Senior Program Officer, Clinical Vaccine Development
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
The FoundationWe are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty,
disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple
premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or
circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive
lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity
of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an
exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which
include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no
premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave,
foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and
opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a
workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to
thrive both personally and professionally.The TeamThe Team Our
Global Health (GH) program harnesses advances in science and
technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health
problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get
too little attention and funding. Where tools exist, we support
sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don't, we
invest in research and development of new interventions, such as
vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases
focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, enteric and diarrheal
diseases, pneumonia, and maternal, newborn and child health. These
strategies are supported by functional & cross cutting teams that
focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development,
Innovation Introduction, and Integrated Development. The Vaccine
Development (VDev) team's vision is to ensure a secure and
sustainable supply of consistently high quality, appropriately
priced vaccines that are efficiently delivered to meet the needs of
global health populations - whether through our direct product
development efforts, functional support to program strategy teams,
investments in technology development or technical advocacy in the
vaccine development ecosystem.Your Role As a key member of the
Vaccine Development team, Senior Program Officer, Clinical Vaccine
Development, is accountable for a portfolio of investments and
partnerships on priority product development efforts. These will
consist of several "next generation", innovative vaccines and
approaches to vaccine development expected to deliver high-impact
in the near term, including leveraging correlates of protection to
accelerate clinical development, novel clinical trial designs and
AI in clinical development.You will provide clinical leadership,
program management, strategy development and communications on
Vaccine Development priorities, Product Development Partners, and
other foundation partners. You will also partner closely with the
Deputy Director, Integrated Clinical Development, and Deputy
Director (DD), Chemicals, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) to
contribute to the continued development of the team's strategic
vision including participating in the setting of the overall
strategy and goals for the groupWhat You'll Do
- Define strategy for and lead the correlates of protection
portfolio, working closely with the Deputy Director of Integrated
Clinical Vaccines Development.
- Partner closely with team leadership, including the Director,
DD Integrated Clinical Vaccines Development, DD CMC Vaccine
Development, and DD Strategy, Planning and Management to
communicate and implement the overall Vaccine Development
strategy.
- Act as foundation "Project Lead" for priority vaccine
development programs
- Negotiate, implement, and manage a portfolio of grants or
performance-based contracts; including alignment of internal and
external stakeholders, review of letters of inquiry and grant
proposals as well as providing clear, concise and insightful
written analyses and recommendations for funding.
- Consult, provide thought partnership, and support to grantees
and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and the
creation of well-integrated vaccine development plans, clinical
study designs, statistical analysis plans, and clinical assays for
vaccine clinical studies
- Serve as an advisor on clinical vaccine study design; including
the review of protocols, analysis plans, and clinical sections of
regulatory dossiers.
- Bring forward innovative ideas for enabling more rapid,
cost-effective and geographically diverse clinical development of
vaccines and biologics
- Provide senior-level technical clinical vaccine development
expertise for internal Program Strategy Teams (PSTs) and
partners.
- Provide technical guidance and support on the foundation
process for Integrated Product Development Plans (IPDPs) and the
development process including definition of critical milestones and
stage gates. Support product development process as defined by the
foundation for our internal and external partners.
- Represent the foundation and program to the external world as
relates to positionresponsibilities:
- Forge collaborations with key global experts in vaccine
development.
- Work with external advisors to maintain cutting edge approaches
to vaccine development.
- Represent foundation interests in developing networks for the
program
- Play a strategic role on clinical vaccine development related
issues relevant to regulatory interactions and submissions
- Identify and cultivate partners to build coalitions and achieve
objectives; manage partnerships to achieve impact
- Serve as a leadership partner and technical resource to
grantees to achieve strategic objectives
- Attend internal meetings to represent Clinical and Vaccine
Development as well as being a representative of the foundation at
external meetings
- Active search for and create opportunities to develop new
partnerships and between external partners that will advance GH
programs
- This role will require the ability to travel up to 30%
domestically and internationally.Your ExperienceWe are looking for
people who enjoy the opportunity of working on complex projects and
collaboratively creating solutions that have the potential for
transformational change. We seek a self-starter who can integrate a
diverse set of perspectives to build consensus, structure and drive
forward progress on complex topics, and provide both strategic and
operational capacity to the Vaccine Development team. We are
looking for individuals with:
- Tolerance for ambiguity and ability to apply structure to
simplify complex problems
- An understanding of regulatory requirements necessary for
various phases of vaccine and biologics development
- Commitment to innovation and advancing new technologies in
vaccine development
- Intellectual quickness, curiosity, discipline, resourcefulness
and resilience
- Demonstrated ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, and
enthusiasm in a fast-paced and complex internal and external
environment
- Experience working with partners in low and middle income
countries
- Experience with business and technical due diligence
assessments of potential corporate, product or technology
investments; ability to synthesize technical and commercial
information towards strategic decision making
- Strong judgment with a demonstrated ability to handle complex
issues, multiple tasks, confidential information, and competing
priorities with skill, discretion, a strong attention to detail,
flexibility and diplomacy
- Exceptional listening, verbal, and written communication
skills, able to effectively calibrate input and synthesize
information to connect with diverse audiences
- Demonstrated experience in scientific writing and data
analysis, written and oral communication skills, and experience
advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience
- Solid understanding of the realities and complexities of
matrix-based organizations
- Experience in working on teams with diverse culture and
professional backgrounds
- Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic, and
operational situations, demonstrating culturally-sensitive
behavior
- Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
- Excellent relationship management skills to develop trusting
and productive relationships with a wide range of colleagues,
dignitaries, leaders, grantees, consultants and other
partners.
- Commitment to transparency and real-time information
sharing
- Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and
diplomacy both individually and as part of a team effort
- Demonstrated passion for the Foundation's values and commitment
to deliver results against the Foundation's mission Other
Attributes
- PhD and/or MD with 15+ years of experience work in one or more
of the following areas: clinical research & development, vaccine
development, infectious diseases and/or immunology
- Experience in polio or other epidemic infectious diseases,
and/or working with different vaccine platforms a plus
- Industry experience as a project lead for a vaccine or
biologics product
- Experience developing and managing against cross-functional
product development plans
- Extensive knowledge of clinical vaccine research from phase 1
through phase 4 including excellent statistical knowledgeThe salary
range for this role is $229,100 to $355,200 USD. We recognize
high-wage market differences where our offices are located, in
Seattle and Washington D.C. The range for this role in these
locations is $249,600 to $386,900 USD. As a mission-driven
organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission
and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a
salary range between the minimum and the midpoint salary range.
Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate's
job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during
the interview process.#LI-CM1Hiring RequirementsAs part of our
standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be
contingent upon successful completion of a background
check.Candidate AccommodationsIf you require assistance due to a
disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit
a request .Inclusion StatementWe are dedicated to the belief that
all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural
workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and
inclusion - of voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this
diversity through all our employment practices.All applicants and
employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of
opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age,
religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender
identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information,
veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Lakewood , Senior Program Officer, Clinical Vaccine Development, Healthcare , Seattle, Washington
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