Senior Director, Clinical Development

Position Summary

Join Acadia as the Senior Director, Clinical Development and play a critical leadership role in advancing innovative therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders and rare diseases. In this highly visible position, you will help shape clinical development strategies, provide scientific and medical leadership across development programs, and drive key clinical milestones. Leveraging your deep clinical expertise, strong scientific foundation, and established network within the medical community, you will contribute to the successful design and execution of clinical programs. This is a unique opportunity to impact the development of transformative treatments that improve outcomes for patients with significant unmet medical needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and execute global clinical development plans consistent with Company vision and mission
• Ensure the optimal planning, implementation and interpretation of clinical studies, including synopsis/protocol development, medical monitoring, data analysis and writing of final reports
• Maintain and build productive relationships with investigators, thought leaders and centers of excellence across the scientific community, as well as with colleagues across the Acadia organization
• Interact frequently with sites to support study awareness, patient recruitment, and quality of study conduct
• Communicate appropriate program issues and results to key internal and external stakeholders
• Support regulatory interactions, including the submission of regulatory documents and presentations
• Provide clear and insightful clinical and scientific expertise to advance the successful transition of compounds from discovery to full development, and subsequently to life cycle management
• Review business development opportunities, translating business needs to cost-effective development strategies that provide a competitive advantage and meet regulatory requirements
• Comply with current local and international regulations, laws, scientific and regulatory guidance, Good Clinical Practices, and Acadia’s policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• MD or equivalent required; Board Certified/Eligible strongly preferred. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered
• Targeting 5 years of relevant medical/clinical practice, related research, or academic experience within the pharmaceutical industry
• Ideal candidate will have experience with medical monitoring, including clinical research, creating and implementing development plans and clinical studies. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered
• Applicable industry experience across several phases of development is strongly desired
• Established relationships with thought leaders and investigators in depression and other mood disorders
• Experience in rare disease and/or neurology strongly preferred
• Demonstrated leadership to work well within a geographically diverse cross-functional team environment
• Ability to work within a growing organization within and evolve over time into the world leader in psychiatry and neurology, thereby improving the quality of life of those suffering from CNS disorders
• Experience interacting with senior leaders, including global regulatory agencies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal, management, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated problem solving abilities and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to engage in an open, constructive and continuous dialogue with the Company’s stakeholders
• Highly motivated, self-driven and dependable
• Willing and able to travel both domestically and internationally