The Medical Director will support one or more development programs involving drug candidates in Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and other neurodegenerative diseases. The focus will be on crafting and executing clinical trials in early clinical development and working as a medical monitor for one or more studies.

Activities include responsibility for advancing priority clinical programs through study design and execution, development of biomarker strategies, as well as interpretation of data from clinical studies. You will interact with multiple levels of management within Alector, key external partners in the medical and scientific community as well as with global regulatory authorities. 

During your first year, your goals will include:

• Provide leadership for programs that integrate the individual’s extensive knowledge in basic and clinical science, neurology disease areas with knowledge from the medical community around the world.
• Integrate the scientific rationale, regulatory and payor requirements, input and advice from medical and patient advocacy groups, product development plan, and commercial goals to build a solid strategic framework for the Clinical Development Plan (CDP).
• Act as Sponsor Medical Monitor with oversight of clinical trial activities and patients safety on behalf of the Clinical Science Group at Alector.
• Establish aggressive clinical development timelines, incorporating key decision points and Go/No Go criteria for each CDP.
• Develop and maintain relationships with program counterparts in Commercial, Research, Regulatory, Biomarkers, Clinical Operations, and Statistics.
• Establish external collaborative relationships to augment Alector’s capabilities in support of the clinical development programs.
• Participate in clinical reviews of the safety of Alector programs.
• Contribute to the development of critical initiatives and specified Business Development activities. 

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in clinical research
• Proven experience in clinical development preferred, but not strictly required
• Deep understanding of basic science related to neurodegeneration and immunology
• Capacity and willingness to work effectively across disease areas.
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills as well as being able to perform effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• The ability to lead directly and by influence, including strong problem solving, conflict resolution, and analytical skills. 

Education:

• MD, MD / PhD or DO credentials. Neurology training with subspecialization degenerative CNS disorders preferred.

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