Associate Director - Clinical and Translational Imaging

GSK

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Associate Director of Clinical and Translational Imaging, you will lead on strategy and implementation of clinical imaging by driving innovation and delivery across the drug development life-cycle. This is an exciting opportunity giving you the opportunity to work at the forefront of drug development. In this role you will act as a subject matter expert and work with study teams to identify, apply and optimize imaging endpoints across a range of disease areas. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK In this role you will Lead and deliver imaging endpoints from Ph1 to Ph4 assets across hepatology, but with extension to cover wider needs across respiratory, immunology, and renal indications. Facilitate selection of optimal imaging endpoints for GSK studies, and application and delivery in multicentre studies. Resource the studies appropriately to ensure high-quality imaging data & support initiatives to enable data reuse. Develop a Clinical Imaging strategy for addressing GSK’s emerging disease areas of interest and adjust the strategy according to pipeline changes. Lead on capability development initiatives, including deep analysis of imaging datasets for biomarker development to deliver on internal needs, including disease subclassification, prognostics and treatment response.

Requirements

PhD (or equivalent) in relevant biomedical, life science, medical imaging or related field of study
Experience in clinical imaging using multiple radiological imaging modalities (e.g. PET, MRI)
Experience in clinical research working within an imaging CRO, within a large pharmaceutical company.
Direct experience in leading and delivering imaging-endpoints within clinical trials (phase 1-4)
Detailed experience across the lifecycle of multicentre studies delivering standard, regulatory; AND advanced, non-regulatory imaging endpoints across multiple therapeutic areas

Nice To Haves

Imaging experience in drug development
Clinical radiology experience and deep understanding of the use of clinical radiology imaging modalities
Biological knowledge of 1-2 diseases areas with detailed knowledge of hepatology
Hands-on experience with clinical imaging in a research or hospital environment
Experience in operational aspects of implementing imaging in multicentre clinical trials
Experience in authoring scientific articles and clinical development documents
Good communication and influencing skills with a demonstrated capacity to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver imaging endpoints from Ph1 to Ph4 assets across hepatology, but with extension to cover wider needs across respiratory, immunology, and renal indications.
Facilitate selection of optimal imaging endpoints for GSK studies, and application and delivery in multicentre studies.
Resource the studies appropriately to ensure high-quality imaging data & support initiatives to enable data reuse.
Develop a Clinical Imaging strategy for addressing GSK’s emerging disease areas of interest and adjust the strategy according to pipeline changes.
Lead on capability development initiatives, including deep analysis of imaging datasets for biomarker development to deliver on internal needs, including disease subclassification, prognostics and treatment response.