry experience in oncology R&D
Prior experience building and maintaining strategic relationships with CROs, companies, and academic researchers to achieve research goals
Adept at navigating bureaucracies, can effectively persuade and influence external stakeholders
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience with research grants (writing, reviewing, and/or managing)
Highly organized, can effectively multitask and deliver results across multiple projects
High agency, proactive, takes initiative, makes decisions independently, escalates issues when appropriate
Must be legally authorized for employment in the U.S. We are not able to sponsor visas at this time
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Worksite address
durham, NC, 27703, US
Who can apply
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