Director, Drug Development Consulting

Quotient Sciences is a drug development and manufacturing accelerator providing integrated programs and tailored services across the entire development pathway. We help biotech and pharma customers save precious time and money in getting drugs to patients. As a growing and successful business, we employ more than 1,100 talented individuals globally, located at state-of-the-art development, manufacturing and clinical facilities in the UK and USA. Science, Agility and Culture are the core components that define Quotient Sciences, enabling us to do what we do in the way that we do it.

The Role

Due to growth and expansion, we have an exciting career opportunity within our Scientific Consulting Group for a Director, Drug Development Consulting. Reporting to the VP, Scientific Consulting in Nottingham, UK you will be a key scientific member of Quotient’s broad commercialization team, acting as a ‘drug development consultant’ guiding and influencing our customer’s thinking and strategy on how they progress their programs with Quotient Sciences. You will be responsible for leading design/build of differentiated, customized, integrated programs of work leveraging our Translational Pharmaceutics platform and Drug Product capabilities which meet/exceed customer expectations.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Expert knowledge in and communication of Quotient’s go-to-market messaging to promote our unique ability to combine and integrate capabilities to reduce the time and cost of development and accelerate medicines to patients.
• Support early client discussions for lead generation and validation.
• Scientific and technical accountability in decisions as to whether a new business opportunity should be progressing into scoping discussions (“Triaging”).
• Own/lead program design activities for Translational Pharmaceutics studies in compliance with the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Accountable for providing complete and high quality information to Client Services (CS) to allow on time generation of high quality proposals.
• Technical contact for global operations to relay information on project scope and delivery requirements.
• In all customer interactions seek to convey scientific Thought Leadership status to win trust with senior stakeholders.
• Ensure Quotient’s capability to follow-the-molecule are fully articulated during early program scoping discussions.
• Work with marketing and VP Scientific Consulting to create/update external communication materials and content.

Optional responsibilities depending on skill sets may also include:

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to provide robust scientific insights during data reviews.
• Provide scientific oversight for projects during operational delivery.
• Work closely with the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical and Data Sciences teams to ensure effective operationalisation of the study design.
• Provide scientific leadership during interim decision meetings.
• Scientific input into end-of-study meetings and CSRs.
• Share key project learnings within Quotient.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be based near our Nottingham site with the flexibility of hybrid working. We are looking for a candidate with a minimum BSc life sciences degree (PhD desirable) with extensive experience in early drug development and drug product design. The successful candidate should have a deep understanding of the overall drug development process, proven leadership qualities, and the capability of establishing and leveraging positive relationships at all levels across an organization to achieve success. You will have excellent communication, strong market knowledge, customer knowledge, and focus. Strong business acumen and be commercially astute.

Application Requirements

When applying for a position with Quotient Sciences to be able to work in our organisation you must be aged 18 years or over and not have been debarred by the FDA.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Quotient Sciences are advocates for positive change and conscious inclusion. We strive to create a diverse Quotient workforce and develop a workplace culture that provides a sense of acceptance for every person within our organisation.