Scientific Affairs Manager

Pillar Biosciences is looking to disrupt the NGS diagnostic space with our fabulous product and our ability to offer de-centralized testing vs sending samples to external labs. We can get results in 1 day and get patients on the precise medicine they need.

The Manager, Scientific Affairs, plays a role in establishing and maintaining partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotech clinical drug development programs. As such, this individual will participate in customer-facing meetings to provide technical and scientific support to ascertain customer needs for assay development, validation, clinical trial testing and CDx strategy as needed.

Responsibilities

·       Provide scientific support for client-oriented business development and related contractual activities as a subject matter expert on related technologies and methods for oncology biomarker analysis and clinical diagnostics.

·       Act as technical writer and editor for development project and clinical trial proposal documents

·       Define and assess current oncology drug classes, biomarkers and technology platforms. Evaluate oncology diagnostic assay market trends and opportunities for strategic planning purposes

·       Partner to implement the strategic product development and commercialization plan, including identification and management of KOL’s and company-initiated studies and in the development and of product requirements for proposed new products and services. Involves close interaction with development leads, product development teams, and key opinion leaders.

·       Create and lead company presentations to clients

·       Develop and edit scientific content for marketing material and project proposals

·       Evaluate potential strategic partners and markets with respect to platforms, chemistry, biomarkers and applications

·       Manage database to track oncology drug pipelines, trials and associated biomarkers

·       Maintain knowledge of related industry news and trends

·       Identify and manage new opportunities to collaborate in clinical biomarker studies with both industry and academic partners

Qualifications

·       Must take initiative and be detail-oriented, well organized and have the ability to set and meet deadlines  

·       Excellent verbal and communication skills, attention to detail and demonstrable contract negotiation skills

·       Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Salesforce

·       Must thrive in a dynamic and fast paced environment

Requirements

·       PhD in Molecular Biology/Oncology or a related field

·       Demonstrated success in development and execution of molecular diagnostics study protocols

·       Strong scientific writing skills with an ability to translate scientific materials and concepts to lay speak.

·       This role requires 30-40% travel to internal meetings and scientific conferences such as AACR and ASCO, as such, easy access to an international airport is required

Pillar Biosciences aims to "Make precision medicine the first option for every patient" by developing and manufacturing targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays and software for today’s high-throughput specialty NGS laboratories. We are seeking collaborative and independent problem solvers to support our mission.

Pillar Biosciences is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; religion; age; nationality; marital status; sexual orientation; disability or any other characteristic protected by law.